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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.
CHICAGO — The Las Vegas-Clark County Library District (Las Vegas, Nevada) has been selected to receive the 2022 91´«Ã½/Information Today, Inc. Library of the Future Award. The award, sponsored by the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) and Information Today...
91´«Ã½ releases new privacy field guides
CHICAGO — Privacy is a core value of librarianship, but what does it mean to put privacy in action in the library? Wading through suggested best practices, technology requirements, and the laws addressing privacy rights can be daunting and can raise more...
Sara Lowe chosen as the 2022 recipient of the LIRT Librarian Recognition Award
CHICAGO — The Library Instruction Round Table (LIRT) of the 91´«Ã½ has chosen Sara Lowe, associate librarian at IUPUI University Library, as the 2022 recipient of the LIRT Librarian Recognition Award. The Librarian Recognition Award...
Free National Library Week tools now available from 91´«Ã½
CHICAGO – Tools are now available to help communities nationwide celebrate the contributions of libraries and library professionals during National Library Week, April 3 – 9, 2022. Held each April by the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) and libraries of...
Core Classroom: Hearing the Story: Creating an Oral History Project
CHICAGO —Storytelling is an important way to preserve the history of a community and/or culture. The human voice can convey so much more than the written word, so oral histories are a good way to preserve a community, family, or history of an important...
CHICAGO—Preservation Week (Semana de la Preservación) se complace en anunciar que Elizabeth Yeampierre, directora ejecutiva de la organización comunitaria latinx UPROSE, con sede en Brooklyn, se desempeñará como Presidenta Honorífica de Preservation Week...
UPROSE Executive Director Elizabeth Yeampierre named 2022 Preservation Week® Honorary Chair
[En Español] CHICAGO—Preservation Week is pleased to announce that Elizabeth Yeampierre, executive director of the Brooklyn-based Latinx community organization UPROSE, will serve as the 2022 Preservation Week Honorary Chair. Yeampierre, an internationally...
Jamie M. Gregory Receives IFRT Oboler Memorial Award
The 91´«Ã½'s Eli M. Oboler Memorial Award is presented each year for an excellent work in the area of intellectual freedom. The 2022 award cycle marked a change for the Oboler Award. Starting this year, articles and books will be...
Make your voice heard within 91´«Ã½ at the Virtual Membership Meeting, Thursday, March 17
CHICAGO – 91´«Ã½ members will have the opportunity to engage in real time with 91´«Ã½ leadership during the association’s Virtual Membership Meeting, at 1 p.m. Central/2 p.m. Eastern, Thursday, March 17. Virtual meetings are part of 91´«Ã½’s ongoing focus to...
91´«Ã½ elections now open – cast your vote today!
CHICAGO — 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) election polls are now open! 91´«Ã½ members are encouraged to cast a digital ballot to vote for association-wide leadership that will shape the future and direction of the association. 91´«Ã½’s annual election will...
WASHINGTON—On March 11*, the president signed a reconciled budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022, which began on October 1, 2021. The Library Services and Technology Act, the only source of federal funding dedicated for America’s libraries, received flat...
91´«Ã½ Neal-Schuman author Jeanie Austin to deliver 2022 Augusta Baker Lecture
CHICAGO — Jeanie Austin will deliver the 2022 Augusta Baker Lecture on April 22 at 6:00 p.m. Eastern. Registration for this virtual event is free. Austin’s talk will draw from their new 91´«Ã½ Neal-Schuman book “ Library Services and Incarceration...
Core Classroom: Conversations Worth Having for Library Leaders
CHICAGO—Communication remains the top issue for organizations, teams, and relationships, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Join Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures this April for the second Core Classroom, "Conversations Worth Having for Library...
Chicago Heights Public Library awarded 2022 ALSC/Baker & Taylor Summer Reading Grant
The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) has awarded the 2022 ALSC/Baker & Taylor Summer Reading Program Grant to the Chicago Heights Public Library in Chicago Heights, Illinois. This grant is designed to encourage outstanding summer reading...
ALSC Names Betsy Diamant-Cohen as 2022 Distinguished Service Award Winner
Dr. Betsy Diamant-Cohen is the 2022 recipient of the Association for Library Service to Children’s (ALSC) Distinguished Service Award. This prestigious award honors an individual who has made significant contributions to library service to children and to...
