Leaders to address the digital divide at 2016 ALA Annual Conference
Jazzy WrightPress Officerjwright@alawash.org From the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development’s ConnectHome effort to the Federal Communications Commission’s Lifeline program to citywide...
View ArticleLibrary leaders to talk revolutionary ways to offer e-books to the...
Jazzy WrightPress Officerjwright@alawash.org There has been a shift in the way people access information: E-books and the widespread use of graphics to convey information have created a “new normal”...
View ArticleALA applauds decision upholding net neutrality protections
Jazzy WrightPress Officerjwright@alawash.org(WASHINGTON, DC) – Sari Feldman, president of the American Library Association (ALA), released the following statement regarding the U.S. Court of Appeals...
View ArticleNew ALA report highlights libraries as engines of entrepreneurship
Jazzy WrightPress Officerjwright@alawash.org Washington, D.C. —People of all ages and backgrounds come to libraries to transform new business ideas into reality. "The People’s Incubator: Libraries...
View ArticleALA announces 45-115 Federal Initiative to promote libraries’ national agenda
Shawnda K. HinesPress Officershines@alawash.orgToday the American Library Association announced the 45-115 ALA Federal Initiative to promote the capacity of libraries to advance our nation’s goals to...
View ArticleALA argues to retain 2015 Open Internet protections with FCC comments
Shawnda HinesPress Officershines@alawash.orgWASHINGTON, DC — The American Library Association (ALA) continues the fight for an open internet for all. In comments filed at the Federal Communications...
View ArticleNew Tools, Support Advance Digital Skills Training in PLA Pilot Project
Laurence DeutschManager, Communicationsldeutsch@ala.orgCHICAGO -- A new digital literacy pilot project made possible by the Public Library Association (PLA) and Cox Communications (Cox) is hitting a...
View ArticlePublic libraries highlight cyber security awareness in October
Laurence DeutschManager, Communicationsldeutsch@ala.orgCHICAGO – Earlier this month the credit reporting agency Equifax disclosed that they had suffered a cyber-attack that endangered the personal...
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ALA Announces $500,000 in First-time Grants to Develop Coding Programs in...
Shawnda HinesPress Officershines@alawash.orgThe American Library Association (ALA) today announced more than $500,000 in grants for 28 libraries in 21 states plus the District of Columbia (full list...
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ALA’s Libraries Ready to Code awards 10 "Promising Practice" libraries for...
Today the American Library Association’s (ALA) Libraries Ready to Code initiative, sponsored by Google, announced 10 libraries to receive a “Promising Practice” award for programs they designed for...
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