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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.
CHICAGO — Today, the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) kicked off National Library Week with the release of its highly anticipated list of the Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2022 and the State of America’s Libraries Report, which tells the story of how...
Dolly Parton Awarded Honorary Membership in the 91´«Ã½
CHICAGO — The 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) is set to confer an honorary lifetime membership upon award-winning singer-songwriter, actress, businesswoman and philanthropist Dolly Parton for her longstanding support and commitment to inspiring a love...
CHICAGO –Join Core for the webinar “Mind the (Training) Gap: Assessing Metadata Competences During a Multi-System Migration” on July 19, 2023, at 1 p.m. CT. Over the past three decades, the emergence of digital repositories has required the skill sets of...
Virtual Forum on Ways to Use the Newly Revised 91´«Ã½ Core Competences of Librarianship - May 17
The 91´«Ã½ Committee on Education invites you to join us for a Virtual Forum, May 17, 2023, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm (Eastern) for a conversation discussing ways to use the newly revised 91´«Ã½ Core Competences of Librarianship. Register now. How will an updated...
On April 12, it was announced that Amber Billey had been elected President-elect of Core, and Miranda Bennett and Angie Ohler had been elected Directors-at-Large. Upon notification, Billey regretfully declined due to “an unexpected and beautiful turn of...
Library services for people with dementia
CHICAGO — Libraries have enormous potential to support people with dementia and their caregivers. Demand for dementia-friendly library services is only likely to increase in the future as the numbers of people affected by dementia rise and there is...
91´«Ã½ celebrates National Library Week, April 23-29
CHICAGO — Libraries support communities by providing more than just books and access to information. Communities can take advantage of internet and technology access, literacy and skill-building tools, professional development courses, job training, and...
Core Webinar: To Hold a Cloud: MARC Holdings in the Modern LMS
CHICAGO –Core hosts the webinar “To Hold a Cloud: MARC Holdings in the Modern LMS” on August 22, 2023, at 1 p.m. CT. Modern Library Management Systems (LMSs) are cloud based. Holdings information may be the only local metadata for print titles and becomes...
91´«Ã½ Announces Building Library Capacity Fund Grants for Minority Serving Institutions
CHICAGO — The 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) announces the opening of the 91´«Ã½ Building Library Capacity Grants that will provide grants to assist libraries at Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) across the United States and US Territories that have...
Unite Against Book Bans virtual event to honor a lifetime of free expression through story CHICAGO — The 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) today announced a national day of action to protect libraries and the freedom to read, designating April 24, the...
Three public libraries awarded 91´«Ã½â€™s 2023 Peggy Barber Tribute Grant
CHICAGO — The 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) has awarded its 2023 Peggy Barber Tribute Grant, a programming grant named after the transformative 91´«Ã½ leader, to Brookings (S.D.) Public Library, Gill Memorial Library (Paulsboro, N.J.) and Mount Kisco (N...
CHICAGO — The 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) has awarded its fourth Libraries Transform Communities Engagement Grant to Carlsbad (N.M.) Public Library and Lexington (Neb.) Public Library to support the libraries’ efforts in adult literacy and early...
YALSA Names New Editor for Quarterly Journal, YALS
CHICAGO - The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) has appointed Joni Bodart, editor of Young Adult Library Services (YALS). She will serve a twelve-month contract from February 1, 2023...
Yvette Garcia Elected 2024-2025 YALSA President
CHICAGO — Yvette Garcia, Assistant Director, Sulzer Regional Library, at the Chicago Public Library, has been elected as YALSA’s 2024 division president-elect. Garcia will begin her three-year term as president-elect in July of 2023, becoming president...
Michael Lambert named PLA 2024-2025 presidentÂ
CHICAGO — The Public Library Association (PLA) has announced the results of its 2023 Election. Members elected Michael Lambert, City Librarian, San Francisco (Calif.) Public Library, to the office of 2024–2025 PLA president. Lambert will serve a three...
