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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.
Author Pam Mu帽oz Ryan stands up for school librarians in op-ed
CHICAGO - Pam Muñoz Ryan, author of such books as "The Dreamer" and a longtime advocate on behalf of school libraries, recently wrote an opinion piece on the value of school libraries and librarians for Sign On San Diego, the website of the San Diego...
Director of Wikimedia Foundation to speak at 91传媒 President鈥檚 Program
CHICAGO – Sue Gardner will join 91传媒 (91传媒) President Roberta Stevens at her President’s Program on Sunday June 26, 2011, to speak about one of the most popular Internet sensations of this decade. The program, titled “Wikipedia...
91传媒 thanks U.S. Rep. Holt for introducing Workforce Investments Through Local Libraries (WILL) Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ-12) has introduced a bill to amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) to integrate public libraries into state and local workforce investment boards. The bill, the Workforce Investments Through Local...
Upcoming ACRL e-learning on Web design, successful budgeting, embedded librarianship
CHICAGO - The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) is offering a wide variety of online learning opportunities in spring 2011 to meet the demands of your schedule and budget. Full details and registration information are available on the...
CHICAGO – The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) announces the publication of “ Using Qualitative Methods in Action Research: How Librarians Can Get to the Why of Data,” edited by Douglas Cook and Lesley Farmer. While quantitative...
Pass It On! Celebrate Preservation Week April 24-30
CHICAGO – Preservation Week marks its second anniversary April 24-30. Recognizing the critical role libraries play in preservation, the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS), in partnership with the Library of Congress and the...
91传媒 calls on Congress to restore support to libraries in FY2012 budget
WASHINGTON, D.C. – H.R. 1473, the budget bill that will fund the government through September 2011, includes across-the-board cuts that may deeply affect libraries of all kinds. The bill, which cleared Congress Thursday night, includes a $28 million cut...
Drew Brees joins the Celebrity READ campaign
CHICAGO — Drew Brees, quarterback for the New Orleans Saints, is the latest star to join the Celebrity READ Campaign. Developed in anticipation of the 91传媒’s Annual Conference in New Orleans in June, the Drew Brees Poster is...
New webinar added for Preservation Week
CHICAGO - Preservation Week (www.ala.org/preservationweek) is pleased to announce the addition of a new webinar. Registration is now open. The webinar is free of charge. Protecting Future Access Now: Models for preserving digitized books and other content...
YALSA teams with Gareth Hinds to 鈥淧icture It @ your library鈥
CHICAGO — Promote YALSA’s Teen Read Week™ at your library with new products from 91传媒 Graphics, including both print and digital items featuring the art of Gareth Hinds. This year’s Teen Read Week theme is “ Picture It @ your library” and encourages teens...
Celebrating 15 years of children, cultures and books
CHICAGO — “Many Children, Many Cultures, Many Books” —the the new slogan celebrating the 15 th anniversary of El día de los niños/El día de los libros — adorns a just-released 91传媒 Graphics poster and bookmark. The Many Children Many Books Poster and...
YALSA opens registration, mini-grant applications for Teen Read Week鈩
2011 theme is Picture It @ your library ® CHICAGO — The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the 91传媒 (91传媒), launched its Teen Read Week 2011 website at www.ala.org/teenread on April 14 (Support Teen...
Twenty librarians receive YALSA/Dollar General Summer Reading Grants
CHICAGO — The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the 91传媒 (91传媒), announced the winners of its 20 Summer Reading Program Grants. The grants give each winning library $1,000 to offer inventive summer...
YALSA announces 2011 Teens鈥 Top Ten nominations
CHICAGO — Nominations for the Young Adult Library Services Association’s (YALSA) annual Teens’ Top Ten are now available at www.ala.org/teenstopten. YALSA encourages teens to read the 25 nominees before the national Teens’ Top Ten vote, which will take...
New 鈥淥ur Authors, Our Advocates鈥 public service announcements available at ilovelibraries.org
PSAs feature best-selling authors Neil Gaiman, Kathy Reichs, Pam Muñoz Ryan and Carmen Agra Deedy CHICAGO - Four new author public service announcements (PSAs) will be available to library advocates on April 13, through the 91传媒 “Our Authors, Our Advocates...
