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Working to improve library and information services for American Indians

The American Indian Library Association, an affiliate of the American Library Association, is a membership action group that addresses the library-related needs of American Indians and Alaska Natives. AILA holds business meetings twice a year in conjunction with the American Library Association and publishes the American Indian Libraries Newsletter quarterly.

Conferences:
    2010 ALA Midwinter Conference: January 15 - January 19, 2010 Boston, MA.

    2010 ALA Annual Conference: June 24 - June 29, 2010 Washington, DC.
News:

DEMCO/AILA Travel Grant award winners announced!
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, OR.

Congratulations to this year's awardees:
Mary Johnson, Library Director, Nebraska Indian Community College
Sarah Kostelecky, Library Director, Institute of American Indian Arts
Bernice Martinez, Library Director, Pueblo de San Ildefonso
Melanie Toledo, Library Manager, Ak-Chin Indian Community Library

2008 American Indian Youth Literature Award Winners:

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
by Sherman Alexie,
Ellen Forney (Illustrator)

Crossing Bok Chitto
by Tim Tingle

Counting Coup: Becoming a Crow Chief on the Reservation and Beyond
by Joseph Medicine Crow,
Herman Viola


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