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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.
Nominating committee seeks candidates
The 91´«Ã½ 2012 Nominating Committee is soliciting nominees to run on the 2012 spring ballot for the offices of 91´«Ã½ president-elect and councilor-at-large. The nominating committee will select two candidates to run for president-elect and no fewer than 50...
91´«Ã½ announces winner of 2011 White House Conference on Library and Information Services Award
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) today announced that Alison Kenney, a business owner from Marblehead, Mass., is the winner of the 2011 White House Conference on Library and Information Services (WHCLIST) Award. The award, which...
Free webinar available on how to prepare a portfolio for the LSSC Program
CHICAGO -At 2 p.m. CDT May 10, The Library Support Staff Certification ( LSSC) Program will offer an hour-long webinar explaining what the LSSC Program requires in a portfolio. The presentation will also offer the chance to see examples of successful...
Brad Meltzer: Don't close the book on libraries
CHICAGO - Brad Meltzer, best-selling author of “The Inner Circle” and host of the History Channel’s “Brad Meltzer Decoded,” wrote an opinion piece in the Miami Herald this week urging legislators to preserve library funding. In the piece, Meltzer speaks...
Gail Guidry Griffin elected 2011-2012 ALTAFF vice president/president-elect
PHILADELPHIA – Gail Guidry Griffin, Trustee at Shreve Memorial Library, Shreveport, La., has been elected 2011-2012 vice president/president-elect of the Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations (ALTAFF), a division of the...
Talking points available for 91´«Ã½ Virtual Library Legislative Day
PHILADELPHIA – Virtual Library Legislative Day is part of the 91´«Ã½’s (91´«Ã½) National Library Legislative Day on May 10, when hundreds of library advocates will descend on Capitol Hill to meet with members of Congress and their...
New RUSA online course teaches basics of spatial literacy, GIS, online mapping
CHICAGO — “Introduction to Spatial Literacy and Online Mapping,” a new online course offered by the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), is now open for registration and will be offered May 16-June 3. Through podcasts and hands-on assignments...
ALTAFF awards 2011 Public Service Award to Congressman Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ)
PHILADELPHIA – The Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations (ALTAFF), a division of the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½), will award the 2011 Public Service Award to Congressman Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ) during National Library...
CHICAGO - The Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations (ALTAFF), a division of the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½), will host the Gala Author Tea from 2 to 4 p.m. CDT on Monday, June 27 at the 2011 91´«Ã½ Annual Conference in...
Pat Hawthorne chosen LLAMA vice president/president-elect for 2011-2012
CHICAGO - The Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA) has elected Pat Hawthorne as vice president/president-elect for 2011-2012. Hawthorne is the director of research & learning services for the Albert B. Alkek Library at Texas State...
ACRL adopts new Plan for Excellence
CHICAGO - The Board of Directors of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) has adopted a new Plan for Excellence for the association. Developed over the course of the past year by the board, with continuous input from the ACRL membership...
CHICAGO – The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) Public Programs Office announced that five public libraries will receive travel stipends in order to present their exceptional public program models at...
May is Mystery Month at Booklist
CHICAGO - Every year, the jewel in Booklist Mystery Month’s crown is the Mystery Showcase issue—an annual highlight for Booklist readers since 1997. But there is now an additional array of related content accessible in a variety of formats to sign up and...
Stacey A. Aldrich elected ASCLA vice president
CHICAGO—Stacey A. Aldrich, state librarian of California, has been elected vice president/president-elect of the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies. Prior to becoming the state librarian of California, Aldrich was the deputy state...
Bell elected ACRL vice president/president-elect
CHICAGO - Steven J. Bell, associate university librarian for research and instructional services at Temple University, has been elected vice president/president-elect of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL). He will become president...
