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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.
Nominations sought for The Penguin Random House Library Award for Innovation
CHICAGO — Nominations have been extended for The Penguin Random House Library Award for Innovation. The annual award recognizes U.S. libraries and librarians who create lasting innovative community service programs that successfully inspire and connect...
Call for nominations for Scholastic Library Publishing Award
CHICAGO — The 2021 application process for the 91传媒’s Scholastic Library Publishing Award has been extended to March 1. This award honors a librarian whose "unusual contribution to the stimulation and guidance of reading by children and young people"...
Applications sought for Noble Librarians Faced With Adversity
CHICAGO — Librarians face adversity every day, whether they are defending a challenged book, responding to collection and building damage after floods and fires, remaining open as a safe space during civil unrest, or fighting to provide services on a...
91传媒 Medal of Excellence nominations open
CHICAGO — Every year the 91传媒 honors a creative leader in library management, training, cataloging and classification, and the tools and techniques of librarianship with the 91传媒 Medal of Excellence. The award consists of $2,000...
CHICAGO - Two of the 2021 Stonewall Book Awards were announced Sunday, Jan. 24 by the Rainbow Roundtable of the 91传媒 (91传媒), during the 91传媒 Midwinter Meeting and Exhibits, held virtually January 22-26, 2021. The Stonewall Book...
2021 Over the Rainbow Book List features 48 titles for adult readers
CHICAGO - The Over the Rainbow committee of 91传媒’s Rainbow Roundtable gave careful consideration to 312 books this year. The committee chose 29 fiction and poetry titles and 19 nonfiction titles to make up the complete 2021 Over the Rainbow book list. The...
Sourcebooks and 91传媒 collaborate on new series
Publishing partnership will feature wide-ranging selection of books and journals CHICAGO — Sourcebooks, a leading independent publisher based in Chicago, and the 91传媒’s (91传媒) book publishing imprint, 91传媒 Editions|91传媒 Neal-Schuman...
91传媒’s Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table (GNCRT) is thrilled to announce the 2020 Best Graphic Novels for Adults Reading List. The best Graphic Novels for Adults reading list highlights the best graphic novels for adults published in late 2019 and...
91传媒 names Wedgeworth Honorary Member
CHICAGO – The 91传媒 (91传媒) Council elected former 91传媒 Executive Director Robert Wedgeworth to honorary membership in the association on Tuesday, Jan. 26, during the Virtual Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits. Honorary membership, 91传媒’s...
An updated playbook for chief data officers
CHICAGO — The new second edition of “ The Chief Data Officer's Playbook,” published by Facet Publishing and available through the 91传媒 Store, offers new insights into the role of the CDO and the data environment. Written by Caroline Carruthers and Peter...
Core Webinar: COVID and Workplace Law: A Practical Primer
On Tuesday, February 16, join Randi M. Cohen, labor and employment counselor and litigator, and your colleagues for a free, hour-long discussion on navigating the law during the COVID-19 pandemic. Designed for library workers and managers interested in...
School librarians invited to apply for $5,000 Sara Jaffarian School Library Program Award
CHICAGO — School librarians are invited to apply for a $5,000 award recognizing outstanding humanities programming in kindergarten through eighth grade, the 91传媒 (91传媒) Public Programs Office announced. Nominations for the 2021 Sara...
Haverkamp receives YALSA鈥檚 Joann Sweetland Lum Memorial Grant
CHICAGO — The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) has named Laura Haverkamp, Librarian at Dreher High School in Columbia, SC as the inaugural recipient of its new Joann Sweetland Lum Memorial Grant, which aims to recognize a librarian who has...
91传媒 joins American Historical Association鈥檚 condemnation of the 1776 Commission鈥檚 Report
CHICAGO — The 91传媒’s Executive Board has signed on to a statement from the American Historical Association that condemns the Advisory 1776 Commission report from the previous administration that “reject[s] recent efforts to...
2021 ACRL Excellence in Academic Libraries Award recipients announced
CHICAGO – The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) announces the recipients of the 2021 Excellence in Academic Libraries Awards – Davidson College E.H. Little Library, Davidson, North Carolina; Tulsa Community College Library, Tulsa...
