Thank you for visiting ILoveLibraries.org, the American Library Association's (ALA's) website for the public, designed to keep America informed about what's happening in today's libraries, which are found in public, school,...

Photo credit: Scott Douglas Just over a week ago I had the privilege of facilitating the second annual UFV speed-mentoring session for Library & Information Technology (LIBIT) alumni and studen...

At the recent 2012 BC Library Assocation conference in Richmond, BC, there was a strong sense that the tides are shifting. The changing face of, information access, books, member expectations and technology are having a...

CLA Hosts National Conference and Trade Show in Nation's Capital OTTAWA, May 30, 2012 /CNW/ - The Canadian Library Association (CLA) is proud to be hosting its 67th National Conference and Trade Show in Ottawa this year at the...

I am pleased to announce that, as the owner of this group, I have just switched us to an open discussion group. All future discussions will be fully visible, searchable, and shareable on the Web. All past discussions are now closed in a members-only archive. I look forward to our future discussions now joining the broader conversation of the wider Web.

It began with a "poetree" — an ornately-crafted paper sculpture left in the Scottish Poetry Library in Edinburgh. Next was a paper dragon. Who was leaving these cryptic messages around town?

A kind reader sent on this opinion article on why We should shut our libraries. Well, not "we" as in anyone living in the US. That article is from the Vancouver Sun, but the original piece was in the Daily Telegraph, and entitled Liberal whingers are

Bestselling novelist Jonathan Franzen came out heavily against ebooks, but, really, who cares?

- Elsevier Publishing Boycott Gathers Steam Among Academics.  Elsevier, the global publishing company, is responsible for  The Lancet,  Cell, and about 2,000 other important journals; the iconic reference work  Gray’s...

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On behalf of the BCLA Services to People with Print Disabilities Working Group (SPPD), we would like to welcome B.C. public library staff to take our important survey. The survey was developed by Lisa Snider, a student in the...

This article by LTAIG member Ashley Van Dijk was originally published in the OALT/ABO (Ontario Association of Library Technicians) NewsLETTER, Winter 2012 issue.  Thanks to Ashley and the NewsLET...