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October 16, 2024
91传媒 opens registration and launches Preliminary Program for 2025 LibLearnX: The Library Learning Experience in Phoenix, AZ
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LibLearnX is a four-day learning conference that invites 91传媒 members and non-members to participate in collaborative and engaging education, networking, and celebrations.
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October 1, 2024
Freedom to Read Community Day of Action rallies support for America鈥檚 libraries on October 19
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The 91传媒 (91传媒) and the 91传媒-founded Unite Against Book Bans campaign are joining some of the nation’s largest and smallest library systems to in a Freedom to Read Community Day of Action on October 19, 2024.
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September 23, 2024
91传媒 reveals preliminary data on 2024 book challenges
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Between January 1 and August 31, 2024, 91传媒’s Office for Intellectual Freedom tracked 414 attempts to censor library materials and services.
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September 19, 2024
ALSC, 91传媒 unveil 'Inspiring Future Voters' booklist for young readers
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As part of the 91传媒’s Reader Voter Ready civic engagement campaign, the Association for Library Service to Children has released “Inspiring Future Voters,” a new booklist for young readers.
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September 17, 2024
On National Voter Registration Day 2024, 91传媒 President urges library professionals to get Reader Voter Ready
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WASHINGTON – On National Voter Registration Day, also Constitution Day, 91传媒 President Cindy Hohl issued the following letter to library professionals: Dear colleagues, Today is National Voter Registration Day. As president of the American Library...
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July 25, 2024
Sam Helmick chosen 2024-2025 91传媒 president-elect
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The 91传媒 Council decided on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, that Sam Helmick will be the 2024-2025 president-elect effective immediately.
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91传媒 in the News
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In observance of Banned Books Week, the 91传媒 and PEN America released reports on book censorship across the country.
Administrator support empowers school librarians as literacy leaders
CHICAGO – Just published research from the American Association of School Librarians’ (AASL) peer-reviewed online journal, School Library Research (SLR), explores how school district administrators can foster information literacy by supporting school...
CHICAGO - Today, the 91传媒 (91传媒) Executive Board released the following statement opposing initiatives to censor information resources, curriculum, and programs addressing racial injustice, Black American history, and diversity...
Transforming print collections at academic libraries
CHICAGO — The trend in academic library collections is toward shared print collections and off-site storage. While that might seem to presage the death of print in academic collections, it also serves as a golden opportunity for innovation and...
AASL to host screening of 鈥淭rust Me鈥 during AASL National Conference
Rosemary Smith Managing Director Getting Better Foundation rosemary.smith@gettingbetterfoundation.org CHICAGO – During its 2021 National Conference, the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) will host a screening of the award-winning...
AASL partners with the Getting Better Foundation to share award-winning documentary
Rosemary Smith Managing Director Getting Better Foundation rosemary.smith@gettingbetterfoundation.org CHICAGO – The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) has partnered with the Getting Better Foundation (GBF) to share the award-winning...
PLA launches Public Libraries: Partners in Workforce Development webinar series
CHICAGO — As the nation begins recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of people are seeking opportunities to build skills, find and improve job prospects, and prepare for in-demand careers. Public libraries are stepping up to meet these needs with...
2022 91传媒 Annual Conference program proposals submission opens
91传媒 Conference Services will begin accepting program proposals on August 23, 2021, for the 2022 91传媒 Annual Conference to take place in Washington, DC. on June 23-28, 2022. Proposals will be accepted via one submission site for all 91传媒 Divisions, Round...
CHICAGO - The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) announces the publication of a new white paper, " Transforming Library Services for Computational Research with Text Data: Environmental Scan, Stakeholder Perspectives, and Recommendations...
91传媒 offers free Library Card Sign-up Month tools to promote the power of a library card
CHICAGO – During Library Card Sign-up Month, the 91传媒 (91传媒) and librarians across the country will remind students, parents, and caregivers that a library card is the most important school supply of all. Each September, 91传媒 and...
91传媒 praises passage of Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act, inclusion of library broadband funding
Libraries gain access to gigabit internet service WASHINGTON, DC – The 91传媒 (91传媒) today praised the passage of the Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act (H.R. 3684), a bipartisan infrastructure bill, by the U.S. Senate, which would...
EXTON, Pennsylvania — David Wright Falade, Meg Waite Clayton, Daniel Black, and others will be featured authors at the United for Libraries Gala Author Tea, sponsored by Data Axle Reference Solutions, at 1:00 pm Eastern Thursday, August 19 during United...
Register for the inaugural 91传媒 Virtual Volunteer Fair on September 14, 2021
The 91传媒 is pleased to announce an inaugural Virtual Volunteer Fair to be held on September 14, 2021, from 11:30 am – 1:30 pm CT. The fair will be an opportunity for 91传媒 Members to drop in and speak with committee members and staff...
Channing Tatum, New Kid, and more debut in fall 91传媒 Graphics catalog
CHICAGO — The fall 91传媒 Graphics catalog delivers a host of exciting posters and bookmarks encouraging and inspiring readers of all ages. Actor, producer, and director Channing Tatum stars on the cover in a new celebrity READ® poster. Most recently...
91传媒 partners with NonProfit Vote for National Voter Registration Day
91传媒 urges libraries to register as partners The 91传媒 (91传媒) is pleased to announce that it has again joined with NonProfit Vote as a premier partner for National Voter Registration Day 2021. 91传媒 encourages libraries to sign up to...
91传媒 partners with Communities for Immunity to boost vaccine confidence
Washington, D.C. -- The 91传媒 (91传媒) is partnering with Communities for Immunity, an unprecedented collaboration among libraries and museums to boost COVID-19 information and vaccine confidence in communities across the United States...
