The American Indian Library Association is pleased to announce the recipients of our first ever DEMCO/AILA Travel Grant. Thanks to the generosity of DEMCO, AILA will provide financial assistance to four American Indian library professionals currently working in tribal library of any kind to attend the Tribal Archives, Libraries and Museums Conference (TALM) in Portland, … Continued

Janice Rice, senior academic librarian in the University of Wisconsin–Madison College Library and member of the Ho-Chunk Nation, has been selected as a recipient of the 14th annual UW System Outstanding Women of Color in Education Award. Read the story!

AILA member Laurel Tarulli was chosen as the 2009 winner of the Esther J. Piercy award! Read the

Congratulations to AILA Secretary Holly Tomren for being chosen for the 2009 Emerging Leader program! You may read the press release at the ALA website.

Lotsee Patterson, Ph.D., professor in the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Oklahoma, was born and raised in rural southwestern Oklahoma. A member of the Comanche Nation, she credits her experience growing up in Indian country with developing her passion for libraries and library services for Native Americans. She is a … Continued

Demco donates $1000 towards Loriene’s Honor Dance at the NMAI! Storyteller Tim Tingle, Member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, performed at the AILA Midwinter Social. Thanks to Cinco Punto Press, Salinas Bookshelf, Demco and Gaylord for sponsoring this wonderful event.

AILA’s own Loriene Roy, professor of Library and Information Science at the University of Texas, Austin, former ALA council member, and past AILA president, has been elected as the incoming president of the American Library Association for the 2007-2008 term. You may read the press release at the ALA website. Also, Loriene’s web site provides … Continued