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October 16, 2024
91´«Ã½ 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´«Ã½ 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’s libraries on October 19
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The 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) and the 91´«Ã½-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´«Ã½ reveals preliminary data on 2024 book challenges
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Between January 1 and August 31, 2024, 91´«Ã½’s Office for Intellectual Freedom tracked 414 attempts to censor library materials and services.
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September 19, 2024
ALSC, 91´«Ã½ unveil 'Inspiring Future Voters' booklist for young readers
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As part of the 91´«Ã½’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´«Ã½ President urges library professionals to get Reader Voter Ready
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WASHINGTON – On National Voter Registration Day, also Constitution Day, 91´«Ã½ 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´«Ã½ president-elect
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The 91´«Ã½ Council decided on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, that Sam Helmick will be the 2024-2025 president-elect effective immediately.
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91´«Ã½ in the News
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In observance of Banned Books Week, the 91´«Ã½ and PEN America released reports on book censorship across the country.
The 91´«Ã½ Intellectual Freedom Round Table (IFRT), the Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF), and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) iSchool invite library professionals and the public to a free virtual celebration for their intellectual freedom...
IRRT announces grants to cover early bird registration for the 2021 virtual IFLA Congress
CHICAGO — The International Relations Round Table ( IRRT) of the 91´«Ã½ has launched a pilot program to promote and enable support for IRRT member attendance and participation in international library conferences. The first...
EXTON, Pennsylvania — United for Libraries will support the upcoming event ‘ Serving With a Purpose Virtual Fundraising Mini-Conference,’ scheduled to be held Wed, June 9, 2021 from 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EDT. This virtual conference is free for all to attend...
'A Quiet Cadence' wins W.Y. Boyd Literary Award for Excellence in Military Fiction
CHICAGO — "A Quiet Cadence" by Mark Treanor, published by The Naval Institute Press, is the winner of the 2020 W.Y. Boyd Literary Award for Excellence in Military Fiction. The W.Y. Boyd Literary Award honors the best American Military Fiction set in a...
Westerville Public Library to receive 2021 SustainRT Citation for Wellness in the Workplace
CHICAGO — The Westerville Public Library will be awarded the 2021 SustainRT Citation for Wellness in the Workplace in recognition of the great strides the library has made in pay equity for their library workers. In autumn 2020, the library board passed a...
Advancing a culture of creativity in libraries
CHICAGO — Today’s library workers have many roles to play: information gatekeepers, connectors, collaborators, and storytellers. The key ingredient is creativity, which acts as the lynchpin of functioning successfully as a team as well as impacting...
Meet the 2020/21 class of Emerging Leaders
You are invited to meet the 2020/21 class of Emerging Leaders (EL) at a virtual celebratory event on Friday, June 25, 2021, 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. (Central). The class of ELs will briefly respond to questions related to their projects and then be presented as...
91´«Ã½ pushes Build America’s Libraries Act of 2021 to address need WASHINGTON, D.C. – America’s approximately 17,000 public libraries, which receive 1.3 billion visits each year, need an estimated $32 billion for construction and renovation, according to a...
2021 ACRL President’s Program at 91´«Ã½ Annual Virtual Conference
CHICAGO — Join the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) for its President’s Program at the 2021 91´«Ã½ Annual Virtual Conference. Hosted by ACRL President Jon E. Cawthorne, this program will take place from 2:15 - 3:15 pm CST on Thursday...
CHICAGO – The 91´«Ã½ today announced that Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of “The 1619 Project, A New Origin Story,” Nikole Hannah-Jones will open the virtual 2021 91´«Ã½ Annual Conference & Exhibition, June 23-29, and...
United for Libraries Virtual Conference program proposal deadline extended to May 24
EXTON, Pennsylvania — United for Libraries has extended the deadline to submit proposals for its upcoming online conference “United for Libraries Virtual: Trustees – Friends – Foundations,” scheduled to be held Aug. 3-5, 2021. United invites program...
Core Forum 2021 - Proposal Submission Deadline Extended to June 1st
Submission Deadline Has Been Extended to: June 1, 2021 Submit Your Proposal Form for Core Forum 2021 Preview the proposal form as a PDF. The October 7-9 Core Forum in Baltimore will be our first opportunity to celebrate the diverse and interconnected...
Survey Results Show School Librarians Are Integral – During Pandemic School Closures and Beyond
CHICAGO – The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) has released the results of its last survey in a series of surveys capturing the state of school libraries during pandemic school closures. Launched in the spring of 2020, AASL’s surveys have...
PLA now accepting proposals for PLA 2022 Conference
CHICAGO — Today, the Public Library Association (PLA) officially opened the Call for Proposals for educational sessions to be presented at its next biennial conference, to be held Mar. 23-25, 2021 in Portland, Oregon. The PLA 2022 Conference will...
CHICAGO—Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures is honored to have Kaetrena Davis Kendrick, renowned author, scholar, facilitator, and co-host of the popular podcast series #FixMyLibrary as its President's Program speaker at 91´«Ã½ Annual from 11:45 a.m...
