The MLA Directory of Periodicals, created in 1970 as a print companion to the MLA International Bibliography, is now available online for MLA members only. The online version of the Directory of Periodicals is searchable, regularly updated, and provides submission requirements, editorial addresses, and subscription information for over 4,000 literature, language, linguistics, folklore, film, and pedagogy journals and book series that are regularly indexed in the Bibliography. For more information, please contact periodicals@mla.org.

Through 31 July, a 25% discount will be available on over one hundred titles in the Approaches to Teaching World Literature series. The 25% discount will be automatically deducted at checkout, and there is no need to log in.

The first-ever edition of the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers with a companion Web site, the seventh edition updates MLA style, gives more information on electronic resources, and provides step-by-step guidance for students who are writing research papers. "The new edition builds on input from scholars, librarians, and students to create the best tool ever for writing research papers," says MLA Executive Director Rosemary G. Feal. Click here to learn more and to purchase copies. If you're an MLA member, you can request a complimentary copy.

A collection of resources designed to help all members of the academic community advocate for the right working conditions for faculty members and the ideal learning environment for students.

The Summer 2009 MLA Newsletter  is available online and was mailed in early May. The issue features election information and Catherine Porter's president's column on advocating for the humanities workforce. Items that now appear on the MLA Web site include fellowships and grants deadlines, upcoming MLA deadlines, 2009 ADE Summer Seminars, 2009 ADFL Summer Seminars, MLA committee meetings, and letters to the editor.

A new MLA-ADE staffing report documents the dramatic increase in the use of part-time and full-time non-tenure-track labor and the consequences of such employment practices for undergraduate education and for the future of tenured and tenure-track positions in English. The report provides recommendations for institutions on an educationally sound balance between tenured and tenure-track faculty members and non-tenure-track faculty members and recommendations for ensuring that non-tenure-track faculty members have the appropriate salaries and benefits, working conditions, and support. The report is accompanied by "Demography of the Faculty: A Statistical Portrait of English and Foreign Languages," which draws on United States government data sources to provide an overview of the faculty population teaching English and foreign languages.

The Committee on the Status of Women in the Profession, as part of the committee's Associate Professor Project, has written a report presenting findings of the MLA's 2006 survey of MLA members who hold the rank of professor and associate professor and teach English or other modern languages in United States colleges and universities. The data reveal differences in the career paths and progress of men and women in the fields of language and literature represented in the MLA, including the number of years spent at the rank of associate professor before promotion to professor; time devoted to research, teaching, service, and other professional activities; time given to personal commitments such as child care, elder care, and other family responsibilities; views of tenure and promotion; and job satisfaction.

The MLA Language Map and its Data Center provide information about more than 47,000,000 people in the United States who speak languages other than English at home.

The Data Center now includes information from the 2005 American Community Survey, allowing for comparison between 2005 and 2000 data for 30 languages at national, regional, and state levels.

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