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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.
Registration open for 2011 Midwinter genealogy institute
CHICAGO—Librarians seeking genealogy reference skills or those hoping to aid their personal family history research can now register for “Genealogy Happens! At the Genealogy Reference Desk,” a 2011 Midwinter institute offered by the American Library...
CHICAGO – The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) announces the publication of “ The Expert Library: Staffing, Sustaining, and Advancing the Academic Library in the 21st Century,” edited by Scott Walter and Karen Williams. In the midst of...
AASL survey results show lagging economy hit high poverty schools the hardest
CHICAGO – According to the results from the American Association of School Librarians' (AASL) 2010 School Libraries Count! survey, the educational resources of students in high poverty schools have been most affected by last year's economic downturn...
CHICAGO – Learn how to empower all levels of library staff to become better advocates for their libraries and themselves by joining 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) 2009-2010 President Camila Alire for a free “Frontline Advocacy” webinar from 1 p.m. – 2...
Celebrate cultural heritage @ your library
CHICAGO - October marks the conclusion of both Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15-Oct. 15) and the beginning of Polish Heritage Month. Public libraries are among the first American institutions immigrants turn to for help in learning how to read, write and...
Office for Information Technology Policy names new directors
Washington, D.C. – The 91´«Ã½ Washington Office today announces two staff appointments in the Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP). Larra Clark will serve as the new director of the Program on Networks and Associate Director of the Program on...
AASL awards season opens with more than $50,000 in opportunities
CHICAGO – The American Association of School Librarians' (AASL) prestigious awards program will offer more than $50,000 in awards in 2011 to AASL members. AASL's 10 awards recognize excellence and showcase best practices in the school library field in...
ALSC, YALSA launch new youth literacy program with grant from Dollar General Literacy Foundation
CHICAGO - The Dollar General Literacy Foundation has awarded $210,000 to two divisions of the 91´«Ã½. The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) and the Young Adult Services Association (YALSA) will receive funding to...
CHICAGO – The 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) and the American Association for School Librarians (AASL) are joining the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop and E-Line Media, in partnership with sponsors AMD Foundation, Entertainment Software...
ProgrammingLibrarian.org debuts new look, added features
CHICAGO – The 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) Public Programs Office has debuted an updated look and enhanced features for its website, ProgrammingLibrarian.org. Designed for librarians who plan and present cultural programs and events...
Learn to lead a productive discussion
Midwinter Institute introduces essentials of discussion facilitation CHICAGO – The art of discussion facilitation will be the topic of a day-and-a-half institute presented by the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) Public Programs Office, held Jan. 6 and...
CHICAGO - An article about the scourge of bullying and how you can fight it, volunteer opportunities for teens at libraries and video featuring Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison, author of “ Beloved,” are featured at www.atyourlibrary.org this week...
Loleta D. Fyan grant call for proposals
CHICAGO – The 91´«Ã½’s Office for Research and Statistics is now accepting applications for the Loleta D. Fyan Grant. Loleta D. Fyan, 91´«Ã½ president from 1951-1952, believed that every individual, regardless of residence, is equally...
Carroll Preston Baber research grant call for proposals
CHICAGO – The 91´«Ã½’s Office for Research and Statistics is now accepting applications for the Carroll Preston Baber Research Grant. The grant is given to one or more librarians or library educators who will conduct innovative...
Nominations sought for prestigious research award
CHICAGO - Nominations are invited for the 2011 Frederick G. Kilgour Award for Research in Library and Information Technology, sponsored by OCLC, Inc. and the Library and Information Technology Association (LITA), a division of the American Library...
