Title Varies Slightly

Got this in the mail, wanted to spread the word. Library school is expensive!
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ANNOUNCEMENT: APALA Scholarship
http://www.apalaweb.org/awards/scholarship.htm
Purpose
The Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association Scholarship will provide financial assistance to a student of Asian or Pacific background who is enrolled, or has been accepted into a master’s or doctoral degree program in library and/or information science at a library [...]

I’ve been waiting since 1997. And I’m not good at waiting.
Tonight I unwrapped my shipment from Amazon.co.uk. All seven Harry Potter books, hardcover, in a slipcase. The original British editions.
I belong to a list of of word-lovers, and we had quite a discussion about the changes in the first novel for an American audience. Not [...]

From American Libraries Direct:
St. Ambrose to remove bishop’s name from library
Why? Bet you can guess…
“. . .the removal was warranted because of the bishop’s failure to take the necessary precautions to protect children from clergy sexual abuse that occurred during his tenure as bishop of the Davenport Diocese.
They’re looking for a new name, of [...]

Catching up on my podcasts, I discovered  LibVibe has just passed the one-year mark. Many of the Libraryland posts on this blog come from LibVibe stories and links. I’m always behind on my professional literature, but I can catch up with LibVibe in just a few minutes while walking to the bus stop. Thanks, Marv!

Via ALA Online comes word that the Catholic Library Association has affiliated with the American Library Association. This means (among other things) that CLA will be able to co-sponsor events and hold meetings at ALA’s conferences.
I’m going to be rejoining CLA after a few years’ lapse, although I hasten to say their new status [...]

The American Library Association’s Tech Source blog has an active discussion of two libraries that have opened new branches that are quite literally like bookstores — not just in their comfy chairs and attached coffee shops, but in the arrangement of the books. They shelve by the BISAC codes, the “subject headings” you see on [...]

Another ALA resolution:
At the 2007 Midwinter Conference, ALA Council Referred, CD#38, Resolution on Accessible Digitization Projects Resolution to ASCLA and
requested a report at the 2007 Annual Conference. ASCLA offers this
Amendment to CD #38
Accessible Digitization Projects Resolution:
WHEREAS, ALA Policy 54.3.2 states that “library materials must be accessible to all patrons including people with disabilities”; [...]

Below, the full text of the successful ALA resolution:
Resolution on Funding for the National Library Service
WHEREAS, Since 1931, the United States Congress has supported a national library accessible to people who are blind, and
WHEREAS, In 1966, Congress authorized the Library of Congress’ National Library Service to provide Talking Books services to all persons who [...]

This week, the guys at Unshelved are doing a library-based riff on those Mac / PC commercials. Send the URLs to your library administrators, trustees, and tech geeks who think “it’s all on the Web.”
INaccessibility note: Sorry, no alt text on the images. Get someone to read them to you, if you need to? [...]

Random comments from my DC conference / tourist experience:

Went to vigil Mass at St. Patrick. Actually heard the priest preach about the sanctity of life! “This passage shows clearly that God is in love with us from the womb. … We must love life from the womb. It is just that simple.”
Today was a day [...]