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November 6, 2024
91´«Ã½ vows to defend intellectual freedom and access to information against political threats 
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In response to results of the 2024 United States election, the 91´«Ã½ vowed to continue its defense of the core values of librarianship in the face of political threats.
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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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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.
[Call for Nominations] 2020 Gordon M. Conable Conference Scholarship
CHICAGO — Are you interested in Intellectual Freedom? Would you like to attend the 91´«Ã½’s (91´«Ã½) Annual Conference in June and learn how the Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF) and other groups in 91´«Ã½ are working to protect access to...
Sol MarÃa López awarded 2020 Lois Mai Chan Professional Development Grant
CHICAGO—The 2020 Lois Mai Chan Professional Development Grant has been awarded to Sol María López, Media Cataloging Coordinator at the Norlin Library, University of Colorado, Boulder. López holds an MSLS from the University of North Texas and a BA in...
91´«Ã½ adds Polish 91´«Ã½ to its professional affiliate roster
CHICAGO - The governing Council of the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) has voted to make the Polish American Librarians Association (P91´«Ã½) an 91´«Ã½ Affiliate. The action was taken Jan. 27 during the 91´«Ã½ Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia. P91´«Ã½ applied for...
Libraries Ready to Code Awards Microfunding on Digital Learning Day
Today the 91´«Ã½’s (91´«Ã½) Libraries Ready to Code initiative, sponsored by Google, awarded more than 100 academic, school and public libraries with $700 mini-grants to encourage digital skills education in honor of Digital Learning...
OCLC, PLA report offers strategies for public libraries to respond to the opioid crisis
CHICAGO — OCLC and the Public Library Association (PLA) today issued Call to Action: Public Libraries and the Opioid Crisis, a report that offers tested strategies to consider as libraries determine local responses to the nationwide public health...
United for Libraries to host National Library Legislative Day webinar for members
EXTON, Pennsylvania — United for Libraries is hosting a live webinar for members, “ National Library Legislative Day: How Friends, Trustees, and Foundations Can Get Involved,” on Wednesday, March 11 at 2 p.m. Eastern Time. Emily Wagner, Deputy Director of...
ALSC names 2020 Notable Children's Books
CHICAGO — The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½), has selected its 2020 list of Notable Children’s Books. The list of titles, published in the previous year, includes fiction...
Ideas for smart spaces and creative places
CHICAGO — Make your library building become a more exciting, interesting, experiential space where people are engaged and want to spend time with Elisabeth Doucett’s new book “ 100+ Ideas to Inspire Smart Spaces and Creative Places,” published by 91´«Ã½...
Angela Leeper awarded YALSA’s 2020 National Library Legislative Day Travel Stipend
CHICAGO — The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) has awarded Angela Leeper, Director of the Curriculum Materials Center at the University of Richmond in Virginia, its National Library Legislative Day (NLLD) Travel Stipend. The stipend will...
Phyllis Magady chosen as recipient of YALSA’s 2020 Baker & Taylor Conference Travel Grant
CHICAGO — The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) has selected Phyllis Magady, Teen Coordinator at the Muskogee (Oklahoma) Public Library, as the recipient of its 2020 Baker & Taylor Conference Travel Grant. “I'm excited to attend my first...
Monterey Park Bruggemeyer Library Receives 2020 ALSC/Candlewick Press "Light the Way" Grant
The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½), has announced that Monterey Park Bruggemeyer Library is the recipient of the 2020 ALSC/Candlewick Press "Light the Way: Outreach to the...
COA announces accreditation decisions made at 2020 Midwinter Meeting
CHICAGO — The Committee on Accreditation (CoA) of the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) announces accreditation actions taken at the 2020 91´«Ã½ Midwinter Meeting. Continued Accreditation status was granted to the following programs (listed in alphabetical...
Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries leaders receive 2020 Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial award
CHICAGO — Beth Denker, George Machovec, and Rose Nelson of the Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries have been named the 2020 recipients of the Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award. Denker is the e-resource licensing and administrative manager, Machovec is...
Kenneth D. Crews’s authoritative copyright resource gets an update
CHICAGO — Copyright law never sleeps, making it imperative to keep abreast of the latest developments. Declared “an exemplary text that seals the standards for such books” ( Managing Information), the newly revised and updated fourth edition of “...
YALSA seeks applicants for new Advocacy Board position
CHICAGO — The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) seeks an individual to fill a new advocacy board position for a one-year term starting July 2020. "By including advocates on the Board, YALSA is modeling the behavior it wants members to adopt...
