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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.

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Evaluate your public library鈥檚 teen services with new, free tool from YALSA

CHICAGO — The Young Adult Library Services Association, a division of the 91传媒, released a new evaluation tool for libraries to determine the health of teen services at their institutions. The downloadable tool, approved by YALSA’s...

Free webinars during Preservation Week, April 24-30

CHICAGO - Take a few moments during Preservation Week, April 24-30, to attend two free webinars. Sponsored by the HFGroup, these webinars will enlighten you on two very important and timely topics: accidents and digital memories. The webinars are produced...

Celebrate National Bookmobile Day with Honorary Chair Audrey Niffenegger

CHICAGO – Audrey Niffenegger wants you to celebrate National Bookmobile Day on Wednesday, April 13, 2011. The acclaimed author of "The Night Bookmobile" and "The Time Traveler’s Wife" has lent her support to America’s bookmobiles as the 2011 Honorary...

91传媒 sends Resolution on Access to and Classification of Government Information to Congress, White House

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The 91传媒 (91传媒) distributed its Resolution on Access to and Classification of Government Information to all members of the U.S. Congress and to the White House this week in recognition of Sunshine Week, a national...

AASL president releases statement on school library position cuts

CHICAGO – Coinciding with her visit to a state-recognized school library program, American Association of School Librarians President, Dr. Nancy Everhart released the following statement in response to the elimination of school librarian positions in...

AASL 鈥淪chool Libraries Count!鈥 longitudinal survey deadline extended to March 25

CHICAGO – The deadline to participate in the American Association of School Librarian’s “School Libraries Count!” longitudinal survey has been extended to March 25. The survey gathers basic data about the status of school library programs across the...

Baker and Dube awarded ALCTS Best of LRTS

CHICAGO - Whitney Baker, conservator and associate librarian at Kansas University Libraries, and Liz Dube, conservator and associate librarian at University of Notre Dame, have been awarded the 2011 Best of LRTS Award for the article, "Identifying...

College & Research Libraries to go open access

CHICAGO - The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) announces that its scholarly research journal, College & Research Libraries ( C&RL), will become an open access publication beginning with the May 2011 issue. This change in access policy...

91传媒 presents 2011 James Madison Award to Patrice McDermott

WASHINGTON, D.C. – 91传媒 (91传媒) President Roberta Stevens today awarded the 2011 James Madison Award to Patrice McDermott, director of OpenTheGovernment.org, during the 13th annual National Freedom of Information Day Conference...

Advocacy Institute at Annual to focus on boomers, staff and students as vocal library supporters

CHICAGO – Reserve your spot today for the "Boomers, Staff & Students -- Engaging the Many Voices of Advocacy: An Advocacy Institute Workshop" during 91传媒’s 2011 Annual Conference in New Orleans. The program will take place from 1 to 4 p.m. on Friday, June...

Libraries across Ireland celebrate Library Ireland Week

CHICAGO – “Smart people” and “smart libraries” across Ireland last week celebrated the sixth annual Library Ireland Week (March 7-13, 2011) using the Campaign for America’s Libraries’ @ your library brand. The @ your library brand, as well as the theme,...

Polls open this week for 91传媒 2011 election

CHICAGO – Polls open March 16 for the 2011 91传媒 (91传媒) election, in which members will choose their new president- elect and council members. Ballots are staged to be e-mailed on March 16, 17 and 18. Please look for your ballot...

ALSC presents first-ever D铆a 101 webinar

CHICAGO - The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) is offering the first-ever Día-related webinar, Día 101: Everything you need to know about celebrating El día de los niños/El día de los libros. The course will take place at 1 p.m. CST on...

El d铆a de los ni帽os/El d铆a de los libros publicity tools now available

CHICAGO – As libraries throughout the country continue to expand their collections for diverse communities, thousands will celebrate the 15th anniversary of El día de los niños/El día de los libros (Children’s Day/Book Day), also known as Día, on April 30...

Break down barriers at the Human Library @ 91传媒 Annual Conference

CHICAGO – The Social Responsibilities Round Table (SRRT) of the 91传媒 is seeking volunteers to participate in a Human Library, to be held from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. on Monday, June 27 at 91传媒’s Annual Conference in New Orleans...