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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.
Freedom to Read Foundation announces nominating committee
CHICAGO - The Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF) has announced the nominating committee for its April 2011 election. Committee members are: Robert P. Doyle, Chicago (chair); James G. Neal, New York; and Judith Platt, Washington, D.C. Six positions on the...
Who was John Cotton Dana and what is that award about?
CHICAGO - Ask your average library customers to name a famous librarian, and they might be able to dredge up the name Melville Dewey. Ask a professional in the field, and a variety of names will be recalled, chief among them that of John Cotton Dana. That...
New ACRL publication: Web Research in Academic Libraries
CHICAGO – The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) announces the publication of “ Web Research in Academic Libraries” (CLIP Note #41). This exciting new title provides useful information on teaching Web research strategies in information...
Deadline approaching for Carnegie-Whitney Awards
CHICAGO - The 91´«Ã½ Publishing Committee is offering a grant of up to $5,000 for the preparation of print or electronic reading lists, indexes or other guides to library resources that promote reading or the use of library resources...
CHICAGO — Today’s school librarian or young adult specialist must be ready to help both the voracious teen reader who has devoured every "Twilight" installment to a book hater who prefers action movies and video games and wants help making a selection for...
YALSA’s Going Mobile webinar offers easy, free ways to connect libraries, teens, and cell phones
CHICAGO — Three-quarters of U.S. teens have cell phones — and you can easily use the devices to engage teens at your library at very little expense. Learn how to make your library cell-phone friendly in YALSA’s Nov. 18 webinar, Going Mobile: Teens...
Learn more about Teen Read Week, Oct. 17-23, in Visibility podcast
CHICAGO – This week, the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) and thousands of libraries across the U.S. are celebrating Teen Read Week. In a podcast on the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) Public Information Office (PIO) blog, Visibility @...
PLA introduces new downloadable training kit for public library staff
CHICAGO – The Public Library Association (PLA) has just released " Time Flies…But Where? Time Management Tips and Tools," a downloadable training program for public library staff. The training will help participants evaluate the balance between their work...
U.S. State Department sponsors goodwill trip to Pakistan to foster library development
CHICAGO - With total damage to libraries and schools from the devastating floods that ravaged large areas of Pakistan in August still to be assessed, the U.S. State Department and the Pakistan Library Association brought together librarians from the...
CHICAGO - The Nov. 5 deadline is swiftly approaching for public libraries to participate in the 2010-2011 Public Library Funding and Technology Access Study online survey. The survey provides an important opportunity for libraries to share information on...
LLAMA presents Webinar series for new library directors and deans
The Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA) will present a series of four interactive webinars designed to meet the needs of new library leaders at the dean, director, department head or branch manager level. Each of the 60-90 minute...
91´«Ã½ Editions now available on Kindle
CHICAGO— 91´«Ã½ Editions, the publishing imprint of the 91´«Ã½, already offers many titles as both e-books and print/e-book bundles through the 91´«Ã½ Store. Now many of its most recent and popular books are also available in Kindle...
Fall 2010 issue of Prism now available
CHICAGO - The Fall 2010 issue of Prism: the newsletter from the 91´«Ã½ Office for Accreditation is now available at http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/accreditation/prp/prism/prism_c…. Features include: Accreditation at a glance - a few...
91´«Ã½ welcomes GreenMyParents in effort to rebuild library in Haiti
CHICAGO - GreenMyParents, a social media youth movement to seed the green economy and save the planet, has joined forces with the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) in its effort to rebuild the Petit Goave Public Library in Haiti, which was destroyed...
RUSA seeks proposals for online professional development offerings
CHICAGO—The Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) invites interested instructors and presenters to submit proposals for online professional development courses and webinars to be offered starting in early 2011. RUSA currently offers several...
