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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.
New online tool links AASL learning standards with Common Core
CHICAGO – The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) announces the launch of the " Standards for the 21st-Century Learner Lesson Plan Database," a public, online database providing school librarians a fast and user-friendly way to create and...
91传媒 Editions offers new e-course on teaching information literacy to college students
CHICAGO - 91传媒 Editions announces a new facilitated e-course on Teaching Information Literacy to College Students. Joanna Burkhardt, professor and head librarian at the University of Rhode Island branch libraries and co-author of " Teaching Information...
EBSCO Publishing provides major donation to the Robert F. Asleson Memorial 91传媒 Conference Grant
Cape Coral, Fla. – The Robert F. Asleson Memorial 91传媒 Conference Grant has announced the receipt of its first corporate gift. EBSCO Publishing, a leading content provider for libraries, has provided a very generous donation to support this newly...
91传媒 supports broadband build-out to rural libraries in Universal Service Reform
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The 91传媒 (91传媒) yesterday submitted comments to the Federal Communications Commission (PDF) in response to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding reform of the high-cost program within the Universal Service...
CHICAGO -- Starting this month, the Library of Congress’s Cataloger’s Desktop is not the only third-party product through which you can access RDA if you’re an RDA Toolkit subscriber; OCLC Connexion users who subscribe can now link from a displayed...
Robert F. Asleson Memorial 91传媒 Conference Grant established
Cape Coral, Fla. – Iris L. Hanney, information industry veteran and president of Unlimited Priorities Corporation, has announced the formation of the Robert F. Asleson Memorial 91传媒 Conference Grant. Ms Hanney will serve as president of the grant’s board...
CHICAGO – Donna Haye, district assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction for the Atlantic City Board of Education, is the 2011 recipient of the American Association of School Librarian’s (AASL) Distinguished School Administrators Award. Haye...
CHICAGO — 91传媒 TechSource announces the latest in its series of Online Workshops -- Using Technology in Library Management: Skills for More Efficient Administration and Communication, with Kenley Neufeld. From staff supervision to budgets, the work of the...
School librarian stands against organized challenge, receives AASL Intellectual Freedom Award
CHICAGO – Dee Venuto, school librarian at Rancocas Valley Regional High School, is the 2011 recipient of the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) Intellectual Freedom Award. Nominated by Hilda Weisburg, Venuto researched the motivations behind...
ALSC and PLA to offer Sneak Peek Webinar for upcoming Every Child Ready to Read庐 toolkit
CHICAGO – At 1 p.m. CDT on May 4, the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) and Public Library Association (PLA) will host a free Sneak Peek Webinar for the eagerly anticipated "Every Child Ready to Read ® (ECRR) @ your library ® 2 nd Edition...
Carnegie-Whitney Grant 2011 award winners
CHICAGO - The Carnegie-Whitney Grant provides grants for the preparation, either in print and/or electronically, of popular or scholarly reading lists, webliographies, indexes and other guides to library resources that will be useful to users of all types...
Exemplary teacher-school librarian collaboration wins AASL award
CHICAGO – The “Medieval Narrative Project,” planned and presented by the school librarians and freshman/sophomore Social Studies team at Deerfield High School in Deerfield, Ill., is the 2011 recipient of the American Association of School Librarian’s...
Five choices for ALSC spring online courses
CHICAGO - The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) has lined up five fantastic options for spring online learners. Spanning five to six weeks, these courses are designed for busy professionals or students who want passionate discussion...
Comedian, actress and author Molly Shannon to keynote Annual Conference Closing General Session
CHICAGO - The 91传媒 (91传媒) welcomes Molly Shannon from 9 a.m. - 10 a.m. CDT on Tuesday, June 28th as the speaker for the Closing General Session at the 91传媒 Annual Conference in New Orleans. Shannon, whose debut children’s book “Tilly...
PHILADELPHIA - The Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations (ALTAFF), a division of the 91传媒 (91传媒), will host “The Laugh’s On Us!” featuring comedian, writer and ALTAFF national spokesperson Paula...
