Monthly Archive for March, 2014

Next Library 2014 – Accelerate Learning

This year’s Next Library Conference will take place for the first time in North America at the beautiful Harold Washington Public Library in Chicago, IL on June 20-25. Join conference partners, Chicago Public Library, Chicago Public Library Foundation, Aarhus Public Libraries, and the Urban Libraries Council as they present Next […]

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2011 U.S. Public Libraries Survey Available

The Institute of Museum and Library Services has made available a preview of the Fiscal Year 2011 Public Libraries in the United States Survey. Now in its twenty-fourth year, the Public Library Survey gathers data from more than 98 percent of public libraries across the country. In FY 2011, there […]

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Is yours an award winning library?

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The Online Entry Form for the 2014 ALA/IIDA Library Interior Design Awards is now available.  This biennial competition is co-sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and the International Interior Design Association (IIDA).  The awards honor excellence in library interior design. Award winners demonstrate excellence in aesthetics, design, creativity, function and satisfaction of the client’s objectives.
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Conference in Lebanon

  The Lebanese Library Association (LLA)  in collaboration with the IFLA Asia and Oceania Regional Section is organizing its 2nd Conference which will be held between 19-21 May 2014 at the  Crowne Plaza, Hamra, Beirut, Lebanon For further information and registration: http://www.llaconf2014.org/

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Working smarter and adding value: Library services in a new paradigm

The Zimbabwe Library Association has announced its 3rd call for papers for their 48th Conference and AGM at Victoria Falls 24-27 June 2014 with the theme Working smarter and adding value: Library services in a new paradigm. Deadline is 28 March 2014.    

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The ‘right to E-read’ campaign

  EBLIDA (European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations) is inviting libraries to join the right to E-read Campaign. The right to E-read Campaign is seeking to raise awareness about the obstacles faced by libraries in the digital environment. Access to digital content has become a sensitive issue in which […]

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