By Amie Torok (Chattahoochee Valley Libraries) & Kara Rumble (Sequoyah Regional Library System) The Adult Programming Palooza is back! It’s your library. All grown up. If you’re not familiar with the Adult Programming Palooza, the event is a participant-driven day of learning that aims to bring library professionals from across the state of Georgia to…
By Ivy Corder The Azalea Regional Library System (AZRLS) is excited to announce a new service offering – Azalea After Hours! Patrons are now able to pick up books and other library materials after hours and enjoy the convenience of quickly retrieving holds while on the go. The lockers also provide contactless, 24/7 access for…
By Laura Wright and Deborah Davis Mural painter Tim Nijenhuis recently transformed Odum Library’s South Atrium space. The mural, Metamorphosis, depicts a transfiguration – the morphing of book pages into an American robin, a communicative songbird that can form large flocks. A native bird species was chosen to represent the idea that libraries exist to…
The following amendments will appear on the upcoming election ballot: GLA Bylaws Article II. Section 2. Election a. Election ballots shall be made available to the membership by September 1.b. A plurality of the votes cast by September 20 by 20 days from the date when voting begins shall constitute an election for each office.…
By J. Sara Paulk The American Library Association (ALA) announced recently grants of $20,000 to 77 libraries that continue to experience substantial economic hardship due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The Houston County Public Library was the only library in Georgia to receive one of the grants. “The majority of the grant will be used to amplify…
(The GT Library Gadgets team from top to bottom: Justin Ellis, Andy Blakely, and Shandra Jones.) By Justin Ellis The Oxford Dictionary defines a Gadget as “a small mechanical or electronic device or tool, especially an ingenious or novel one.” The definition is similarly well suited for the Georgia Institute of Technology Library’s equipment lending service,…
Vice-President / President Elect John Mack Freeman John Mack Freeman is the Head of Public Services Librarian at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Prior to joining the team at GT, he was a public librarian for eight years. Mack has been deeply involved in the Georgia Library Association from the beginning of his career. He…
GLA is thrilled to announce this year’s GLC Keynote Speaker: Cicely Lewis! Meet Cicely Lewis Named the 2020 National Librarian of the Year by School Library Journal and Scholastic, a 2019 Library Journal Mover and Shaker and the 2019 National Teacher Award for Lifelong Readers by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) and…
By: Rachel Evans and Mandy Mastrovita The Alexander Campbell King Law Library is unique among library collections at the University of Georgia (UGA). In addition to managing its holdings in a separate ILS (integrated library system), it has also hosted its own institutional repository on a digital commons site since 2008, where it has continued…
The Executive Board and Constitution and Bylaws Committee will offer a set of amendments to the GLA Constitution & Bylaws for a vote on the September 2022 ballot. View the attached Amendments Explainer document (PDF) for the proposed changes and reason for the changes.