Kelly Webster Appointed AILA’s First Executive Director! Kelly has been an active member of AILA since 1997, and has served as AILA’s secretary (200-2003), executive board member at large (2007-2009), listserv manager (2008-present), membership coordinator (2008-present), Subject Access and Classification Committee Chair (2006-2008), and AILA President (2004-2005). She has missed only one AILA business meeting … Continued

Congratulations to David Hurley, Zora Sampson, and Holly Tomren who were elected ALA Councilor at Large members.

The American Indian Library Association is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2010 DEMCO/AILA Travel Grant. Thanks to the generosity of DEMCO, AILA will provide financial assistance to four tribal librarians to attend the American Library Association Annual Conference in Washington, DC. Congratulations to this year’s awardees!

The American Indian Library Association (AILA) and the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA) are pleased to award $500 grants to the Greenwich Branch of the Gloucester County Library System in Gibbstown, N.J. and the White Mesa Library of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe in Towaoc, Colo. Each will use its $500 grant to host a … Continued

The American Indian Library Association and the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association have partnered to offer a $500 grant to host a Talk Story: Sharing Stories, Sharing Culture program at your library. Talk Story: Sharing Stories, Sharing Culture is a literacy program that reaches out to Asian Pacific American (APA) and American Indian/Alaska Native (AIAN) children … Continued

The scholarship program is designed for Native students who want to earn a fully online ALA-accredited MLIS degree. Scholarship recipients will receive financial assistance and other support, including mentoring, career advisement, field experiences, involvement in professional conferences and workshops, and interaction with Native leaders in the profession. Because all courses are delivered fully online, students … Continued

AILA supports the ALA Emerging Leaders Program. The application for the class of 2011 is now available. You will need to choose AILA as a sponsor if you are interested. The program is designed to enable a group of library workers to get on the fast track to ALA and professional leadership. Participants are given … Continued

The American Indian Library Association is pleased to announce that, through the generosity of DEMCO, we have awarded the 2010 DEMCO/AILA Library School Scholarship to Mary Gibson. Mary is an enrolled member of the Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone, and she will be pursuing her Master of Science in Library and Information Science at the … Continued

The San Jose School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) is partnering with the American Indian Library Association (AILA) to launch Circle of Learning — an initiative designed to recruit and support American Indians and Alaska Natives who are interested in earning a Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) degree. The scholarship program is … Continued

The American Indian Library Association is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2010 DEMCO/AILA Travel Grant. Thanks to the generosity of DEMCO, AILA will provide financial assistance to four tribal librarians to attend the American Library Association Annual Conference in Washington, DC. Congratulations to this year’s awardees: Teresa Mares, Librarian, Noli Indian School Sandra … Continued