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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.
REFORMA supports Spectrum Presidential Initiative
CHICAGO—REFORMA, the National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking, has announced its support of the Spectrum Presidential Initiative with a contribution of $10,000. In recognition of this gift, the...
ACRL funds 2010 Spectrum Scholar JaTara Barnes
CHICAGO – As part of its commitment to furthering diversity in librarianship, the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) is supporting JaTara Barnes as its 2010-2011 Spectrum Scholar. Barnes will attend the Syracuse University School of...
PLA offers free online library advocacy training
CHICAGO -- The Public Library Association (PLA) is now offering T urning the Page Online, an interactive advocacy training course, free of charge to all 91´«Ã½ members. In June 2007, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation awarded PLA a $7.7 million grant to...
"STATE your question" @ your library
CHICAGO – Got a question? The Milner Library at Illinois State University wants students to know that the place to go to "STATE your question" is @ your library. When Illinois State University decided to change its slogan to STATE your passion, many of...
Enroll your library in the new, improved WrestleMania 27 Reading Challenge
ATLANTA , Ga. – YALSA and World Wrestling Entertainment announced plans for the WrestleMania 27 Reading Challenge, which will take place in the United States and Canada from October 17-23, 2010, with corporate support from Mattel, Penguin Young Readers...
Vaunda Micheaux Nelson to headline Morris luncheon at 2010 Young Adult Literature Symposium
CHICAGO —Coretta Scott King Award–winning author Vaunda Micheaux Nelson will be the keynote speaker at the Bill Morris Memorial Author Luncheon at the 2010 Young Adult Literature Symposium in Albuquerque, N.M., Nov. 5-7. The symposium is sponsored by the...
University of Michigan librarians host dinner for Spectrum Scholars
CHICAGO—Librarians at the University of Michigan Library raised over $1,000 for the Spectrum Presidential Initiative through a recent dinner for Spectrum Scholars.The dinner was organized and sponsored by Karen Downing, Helen Look, Martin Knott, Sue...
iSchool at Drexel and Drexel University Libraries support Spectrum Presidential Initiative
CHICAGO— The iSchool at Drexel and Drexel University Libraries have raised more than $1,600 for the Spectrum Presidential Initiative through a recent dinner for Spectrum Scholars. More than two dozen Drexel students, faculty, alumni and members of the...
Web-based instruction for libraries
CHICAGO— 91´«Ã½ Editions, the publishing imprint of the 91´«Ã½, announces the release of “ Web-Based Instruction: A Guide for Libraries, Third Edition,” by Susan Sharpless Smith. Expanding on the best-selling how-to guide for public...
PR Forum slides are now available
CHICAGO – Unable to attend this year’s PR Forum with Stephen Abram? Librarians interested in learning more about how to market and promote their libraries using new technologies can access Abram’s presentation, given at this year's American Library...
Myers accepts 2010 Cicely Phippen Marks Scholarship
CHICAGO - The 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) is pleased to announce that Megan Myers, of Crozet, Va., has received the 2010 Cicely Phippen Marks Scholarship. The $1,500 scholarship was established through a generous donation by Marks’ husband, Charles...
YALSA’s journal wins third APEX Award in a row
CHICAGO — For the third year in the row, Communications Concepts has chosen Young Adult Library Services (YALS), the quarterly journal of the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½), as a...
Simmons College supports Spectrum Presidential Initiative
CHICAGO—The Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science has raised more than $1,000 for the Spectrum Presidential Initiative through a recent dinner for Spectrum Scholars. Dr. Em Claire Knowles, assistant dean for student services...
COA announces accreditation actions
CHICAGO —The Committee on Accreditation (COA) of the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) has announced accreditation actions taken at the 2010 91´«Ã½ Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. Continued accreditation status was granted to the following programs...
Roberta Stevens inaugurated 2010 91´«Ã½ president
CHICAGO – Today, Roberta Stevens, outreach projects and partnerships officer at the Library of Congress and National Book Festival project manager, began her term as 2010-2011 president of the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½). As 91´«Ã½ president, Stevens...
