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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.
Core Webinar: Servant Leadership Principles Applied Practically
CHICAGO –Join Core on Tuesday, July 11, 2023, for the webinar “Servant Leadership Principles Applied Practically.” We all work with other people, either directly or indirectly. How individuals or colleagues work together matters and has a significant...
CHICAGO – The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) announces the publication of “ Integrated Library Planning: A New Model for Strategic and Dynamic Planning, Management, and Assessment,” by Myka Kennedy Stephens. This new book offers...
Library community mourns loss of Patricia A. "Pat" Wand聽
CHICAGO — The 91传媒 (91传媒) and the broader library community lost a valued member, leader, and friend in Patricia A. “Pat” Wand who died suddenly on April 28, 2023. A multi-talented and dedicated volunteer, Wand led 91传媒 and its...
Core President's Program features Angela Saini
CHICAGO —Join Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures on Saturday, June 24, 2023, at 4 p.m. CT during 91传媒 Annual in Chicago, IL, for the Core President's Program featuring award-winning journalist Angela Saini. Saini is known globally for her work on...
CHICAGO – The 91传媒 has announced that 91传媒 President Lessa Kanani’opua Pelayo-Lozada will host award-winning filmmaker and author Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu at the 91传媒 2023 Annual Conference & Exhibition 91传媒 President’s Program, June 22...
CHICAGO - The Intellectual Freedom Round Table (IFRT) of the 91传媒 (91传媒) is pleased to announce the Michigan Library Association (MLA) as the recipient of the 2023 Gerald Hodges Intellectual Freedom Chapter Relations Award. The...
Freedom to Read Foundation announces 2023 Election Results
The Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF) is excited to announce the results of the 2023 Board of Trustees election. FTRF members elected six trustees to its Board of Trustees for two-year terms that begin on Thursday, June 22, 2023. Freedom to Read...
Choice鈥檚 'The Authority File鈥 podcast wins 2023 Publisher Podcast Award
Middletown, CT — Choice, a publishing unit of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), has received a Publisher Podcast Award in the Best B2B podcast category for its flagship podcast, The Authority File. The Authority File provides...
2023 AASL Research Grants Awarded
CHICAGO – Three research papers have been awarded the 2023 American Association of School Librarians (AASL) Research Grants by the Educators of School Librarians Section (ESLS) of AASL. Sponsored by ABC-CLIO, the grants recognize excellence in manuscripts...
LRRT Library Research Forum 2023
2023 91传媒 Library Research Roundtable Forum Presentations Theory, Method, and Practice in Library Research 91传媒 Annual Conference, LRRT Chair’s Program, Chicago, IL June 22-27, 2023 The Library Research Roundtable Forum will feature three peer-reviewed...
LRRT Library Research Forum presentations to take place at 91传媒 Annual Conference 2023
The Library Research Roundtable Forum will feature three peer-reviewed research works with the potential to make significant contributions to the field of LIS. The Research Forum presentations will be part of the LRRT Chair’s Program at 91传媒 Annual in...
Dr. Carla Hayden Receives the Ken Haycock Award for Promoting Librarianship
Dr. Carla Hayden, the 14th person, first woman, and the first Black to hold the position of Librarian of Congress, is the 2023 recipient of the 91传媒 (91传媒) Ken Haycock Award for Promoting Librarianship. The award is given to someone...
2023 91传媒 Library Research Roundtable Shera Award Selected
The Library Research Round Table (LRRT) of the 91传媒 (91传媒) has chosen the 2023 recipient of the Jesse H. Shera Award for Distinguished Published Research. The Jesse H. Shera Award for Distinguished Published Research is given to the...
Chapel Cowden chosen as the 2023 recipient of the LIRT Librarian Recognition Award
CHICAGO — The Library Instruction Round Table (LIRT) of the 91传媒 has chosen Chapel Cowden, associate professor at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, as the 2023 recipient of the LIRT Librarian Recognition Award. The...
The Ohio State University Libraries presented the LIRT 2023 Innovation in Instruction Award
CHICAGO — The Library Instruction Round Table (LIRT) of the 91传媒 is pleased to announce that the 2023 Innovation in Instruction Award will be presented to The Ohio State University Libraries. Created to recognize a library that...