Press Release Archive
7/15/08
New traveling exhibit brings space exploration to public libraries
6/17/08
FRONTLINE/World, ALA announce new grant opportunity for libraries
6/3/08
Jaffarian Award to be presented on LIVE! Stage at Annual Conference
5/13/08
24 acclaimed authors LIVE! at ALA Annual Conference
5/8/08
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library announces “Abraham Lincoln: Self-Made in America” traveling learning station exhibit
4/7/08
ALA president urges support for final CCF fundraising challenge
4/7/08
NEH, ALA announce We the People Bookshelf awards for 3,000 libraries
4/1/2008
ALA, NEH bring “Soul of a People” grants to libraries
3/18/08
Libraries in 34 states earn grants for “Let’s Talk About It: Jewish Literature”
3/18/08
Winners selected for Great Stories CLUB grants
3/3/08
Woodsdale Elementary School wins Sara Jaffarian Award for school library programming
2/12/08
Grants available for “Let’s Talk About It: Love & Forgiveness”
1/5/08
Exhibit “Pride and Passion” in your library
1/5/08
John Adams’s personal library revealed in traveling exhibition
12/4/07
Application, theme and titles announced for Great Stories Club grant
12/4/07
Three states, two library systems ready for PRIME TIME
11/6/07
ALA receives $300,000 from Oprah’s Angel Network for continuation and expansion of Great Stories Club
11/6/07
ALA Public Programs Office receives funding from The John E. Fetzer Institute, Inc.
9/25/07
Applications now available for the second annual Sara Jaffarian School Library Program Award for Exemplary Humanities Programming
9/20/07
New mandate requires libraries seeking funds from federal grant-making agencies to register and apply via Grants.gov
9/11/07
NEH, PPO announce 3,000 “We the People” Bookshelf grants on “Created Equal”
9/4/07
Grants available for final round of renowned “Let’s Talk About It: Jewish Literature—Identity and Imagination” reading and discussion series
8/21/07
PPO, LEH announce new grants for PRIME TIME FAMILY READING TIME—Applications now invited from library systems as well as state-level organizations
8/7/07
Public Programs Office receives IMLS grant. Award will fund development of an Online Resource Center for Library Cultural Programming
06/13/2007
NEH, ALA Public Programs Office announce “Picturing America” Pilot Project Grant Recipients. More than 1,500 schools selected to receive American art resource collection
06/04/2007
20 libraries selected to host “Benjamin Franklin” traveling exhibit
06/04/2007
23 libraries selected to host “Lewis and Clark” traveling exhibit
05/25/2007
ALA and NEH announce We The People “Pursuit of Happiness” Bookshelf awards to 2,000 libraries
05/09/2007
PPO and YALSA co-present LIVE! @ your library Reading Stage
05/07/2007
Central Elementary School Library named inaugural winner of the Sara Jaffarian Award
06/10/2007
RUSA supports the Cultural Communities Fund. Gift in recognition of 60+ years of the Notable Books Council.
02/17/2007
Record number of libraries selected to receive “Let’s Talk About It” grants: 95 libraries, 31 states to conduct new discussion programs on “Jewish Literature” themes
11/17/2006
”Lewis and Clark” to make expedition to libraries
11/15/2006
Applications now available for the first annual Sara Jaffarian School Library Program Award for Exemplary Humanities Programming
11/15/2006
Host Ben Franklin @ your library
11/15/2006
Sixty-three-year ALA member establishes the Sara Jaffarian School Library Program Award for Exemplary Humanities Programming
10/12/2006
Public Programs Office announces new online archive of “Let’s Talk About It” discussion programs
09/19/2006
NEH, ALA Public Programs Office announce 2,000 new We the People Bookshelf grants on the “Pursuit of Happiness”
09/11/2006
Public Programs Office launches 2007 campaign for ALA Cultural Communities Fund
09/11/2006
Public Programs Office announces new online resources for immigration-themed programming
06/20/2006
Grants available for new rounds of popular Let’s Talk About It: Jewish Literature reading and discussion series
06/20/2006
Rebuilding Cultural Communities in New Orleans
06/09/2006
43 libraries to host “Looking At: Jazz” film discussion series
05/01/2006
181 libraries selected to host Great Stories CLUB book discussion program for troubled teens
04/28/2006
Poets Laureate, award-winning authors scheduled for ALA Annual Conference
04/07/2006
ACRL makes pledge to support the Cultural Communities Fund
03/21/06
Sixty-three libraries nationwide to host Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation
02/14/06
Peggy Barber makes planned gift to Cultural Communities Fund. Gift will provide ongoing support for library programming initiatives.
02/06/06
Giles joins ALA Public Programs Office
01/26/06
60 libraries selected to receive Jewish literature discussion program grants
01/26/06
ALA Public Programs Office announces new speakers for PLA preconference on library programming
01/17/ 06
Application deadline extended for We The People Bookshelf grants on “Becoming American”
12/13/05
ALA Public Programs Office announces PLA preconference on library programming
11/29/05
ALA offers members travel affinity program for personal travel
11/28/05
Five states selected for national expansion of PRIME TIME family reading program
11/21/05
ALA launches 2006 Campaign for the Cultural Communities Fund; Goal is $140,000
11/21/05
Applications available for “Looking At: Jazz, America’s Art Form” film discussion series
11/21/05
McCormick Tribune Foundation doubles number of We The People Bookshelf grants on “Becoming American”
10/28/05
ALA receives Oprah’s Angel Network Book Club Award for $50,000 to help bring books to underserved teens
09/14/05
ALA Cultural Communities Fund receives $50,000 pledge from H.W. Wilson Foundation
09/12/05
30 libraries receive Jewish literature discussion program grants; additional grants available for September 30 deadline
09/8/05
Applications available for new We the People Bookshelf Grant on “Becoming American”
08/23/05
Applications available for PRIME TIME FAMILY READING TIME® reading and discussion series
08/1/05
ALA reports fund raising progress for CCF; Deadline to raise $300,000 for NEH Challenge Grant extended to September 15
07/12/05
ALA and NEH announce second round of We The People “Freedom” Bookshelf awards to 500 libraries
06/15/05
New 60-library tour of Abraham Lincoln traveling exhibition annouced; applications now open
06/03/05
Castle appointed to PPO post
05/27/05
40 Libraries selected for Alexander Hamilton traveling exhibition
04/8/05
Fifty libraries to host WWI Film & Discussion Series
03/10/05
ALA reports strong funding for Cultural Communities Fund; Seeks $300,000 in 2005
02/17/05
ALA establishes committee on public and cultural programs
01/12/05
35 libraries receive Jewish literature discussion program grants; additional grants available
11/18/04
Applications available for World War I film discussion series
11/11/04
Public Programs Office to host “Let’s Talk About It: Jewish Literature” program at ALA Midwinter Meeting
08/27/04
34 libraries to receive grant for Jewish literature discussion program
07/30/04
300 libraries to receive human rights video collection grants
07/22/04
ALA and NEH announce second round of We The People Bookshelf awards to 500 libraries
06/01/04
Applications available for traveling exhibit on women in medicine
05/28/04
Andre Dubus III, Patricia Henley, Rosellen Brown, Edward P. Jones and more authors at ALA Annual Conference
05/27/04
ALA establishes endowment fund for library cultural programming
03/19/04
Sixty libraries nationwide to receive Isaac Bashevis Singer Centennial Grants
03/19/04
ALA and NEH announce first We The People Bookshelf awards to 500 libraries
05/05/04
Grants available for Let’s Talk About It: Jewish Literature theme-based reading and discussion series
01/15/04
Applications available for Human Rights video collection and public program grants
11/26/03
”One Book, One Community” workshop scheduled for ALA Midwinter Meeting
11/26/03
ALA receives grant for fourth StoryLines America season
10/31/03
Grant applications available for Isaac Bashevis Singer centennial programs
09/26/03
Twenty-five libraries host “The Sixties” film discussion series
09/26/03
ALA, CPANDA release data from ground-breaking study on cultural programs in U.S. public libraries
09/12/03
Applications available for We The People Bookshelf Grants
09/05/03
Applications available for Prime Time family reading and discussion series
06/13/03
Clyde Edgerton, Naomi Shihab Nye, Karin Slaughter and many more authors LIVE! at ALA/CLA Annual Conference
06/13/03
Robertson receives 2003 Special Humanities Award
06/13/03
Forty libraries to host Elizabeth I: Ruler and Legend traveling exhibition
05/19/03
Library conference highlights “One Book, One City” trend
04/28/03
Thirty-nine libraries nationwide to host Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation traveling exhibition
02/06/03
ALA Public Programs Office & Association of American Publishers launch “Authors @ your library” Web site
01/22/03
Applications for The Sixties film discussion series available
10/03/02
Bring Honest Abe to your library: Applications for the new Forever Free traveling exhibit now available
10/03/02
LIVE! @ your library presents Billy Collins, Anita Shreve & Dagoberto Gilb at the National Book Festival
08/27/02
Fifty libraries nationwide selected to host Research Revolution film discussion series
05/21/02
Eighty-two libraries nationwide to host Frankenstein traveling exhibition
05/21/02
National Library of Medicine to support 40 additional sites for Frankenstein traveling exhibition
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