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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.
Conference sessions introduce exciting new ideas for library programming
CHICAGO – The 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) Public Programs Office will present a diverse offering of programs at the 2011 91´«Ã½ Annual Conference in New Orleans, open to all attendees who are interested in learning how to make their library a...
Help determine YALSA’s future by taking its strategic planning survey
CHICAGO — The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the 91´«Ã½, seeks input from YALSA members and anyone interested or involved in teen library services for the next iteration of its strategic plan...
Diane Walden recognized with ASCLA leadership award
CHICAGO — The 2011 ASCLA Leadership & Professional Achievement Award winner is Diane Walden, correctional libraries senior consultant for the Colorado State Library and a longtime member of the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies...
YALSA seeks program proposals for 2012 Annual Conference
CHICAGO — The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) will accept proposals for programs for the 2012 91´«Ã½ Annual Conference in Anaheim, Calif., June 21-26. Proposals must be submitted through May 31 at www.surveymonkey.com/s/YALSA2012rfp. YALSA...
National Library Workers Day and Equal Pay Day coincide on April 12
CHICAGO - Continuing the theme “Libraries Work Because We Do!” thousands will celebrate National Library Workers Day (NLWD) and Equal Pay Day on Tuesday, April 12 2011. On this day, while library workers and libraries are being commended for their value...
John Wilkin named 2011 LITA/Library Hi Tech Award winner
CHICAGO – John Wilkin has been named the winner of the 2011 LITA/Library Hi Tech award for Outstanding Communication in Library and Information Technology. Emerald Group Publishing Limited and the Library and Information Technology Association (LITA)...
Atkins named 2011 Marta Lange/CQ Press Award winner
CHICAGO – Stephen E. Atkins, former curator of the Dawson Collection and French Studies at the Cushing Library of Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, has been posthumously awarded the 2011 Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)...
Bussert wins ACRL CJCLS EBSCO Community College Learning Resources Program Achievement Award
CHICAGO – The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), is pleased to announce that Leslie Bussert, head of instruction services at the University of Washington Bothell and Cascadia Community College Library, has been chosen to receive the...
Mirza receives ACRL CJCLS EBSCO Community College Learning Resources Leadership Award
CHICAGO – The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), is pleased to announce that Melora Mirza, associate library director at the Georgia Perimeter College (GPC), Dunwoody Campus, has been chosen to receive the 2011 Community and Junior...
2011 ACRL STS Innovation Award to AgEcon Search
CHICAGO – AgEcon Search, the agricultural repository of the University of Minnesota Department of Applied Economics and the University of Minnesota Libraries, has been selected as the 2011 recipient of the Association of College and Research Libraries...
Library Support Staff Certification (LSSC) Program needs evaluators
CHICAGO - The 91´«Ã½-APA's Library Support Staff Certification (LSSC) Program currently needs the help of librarians with an MLIS and at least five years’ experience in one of the areas of the LSSC competency sets, which are listed below. LSSC began...
How will your library celebrate National Bookmobile Day 2011?
CHICAGO – A bookmobile birthday party. An open house on wheels. Free book giveaways. These are the ways that libraries across America will celebrate the second National Bookmobile Day on Wednesday April 13, 2011. National Bookmobile Day honors the nation...
Restrictions on library e-book lending threaten access to information
Tight library budgets restrict e-book buying power Chicago – As libraries cope with stagnant or decreased budgets, the recent decision by publisher HarperCollins to restrict the lending of e-books to a limited number of circulations per copy threatens...
Greenwood Publishing Group Award recipient named
CHICAGO — The 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) has named “The Tech Set" the winner of the 2011 Greenwood Publishing Group Award for the Best Book in Library Literature. "The Tech Set" was envisioned, created, and edited by Ellyssa Kroski and published...
91´«Ã½ honors Dr. Joan R. Giesecke with the 2011 Equality Award
CHICAGO - Dr. Joan R. Giesecke, dean of Libraries, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, is the 2011 recipient of the 91´«Ã½ Equality Award. The annual award, $1000 and a framed citation of achievement donated by Scarecrow Press, a member...
