Programming Librarian

March 2009

Local Poetry Events
Colleen Barbus | March 24, 2009
There are many regional poetry festivals and other poetry-related events happening around the country during National Poetry Month, and all year long.

Connecting Harry Potter’s World with Real World Science
Angela Thullen | March 20, 2009
The ALA Public Programs Office, in cooperation with the National Library of Medicine (NLM), announces a new small format traveling exhibition to libraries, “Harry Potter’s World: Renaissance Science, Magic, and Medicine.”

Arts Programming in Libraries and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
Angela Thullen | March 17, 2009
We at the ALA Public Programs Office hear stories from many libraries of how the economic downturn is negatively impacting their capacity for cultural programming. In this time of diminishing budgets, it is particularly important that libraries stay informed of potential funding opportunities for programming.

We Shall Remain Giveaway
Loriene Roy | March 17, 2009
I have a last-minute opportunity for you! A total of nine DVD sets of We Shall Remain will be given away in two drawings.

We Shall Remain: The Event Kit for Libraries
Loriene Roy | March 13, 2009
On Monday of National Library Week, April 13, 2009, the first of five episodes in the American Experience program, We Shall Remain, will air on PBS television stations. Librarians are invited to plan public programming, and help awaits them in a twenty-six page We Shall Remain event kit that can be downloaded in PDF format.

2009 John Cotton Dana Awards Winners Showcase Library Programming
Chris Watkins | March 04, 2009
This award, given annually for the best in library public relations, increasingly demonstrates the powerful connection between good programming and good PR. Six winners were announced at ALA’s Midwinter Meeting in Denver; each library receives a $5,000 award from the H.W. Wilson Foundation and will also be honored at the 2009 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago.

When Opportunity Knocks: Starting a Library Foundation
Chris Watkins | March 04, 2009
Leading lights in the public library fundraising world from the likes of San Francisco (Calif.), St. Paul (Minn.), Princeton (N.J.), and Columbia (S.C.) put on a show at ALA’s Midwinter Meeting in Denver. The occasion was a Midwinter Institute on starting a library foundation, and these veteran fundraising gurus presented case studies of their own libraries …