21 Stops and Counting: Traveling Karski Exhibition Still Available
After 21 stops over two years, “The World Knew: Jan Karski’s Mission for Humanity,” a traveling exhibition about Holocaust hero Jan Karski, is still traveling [read more]
Polish Authors, Librarians
Converge in Chicago at BookExpo America
“This is the best booth in the show,” said publisher and editor Glenn Young as he admired the graphic art panels in the “Books from [read more]
Meet the Newly Elected PALA Board of Directors
The spring election results have brought some familiar and some new faces to the Polish American Librarians Association Board of Directors. Ewa Barczyk, Director of [read more]
PALA President’s Message: Libraries at the Crossroads
“Libraries at the Crossroads,” a new survey from the Pew Research Center shows that library use has “ebbed downward” over the past three years, “although it [read more]
Sunday in Milwaukee with PALA: Annual Meeting Summary
Two of the best and most prolific chroniclers of the Polish American experience, John Gurda and Dominic Pacyga, delivered morning and afternoon keynotes April 17 [read more]
PALA 6th Annual Meeting: April 17, 2016
Dominic Pacyga and John Gurda, two of the best and widely celebrated authors of books about the Polish American experience, will keynote a unique opportunity for librarians [read more]
BookExpo to Honor Poland at May 11 Global Market Forum in Chicago
Poland has been named the Feature Country of Honor for BookExpo America’s Global Market Forum. The May 11 program is part of BEA’s “Content & Digital Conference,” which is [read more]
ALA Declines Request to Support Visa Waiver for Poles
The American Library Association has declined a request from the Polish American Librarians Association to support Poland’s inclusion in the Visa Waiver Program, which would [read more]
Poland & the Holocaust: Essential Reading
The history of Polish Judaism, Catholicism, politics, and anti-Semitism is complex and difficult to comprehend. The selection of Poland as the Nazi killing field during World [read more]
Dominic Pacyga to Headline 2016 Annual Meeting in Milwaukee
Save the date: Historian and author Dominic Pacyga is scheduled to deliver the keynote address at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Polish American [read more]