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Preservation Week® Webinar: How to Implement Sustainability in your Facility
[ En Español ] CHICAGO—In a time when sustainability and saving energy is imperative to slowing down climate change, institutions and organizations must become more aggressive when it comes to saving energy. There are a number of sustainable energy saving...
Core 91´«Ã½ Preconference: Crisis Communication/Message Dissemination for Libraries
CHICAGO—Public libraries are faced with unique challenges in a 24-hour news cycle world. While the corporate sector has extensive business continuity plans in place, far fewer libraries have up-to-date crisis communication strategies and plans developed...
CHICAGO—Join Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures during the the 2022 91´«Ã½ Annual Conference & Exhibition in Washington, DC for the full-day preconference event "AvramCamp: An Unconference for Women and Non-binary Technology Library Workers". Each...
Core Classroom: Hearing the Story: Creating an Oral History Project
CHICAGO —Storytelling is an important way to preserve the history of a community and/or culture. The human voice can convey so much more than the written word, so oral histories are a good way to preserve a community, family, or history of an important...
CHICAGO—Preservation Week (Semana de la Preservación) se complace en anunciar que Elizabeth Yeampierre, directora ejecutiva de la organización comunitaria latinx UPROSE, con sede en Brooklyn, se desempeñará como Presidenta Honorífica de Preservation Week...
UPROSE Executive Director Elizabeth Yeampierre named 2022 Preservation Week® Honorary Chair
[En Español] CHICAGO—Preservation Week is pleased to announce that Elizabeth Yeampierre, executive director of the Brooklyn-based Latinx community organization UPROSE, will serve as the 2022 Preservation Week Honorary Chair. Yeampierre, an internationally...
WASHINGTON—On March 11*, the president signed a reconciled budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022, which began on October 1, 2021. The Library Services and Technology Act, the only source of federal funding dedicated for America’s libraries, received flat...
91´«Ã½, Leading Digital Inclusion Advocates Launch Airwaves for Equity Coalition
New coalition asks Congress to dedicate revenue from future spectrum auctions to support digital literacy and adoption efforts Washington, D.C.—Today, the 91´«Ã½, along with eight other of the nation’s leading digital equity...
WASHINGTON--On February 16, 2022, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland granted a preliminary injunction of Maryland’s library digital book law in the case of Association of American Publishers v. Brian Frosh. The legislation, which went...
91´«Ã½ announces 2022 Policy Corps members
Washington, D.C. -- The 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) announced today the names of the library and information professionals selected to participate in the 2022 91´«Ã½ Policy Corps, which aims to develop a cadre of experts with deep and sustained...
WASHINGTON -- On February 16, 2022, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland granted a preliminary injunction of Maryland’s library digital book law in the case of Association of American Publishers v. Brian Frosh. The legislation, which went...
Live virtual conversation February 7 featuring 4 Libraries Build Business cohort libraries WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) today released the Libraries Build Business Playbook, which showcases emerging models for small business...
PSLF Coalition webinar series begins February 2 WASHINGTON–The 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) encourages library workers with federal student loans to review their eligibility under the U.S. Department of Education’s Public Service Loan Forgiveness...
Submissions Now Open for the 2022 John Cotton Dana Award
The 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) is now accepting submissions for the 2022 John Cotton Dana Award (JCD). The John Cotton Dana Award is one of the most prestigious awards given to libraries and honors outstanding library public relations. Up to eight...
Actress and comedian Molly Shannon to serve as 2022 National Library Week honorary chair
CHICAGO—Molly Shannon, multiple Emmy-nominated and Spirit Award-winning actress, comedian, and legendary Saturday Night Live cast member, will help celebrate our nation’s libraries as the honorary chair of National Library Week, April 3–9, 2022. Shannon...
