ALA | Press Kits

News & Press Center

Print

Press Kits

The American Dream Starts @ your library Press Kit
The ALA and Dollar General Literacy Foundation recently awarded 70 libraries in 21 states with $5,000 through The American Dream Starts @ your library literacy initiative.
2010 Teen Tech Week Press Kit
School Library Funding
Good school libraries are essential to a good education. About 44 million elementary, middle, and high school students use a school library each week. Although considered a valued resource in many communities, funding for school libraries is being cut to satisfy local deficits, resulting in the loss of school librarian, materials and technology training.
2010 Teen Tech Week Press Kit
Teen Tech Week is a national initiative sponsored by the Young Adult Library Services Association and is aimed at teens, their parents, educators and other concerned adults.
ALA 2010 Annual Conference Press Kit
The ALA Annual Conference is held each summer and is the largest such convention in the world, attended by more than 25,000 librarians, library supporters, educators, writers, publishers, Friends of Libraries, trustees and special guests. The conference includes more than 2,300 meetings, discussion groups and programs on various topics affecting libraries and librarians.
ALA Youth Media Awards
Each year the American Library Association (ALA) honors books and media for children and teens. Recognized worldwide for the high quality they represent, ALA awards, including the prestigious Newbery, Caldecott, Printz, and Coretta Scott King Book Awards, guide parents, educators, librarians and others in selecting the best materials for youth. Selected by committees composed of librarians and other literature and media experts, the awards encourage original and creative work in the field of children’s and young adult literature and media. Winners are announced annually at the ALA Midwinter Meeting of the association (usually in January).
Banned Books Week Press Kit
Banned Books Week - Celebrating the Freedom to Read is observed during the last week of September each year. Observed since 1982, the annual event reminds Americans not to take this precious democratic freedom for granted.
El dia de los ninos/El dia de los libros Press Kit
Children's Day/Book Day, also known as El día de los niños/El día de los libros (Día), is a celebration of children, families, and reading held annually on April 30. The celebration emphasizes the importance of literacy for children of all linguistic and cultural backgrounds.
Library Card Sign-up Month Press Kit 2010
September is Library Card Sign-up Month—a time when the American Library Association and libraries across the country remind parents that a library card is the most important school supply of all.
Our Authors Our Advocates Press Kit
Authors Carmen Agra Deedy (“Martina the Beautiful Cockroach”); multiple Coretta Scott King Book Award medalist Sharon Draper (“Forged by Fire”); New York Times bestselling author Brad Meltzer (“Heroes for My Son”) are the first authors to participate in a new national library advocacy campaign entitled “ Our Authors, Our Advocates.”
The Public Library Funding & Technology Access Study Press Kit
The Public Library Funding & Technology Access Study (PLFTAS) is the largest and longest running study of its kind. The survey is conducted by the American Library Association (ALA), the University of Maryland-College Park and Florida State University. It is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and ALA. The study will provide information from public libraries regarding their Internet connectivity, public computing, technology training, and other public library roles as public access technology centers in their communities.