ALA 2010 Annual Conference Program and Exhibit Directory

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Hear from staff of the National Endowment for
the Humanities (NEH) and the ALA Public Programs
Office about new grant opportunities, including
support for traveling exhibitions and book and film
discussion programs. Librarians representing public,
academic, community college and high school
libraries are invited to attend.
Speakers: Lainie Castle, ALA Public Programs
Office, Project Director; Thomas Phelps, National
Endowment for the Humanities, Director, Division
of Public Programs
Everyone’s a Critic: the Future of
Book Reviewing
ALA - PUBLISHING
Washington Convention Center -202A
Authors, Literature & Cultural Programming
The top-down hierarchy of book reviewing has been
changed forever by a generation who can start
their own review publication in minutes.
Established cultural arbiters fear losing market
share in the Wild West of the World Wide Web.
But is old versus new an either/or proposition?
Presenters discuss the ways critical authority is
earned and how old and new media can