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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 — The Public Library Association (PLA) Strategic Plan 2022—2026 is now available on the PLA website , following its unanimous approval by the PLA Board of Directors in June 2022. Informed by member surveys, member and partner interviews, and PLA...
Carnegie-Whitney Grant awards up to $5,000 for guides to library resources
The 91´«Ã½ Publishing Committee provides a grant of up to $5,000 for the preparation of print or electronic reading lists, indexes or other guides to library resources that promote reading or the use of library resources at any type...
CHICAGO — The 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½), in collaboration with the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History’s (NMNH) Human Origins Program, invites applications from public libraries interested in hosting the traveling exhibition Exploring...
Coretta Scott King Book Awards Round Table to launch Ashley Bryan Video Tribute
CHICAGO - The Coretta Scott King Book Awards Round Table will launch the Ashley Bryan Video Tribute on Sept. 15 from 5-7 p.m. Central Standard Time on Zoom. The virtual event will provide deep insight on the life of CSK award-winning author and...
91´«Ã½ Executive Director Tracie D. Hall Receives Literarian Award from National Book Foundation
CHICAGO – 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) Executive Director Tracie D. Hall will receive the 2022 Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community from the National Book Foundation. Awarded by the Foundation’s Board of...
Fostering wellness in the library workplace
CHICAGO — As part of their dedication to improving the lives of their patrons, libraries have long offered services, programs, and outreach dedicated to the health and wellness of their communities. There is a growing recognition that library workers...
Marjory Blumenthal and Dr. Christopher Harris Appointed 91´«Ã½ Senior Policy Fellows
The 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) has appointed Marjory Blumenthal and Dr. Christopher Harris as Senior Policy Fellows in 91´«Ã½’s Office of Public Policy and Advocacy. Blumenthal will focus on information technology policy issues, including copyright...
Scholarship Application Now Open
If you need a bit of financial help to get through your graduate program, scholarship funds are now available. The 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) has more than $300,000 available to students who are studying in library science or school library media...
Final Day to Submit Emerging Leaders Application Nears
The 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) is now accepting applications for the 2023 class of Emerging Leaders (EL). Details on the program criteria can be found on the Emerging Leaders web page. The deadline to submit application and all related materials...
The 2022 Coretta Scott King Book Awards Round Table gifts Book Donation Grants
CHICAGO - Each year, the Coretta Scott King Book Awards community offers three underfunded libraries, schools and/or non-traditional organizations that provide educational services to children CSK Book Donation Grants. The grant program provides books...
Fall 2022 Online Learning with RUSA
CHICAGO- The 91´«Ã½- Reference and User Services Division (RUSA), continues to offer an outstanding combination of repeat and new courses/webinars. Check out our list of upcoming programming below: Marketing the 21 st Century Library...
91´«Ã½ Celebrates National Library Card Sign-up Month September 2022
CHICAGO — Since 1987, Library Card Sign-up Month has been held each September to mark the beginning of the school year. During the month, the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) and libraries unite in a national effort to ensure every child signs-up for...
Connecting with teens in urban communities through media literacy
CHICAGO — Information and digital literacies are essential skills to survive and thrive in today’s media-saturated world. But minoritized and economically disadvantaged youth in urban communities often lack these critical media literacy competencies...
CHICAGO — Librarianship is still a predominantly white profession. It is essential that current practitioners as well as those about to enter the field take an unflinching look at the profession’s legacy of racial discrimination, including the ways in...
Jim Rettig, 2008-2009 91´«Ã½ President, Has Died
CHICAGO - Jim Rettig, president of the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) from 2008 to 2009, died August 17. A dedicated library leader, Rettig was awarded a bachelor’s and master’s degree in English from Marquette University. In 1975, he earned a Master...
