View all News and Press Releases
Libraries Transform: Adult Education and Family Literacy
CHICAGO – As we mark national Adult Education and Family Literacy Week, libraries across the country are transforming lives through literacy services for adults and families. The need is great. In the U.S. low literacy is a reality for one in six adults...
Public relations for school libraries made easy
CHICAGO – The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) has released a new member-created resource to help school librarians promote the ways their programs transform teaching and learning. Available on the AASL website or as a PDF download, the...
Free school library advocacy packs now available through the 91传媒 online store
CHICAGO - School library advocacy packs containing tools to spread the word about the many ways school librarians are transforming teaching and learning are now freely available through the 91传媒 online store. Generously sponsored by Bound to Stay Bound...
Babies Need Words Every Day to bridge the word gap
CHICAGO – The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the 91传媒 (91传媒), announces the release of the new Babies Need Words Every Day materials. These shareable resources were designed to help bridge the 30...
Free advocacy training curriculum now available for public libraries
CHICAGO — The Public Library Association (PLA) is pleased to announce that the advocacy training curriculum Turning the Page: Supporting Libraries, Strengthening Communities is now available online. This training curriculum is an updated version of...
Libraries cheer passage of strong open access legislation in U.S. Senate
WASHINGTON, D.C.―Today, public access to federally-funded research took one momentous move forward with the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs' vote to support the Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act of 2015...
Congress passes strong support for U.S. school libraries in Elementary and Secondary Education Act
WASHINGTON, D.C.—After years of delay, the U.S. Senate today voted to reauthorize and modernize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), the federal government’s primary education statute, by passing the Every Child Achieves Act of 2015. Before...
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) The 91传媒 (91传媒) today welcomes President Barack Obama’s announcement of the ConnectHome initiative to expand high-speed broadband to public housing residents. The 91传媒 is proud to be a partner in realizing a shared...
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issues decision in lawsuit challenging Arizona鈥檚 Ethnic Studies ban
CHICAGO — On July 7, 2015, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued its opinion in in Arce v. Douglas (formerly Arce v. Huppenthal), a lawsuit filed by students in the Tucson Unified School District (TUSD). The lawsuit challenges the constitutionality of...
CHICAGO – 91传媒’s Office for Diversity, Literacy and Outreach Services and ProLiteracy have joined efforts to further the initiatives outlined in the Adult Literacy through Libraries National Library Literacy Action Agenda. With a grant from the Institute...
91传媒 releases National Policy Agenda for Libraries
Libraries are in a revolution fueled by rapid advances in technology, and thus the roles, capabilities, and expectations of libraries are changing rapidly. National public policy for libraries must reflect these changes. Today the American Library...
SAN FRANCISCO—For decades, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the 91传媒 (91传媒) have stood shoulder to shoulder on the front lines of the fight for privacy online, at the library and in many other spheres of our daily lives...
91传媒 and ProLiteracy seek pilot sites for adult literacy library initiative
CHICAGO – 91传媒’s Office for Diversity, Literacy and Outreach Services and ProLiteracy have joined efforts to further the initiatives outlined in the Adult Literacy through Libraries National Library Literacy Action Agenda. With a grant from the Institute...
91传媒 Statement of Support for 鈥淒igital Learning Equity Act of 2015"
Today Senator Angus King (I-ME) and Senator Shelley Capito (R-WV) took an important step toward closing the digital divide among our nation’s K12 students. 91传媒 President Courtney Young offers the following statement in support of...
91传媒: FCC should expand Lifeline to include essential broadband service
Today, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) took the first step forward in modernizing the Lifeline program, which supports telephone service for low-income Americans. In response, 91传媒 (91传媒) President Courtney Young...
