AL Focus

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This is the Blip version of American Libraries Focus, featuring the video work of ALA's American Libraries magazine. To utilize our full features, we advise viewing these videos on our official site, alfocus.ala.org.

  • Category

    Learning

  • # Episodes

    254 episodes

  • Rating

    TV-UN

Episodes of AL Focus

    • Play Ann Arbor District Library's Summer Game Demo - AL Focus on Blip AL Focus episodes on Blip

      Ann Arbor District Library's Summer Game Demo

      A screencast demonstration of Ann Arbor District Library's Summer Game. This video accompanies the article "Summer Reading Levels Up" at americanlibrariesmagazine.org/features/10172011/summer-reading-levels

      • Release date
        Nov 3, 2011
      • Runtime
    • Play Ann Arbor District Library's Summer Game Demo - AL Focus on Blip AL Focus episodes on Blip

      Ann Arbor District Library's Summer Game Demo

      A screencast demonstration of Ann Arbor District Library's Summer Game. This video accompanies the article "Summer Reading Levels Up" at americanlibrariesmagazine.org/features/10172011/summer-reading-levels

      • Release date
        Nov 3, 2011
      • Runtime
        02:28
    • Play Training and Development of Romanian Librarians - AL Focus on Blip AL Focus episodes on Blip

      Training and Development of Romanian Librarians

      Hermina Anghelescu, associate professor of library and information science at Wayne State University in Detroit, organized the U.S. contingent at the international "The Book. Romania. Europe." symposium in Sinaia, Romania, September 20-23, 2011. The contingent also presented at additional workshops in Brasov and Bucharest. Anghelescu explains her ongoing involvement with the education and training of librarians in her native country in an interview with the American Library Association's Leona...

      • Release date
        Oct 20, 2011
      • Runtime
        02:51
    • Play Training and Development of Romanian Librarians - AL Focus on Blip AL Focus episodes on Blip

      Training and Development of Romanian Librarians

      Hermina Anghelescu, associate professor of library and information science at Wayne State University in Detroit, organized the U.S. contingent at the international "The Book. Romania. Europe." symposium in Sinaia, Romania, September 20-23, 2011. The contingent also presented at additional workshops in Brasov and Bucharest. Anghelescu explains her ongoing involvement with the education and training of librarians in her native country in an interview with the American Library Association's Leona...

      • Release date
        Oct 20, 2011
      • Runtime
    • Play Emerging Leaders - AL Focus on Blip AL Focus episodes on Blip

      Emerging Leaders

      Members of ALA's 2011 class of Emerging Leaders discuss their projects, including video game collection development, promoting Preservation Week, a survey of Money Smart Week, a visual tool of ALA deadlines, Librarians Build Communities, and usability issues in library web sites.

      • Release date
        Sep 14, 2011
      • Runtime
        02:24
    • Play ALA President-Elect Maureen Sullivan - AL Focus on Blip AL Focus episodes on Blip

      ALA President-Elect Maureen Sullivan

      ALA President-Elect Maureen Sullivan talks to American Libraries' Pamela A. Goodes about her goals for her term, ALA election voter turnout, the ALA Future Perfect Report, diversity, and advocacy.

      • Release date
        Sep 13, 2011
      • Runtime
        11:36
    • Play ALA Civics: The Association and its Divisions - AL Focus on Blip AL Focus episodes on Blip

      ALA Civics: The Association and its Divisions

      Senior Associate Executive Mary Ghikas talks with Jenny Levine about how the divisions relate to the association as a whole, and why members have to join the ALA in order to join a division as well. More ALA videos at americanlibrariesmagazine.org/al_focus.

      • Release date
        May 16, 2011
      • Runtime
        03:49
    • Play ALA Civics: ALA's Motto - AL Focus on Blip AL Focus episodes on Blip

      ALA Civics: ALA's Motto

      Jenny Levine tests ALA Executive Director Keith Michael Fiels' on ALA's motto, and what it means today.

      • Release date
        May 3, 2011
      • Runtime
        01:08
    • Play ALA Civics: Getting Things Done - AL Focus on Blip AL Focus episodes on Blip

      ALA Civics: Getting Things Done

      Jenny Levine and ALA Executive Director Keith Michael Fiels talk about how ideas, from both members and staff members, turn into actions on an association level.

      • Release date
        Apr 25, 2011
      • Runtime
        03:08
    • Play ALA Civics: ALA's Mission - AL Focus on Blip AL Focus episodes on Blip

      ALA Civics: ALA's Mission

      Jenny Levine interviews ALA Executive Director Keith Michael Fiels about ALA's mission and three ways that the mission statement guides ALA's activities.

      • Release date
        Apr 25, 2011
      • Runtime
        02:36
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