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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.
Open Folklore Project receives ALCTS Outstanding Collaboration Award
CHICAGO - The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) is pleased to award the 2010 ALCTS Outstanding Collaboration Citation to the Open Folklore project. Open Folklore is a collaborative project developed by the American Folklore...
YALSA, World Wrestling Entertainment name WrestleMania® Reading Challenge Finalists
CHICAGO – Twenty regional winners in grades 5-12 from across the United States and Canada have won a chance to compete in the WrestleMania® Reading Challenge World Finals in Atlanta, Georgia on April 2, 2011. The WrestleMania Reading Challenge is...
Cook named 2011 ACRL/EBSS Distinguished Librarian
CHICAGO – Douglas Cook, reference and instruction librarian at Shippensburg University Libraries, is the recipient of the 2011 Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Education and Behavioral Sciences Section (EBSS) Distinguished Education...
Applications due March 1 for YALSA's award-winning quarterly journal
CHICAGO — Applications are due March 1 for a Member Editor for YALSA’s quarterly journal, Young Adult Library Services, a three-time APEX Award honoree. The deadline for applications is March 1. The Member Editor will be responsible for the textual and...
Apply by March 1 for 20 summer reading grants from YALSA and Dollar General
CHICAGO — Librarians seeking funding for summer reading programs aimed at teens can apply for one of 20 summer reading grants, each worth $1,000, distributed by YALSA and funded by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation. YALSA encourages innovative...
ALCTS preconferences at Annual in New Orleans
CHICAGO - Join your colleagues at these valuable preconferences brought to you by the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) just before the 91´«Ã½ Annual Conference this summer in New Orleans. Get the most up-to-date information on...
Pass it on! Celebrate 2011 Preservation Week April 24-30
CHICAGO – Preservation Week marks its second anniversary April 24-30. Last year’s Preservation Week was a great success across the country with academic, public and special libraries. Activities included lectures and workshops, as well as two free...
91´«Ã½ JobLIST Placement Center to host Open House during ACRL Conference in Philadelphia
CHICAGO - The 91´«Ã½ JobLIST Placement Center will host an Open House from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. EDT on Friday, April 1 in the Placement Center during the Association of College & Research Libraries’ (ACRL) National Conference in Philadelphia. Representatives...
Winner of 2011 Carroll Preston Baber Research Grant announced
CHICAGO – Mary Wilkins Jordan is the winner of the 2011 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) Carroll Preston Baber Research Grant for the project entitled “Public Library Stressors: Identification and Elimination.” The $3,000 grant supports innovative...
CHICAGO – The Pontiac (Mich.) Public Library, the Pontiac (Mich.) Children’s Service and the Luke O’Toole Elementary School in Chicago are recipients of the 2011 Coretta Scott King Book Donation Grants. Awarded by the Coretta Scott King Book Awards...
Applications for ALTAFF’s Best Friends Awards due April 1
PHILADELPHIA – The Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations (ALTAFF), a division of the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½), is accepting applications for the sixth annual Best Friends Awards. Applications are due April 1, 2011...
ASCLA seeks proposals for online professional development offerings
CHICAGO — The Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) invites interested instructors and presenters to submit proposals for online professional development courses and webinars. Topics for online learning proposals might...
91´«Ã½: President’s budget strips library funding
WASHINGTON, D.C. – 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) President Roberta Stevens released the following statement today regarding President Obama’s 2012 budget request: “The president’s budget proposal strips funding away from one of our greatest resources...
Best-selling author Scott Turow stands up for nation’s libraries
“...let-them-eat-cake-attitude that threatens to destroy a network of public assets ” – Scott Turow CHICAGO - In the wake of deep library budget cuts taking place in communities across the country, Scott Turow, author of “Presumed Innocent” and its sequel...
CHICAGO – In tough economic times, libraries help people save money in a variety of ways. This year, many libraries across the country are doing just that by working to provide library users not only with the tools to file their taxes, but resources and...
