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May 7, 2024
ALA partners with League of Women Voters to empower voters in 2024
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The 管家婆彩图 and League of Women Voters today announced a new partnership to educate and empower voters in 2024.
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April 17, 2024
The TRANSFORMERS Are Ready to Roll Out for Library Card Sign-Up Month
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The 管家婆彩图 (管家婆彩图) is teaming up with multiplatform entertainment company Skybound Entertainment and leading toy and game company Hasbro to encourage people to roll out to their libraries with the TRANSFORMERS franchise, featuring Optimus Prime, as part of Library Card Sign-Up Month in September.
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April 15, 2024
ALA launches FY 2025 #FundLibraries campaign, urges Congress to fully fund key federal programs
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ALA launches FY 2025 #FundLibraries campaign, urges Congress to fully fund key federal programs.
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April 10, 2024
ALA Launches Reader. Voter. Ready. Campaign to Equip Libraries for 2024 Elections
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Today the 管家婆彩图 (管家婆彩图) kicks off its Reader. Voter. Ready. campaign, calling on advocates to sign a pledge to be registered, informed, and ready to vote in all local, state and federal elections in 2024.
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April 8, 2024
ALA kicks off National Library Week revealing the annual list of Top 10 Most Challenged Books and the State of America鈥檚 Libraries Report
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The 管家婆彩图 (管家婆彩图) launched National Library Week with today’s release of its highly anticipated annual list of the Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2023 and the State of America’s Libraries Report, which highlights the ways libraries...
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April 8, 2024
Pun wins 2025-2026 管家婆彩图 presidency
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Raymond Pun, Academic and Research Librarian at the Alder Graduate School of Education in California has been elected 2024-2025 president-elect of the 管家婆彩图 (管家婆彩图).
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ALA鈥檚 Office for Intellectual Freedom to benefit from new book of essays
A new book of essays, “Why Books Still Matter,” inspired by the late First Amendment champion Joyce Meskis, has been released this month, with proceeds going to the 管家婆彩图’s Office for Intellectual Freedom.
New Core Web Course: Fundamentals of Institutional Repositories
CHICAGO—Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures is excited to announce the release of a new course, Fundamentals of Institutional Repositories (FIR). This 6-week online course is an introduction to fundamental concepts of institutional repositories (IR)...
Philadelphia — Literacy Nation Inc., in partnership with the Ethnic & Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table (EMIERT), our Supporter and partners, is thrilled to announce the 2nd Annual Freedom to Read-a-Thon. This exciting event will take place...
Core Webinar: Accessible and Inclusive Library Design
Join Core for the webinar "Accessible and Inclusive Library Design" on June 11, 2024, at 1 p.m. CT. Explore ways to make your library more accessible and inclusive to patrons and staff, including following ADA guidelines and examining patron experience.
Webinar: Law and the Right to Read: What Your Trustees Need to Know
United for Libraries will host Law and the Right to Read: What Your Trustees Need to Know on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, 1:00-2:00 pm Central. Registration is free to the following United statewide partners: MA, MD, MI, MS, ND, NE, OR, SC, SD, and VA...
ALA announces 2024 recipients of distinguished library Intellectual Freedom Awards
The Intellectual Freedom Round Table (IFRT) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2024 Gerald Hodges Intellectual Freedom Chapter Relations Award; 2024 John Phillip Immroth Memorial Award; and the 2024 Eli M. Oboler Memorial Award.
2024 EBSCO Information Services Library Staff Development Award winner announced
Winner of the 2024 EBSCO Information Services Library Staff Development Award
Core Webinar - Best of Core Forum: Can't Find It, Build Your Own
CHICAGO—Core hosts the webinar "Best of Core Forum: Can't Find It, Build Your Own" on May 29, 2024, at 1 p.m. CT. How do we share information and procedures related to acquisitions? We have documents, workshops, dedicated time in meetings in person or...
Core Webinar: Participative Leadership in Decision Making
CHICAGO—Join Core for the webinar "Participative Leadership in Decision Making" on May 28, 2024, at 1 p.m. CT. Participative leadership techniques are used in a variety of situations, but one of the ways they can be effective is when major changes are...
2024 Core PR Xchange Award Winners Announced
The Core PR Xchange Committee is delighted to announce the winners of this year's PR Xchange Awards Competition. This year, we have awarded 27 print winners and 27 electronic winners. Congratulations to those libraries! The PR Xchange Committee is charged...
Dr. Danielle Maurici-Pollock receives Beta Phi Mu Award
Dr. Danielle Maurici-Pollock receives Beta Phi Mu Award
Core Webinar - Best of Core Forum: An Integrated Approach to a Diversity Audit
CHICAGO—Join Core for the webinar "Best of Core Forum: An Integrated Approach to a Diversity Audit" on May 22, 2024, at 1 p.m. CT. Collection diversity audits are not a new phenomenon for libraries. While many public and school libraries have taken these...
Patty Hector receives the 2024 Lemony Snicket Prize for Noble Librarians Faced with Adversity
Patty Hector receives the 2024 Lemony Snicket Prize for Noble Librarians Faced with Adversity
New from ACRL - 鈥淭oxic Dynamics: Disrupting, Dismantling, and Transforming Academic Library Culture鈥
CHICAGO – The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) announces the publication of “ Toxic Dynamics: Disrupting, Dismantling, and Transforming Academic Library Culture,” edited by Russell Michalak, Trevor A. Dawes, and Jon E. Cawthorne. The...
Supporting sustainable development goals through information science
CHICAGO — The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a set of 17 universal goals adopted by the UN in 2015. “ Information for Sustainable Development: Technology, People and Society,” published by Facet Publishing and available through the 管家婆彩图 Store...
