Midwinter Meeting
2016 Nonfiction Award finalists announced
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CHICAGO — The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±app (), selected five books as finalists for the 2016 Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award, which honors the best nonfiction books...
Midwinter: Author Catherine J. Ross to discuss how our schools teach lessons in censorship
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CHICAGO — Nearly half a century ago Justice Abe Fortas famously declared that students do not shed their constitutional right to freedom of speech at the schoolhouse gate. Yet public schools in the United States frequently censor student speech...
Mashcat panel at ALCTS Midwinter Forum
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CHICAGO — A Mashcat panel is the featured presentation at the Midwinter Forum of the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) at the upcoming Midwinter Meeting in Boston. The Forum takes place on Monday, January 11, 2016 at...
Should there be a right to be forgotten?
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Or does this interfere with the public’s right to know? -- Find out at 's 2016 Midwinter Conference WASHINGTON, D.C . – Personal blogs, arrest records, explicit photos and business critiques are now typically published forever. Should individuals have...
Thousands to join free Youth Media Awards webcast
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CHICAGO — The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±app () will unveil the next classics in children’s and young adult literature and media during the Youth Media Awards at 8 a.m. ET on Jan. 11, 20l6, from the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center. Unlimited...
JobLIST Placement and Career Development Center hosts an Open House/Job Fair during Midwinter Meeting in Boston
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CHICAGO — The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±app’s JobLIST Placement and Career Development Center will host an Open House/Job Fair from 10:30 a.m. to noon on Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016 during the 2016 Midwinter Meeting in Boston (#alamw16). Employers are...
Mark Kurlansky joins ERT/Booklist Author Forum, 2016 Midwinter Meeting
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CHICAGO – Bestselling and prolific creative nonfiction writer Mark Kurlansky joins documentarian Ken Burns and creative nonfiction writer Terry Tempest Williams in conversation with Donna Seaman, Booklist Editor for Adult Books, at the popular ...
Andre Dubus III with Nancy Pearl at 2016 Midwinter Meeting Auditorium Speaker Session
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CHICAGO – 2016 Midwinter Meeting attendees in Boston will have the chance to join a lively conversation between bestselling author Andre Dubus III and Nancy Pearl at an Auditorium Speaker session held from 1 - 2 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 9. Dubus is the...
Stripling to deliver Call-to-Action address at 2016 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunrise Celebration
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CHICAGO – Barbara Kay Stripling, senior associate dean and assistant professor of practice at Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies and past-president of the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±app (), will serve as Call-to-Action speaker at the...
Registration for Deep Dive Sessions at 2016 Midwinter Meeting now open
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CHICAGO— Three immediately applicable topics kick off the first-ever Midwinter Meeting Deep Dive half-day professional development courses in Boston: “We are all user experience librarians: Creating change from the trenches"; “Trust and Opportunity...
Accepting appointments for photographer services at the 2016 Midwinter Meeting
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CHICAGO — An exciting service is now part of the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±app’s () JobLIST Placement and Career Development Center. During the 2016 Midwinter Meeting in Boston, will be offering all attendees an opportunity to have a "headshot"...
Accepting appointments for career counseling during the 2016 Midwinter Meeting
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CHICAGO — The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±app’s () JobLIST Placement and Career Development Center will provide complimentary career counseling sessions on Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 9 - 10, 2016 during the 2016 Midwinter Meeting in Boston. The...
'News You Can Use' sessions on Policy, Research, Technology, Privacy, Diversity/Inclusion and more at 2016 Midwinter Meeting
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CHICAGO — In a timely and varied cluster of more than 25 “News You Can Use” sessions at 2016 Midwinter Meeting, experts from across library-related fields offer the latest updates on policy, research, statistics, diversity and inclusion, literacy...
Ken Burns and Terry Tempest Williams in ERT/Booklist Author Forum, 2016 Midwinter Meeting
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CHICAGO -- Documentarian Ken Burns and creative nonfiction writer Terry Tempest Williams join Donna Seaman, Booklist editor for adult books, for the popular Midwinter Meeting ERT/ Booklist Author Forum. They will discuss “The Writer as Witness,”...
Liz Moore among the featured authors at the Gala Author Tea, sponsored by ReferenceUSA
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BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania — Liz Moore, Janice Y.K. Lee, Val McDermid, Stephanie Danler, Jennifer Haigh and Robyn Carr will be among the featured authors at United for Libraries’ Gala Author Tea, sponsored by ReferenceUSA, from 2-4 p.m. Eastern time on...
Jo Ann Jenkins, nationally recognized leader, is 2016 Midwinter Meeting Auditorium Speaker
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CHICAGO — Dynamic change agent, nationally recognized leader and former chief operating officer at the Library of Congress Jo Ann Jenkins brings her message of innovation to the 2016 Midwinter Meeting in Boston as an Auditorium Speaker from 10 a.m. to...
Networking luncheon hosted by ASCLA's Library Consultant's Interest Group
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CHICAGO — Tickets are now on sale for a networking luncheon hosted by the Library Consultant’s Interest Group, one of the member interest groups of the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA), at the American Library...
Mary Frances Berry to keynote 2016 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Observance and Sunrise Celebration
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CHICAGO – Acclaimed civil rights activist and academic Dr. Mary Frances Berry will keynote the 2016 Dr. Luther King, Jr. Holiday Observance and Sunrise Celebration during the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±app’s Midwinter Meeting and Exhibits in Boston. The...
Isaac Mizrahi, 'irrepressible' designer and star, is 2016 Midwinter Meeting Auditorium Speaker
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CHICAGO -- Designer, fashion industry leader, documentary film co-creator and actor, ballet costume designer, opera director, TV talk show host, QVC star, weekly judge on “Project Runway: All-Stars,” pop-culture and media phenomenon, business expert and...
RUSA will host two Institutes, 'Reference Interview' and 'History Genealogy Workshop,' during Midwinter
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CHICAGO — The Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) will host two Institutes, “Reference Interview ” and “History Genealogy Workshop ” on Friday, January 8, 2016 during the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±app’s Midwinter Meeting in Boston. “Reference...