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<p><b style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">ALA News for January 10, 2017</span></b><br>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">ALA calls for fast passage of Email Privacy Act<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/01/ala-calls-fast-passage-email-privacy-act" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/01/ala-calls-fast-passage-email-privacy-act</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Equipping librarians to code: ALA, Google launch ready to code university pilot program<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/01/equipping-librarians-code-ala-google-launch-ready-code-university-pilot" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/01/equipping-librarians-code-ala-google-launch-ready-code-university-pilot</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">ALA announces petition candidates for ALA Council<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/01/ala-announces-petition-candidates-ala-council" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/01/ala-announces-petition-candidates-ala-council</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">ODLOS Town Hall at Midwinter to explore identity and healing in challenging times<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/01/odlos-town-hall-midwinter-explore-identity-and-healing-challenging-times" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/01/odlos-town-hall-midwinter-explore-identity-and-healing-challenging-times</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Joint Council of Librarians of Color hosts events to support 2018 conference<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/01/joint-council-librarians-color-hosts-events-support-2018-conference" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/01/joint-council-librarians-color-hosts-events-support-2018-conference</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">United for Libraries, ALA Conference Services present ‘Spotlight on Adult Literature’ at Midwinter<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/01/united-libraries-ala-conference-services-present-spotlight-adult-literature" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/01/united-libraries-ala-conference-services-present-spotlight-adult-literature</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">A cornucopia of new books, products, special events at the ALA Store at Midwinter Meeting<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/01/cornucopia-new-books-products-special-events-ala-store-midwinter-meeting" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/01/cornucopia-new-books-products-special-events-ala-store-midwinter-meeting</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Share your library’s story at Midwinter<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/01/share-your-library-s-story-midwinter" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/01/share-your-library-s-story-midwinter</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">EBSCO awards five scholarships for librarians to attend the 2017 ALA Midwinter Meeting<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/01/ebsco-awards-five-scholarships-librarians-attend-2017-ala-midwinter-meeting-0" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/01/ebsco-awards-five-scholarships-librarians-attend-2017-ala-midwinter-meeting-0</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">AASL Celebrates 2017 School Library Month with spokesperson Andy Weir<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/01/aasl-celebrates-2017-school-library-month-spokesperson-andy-weir" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/01/aasl-celebrates-2017-school-library-month-spokesperson-andy-weir</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">ALSC provides $60k in Strengthening Communities Through Libraries grants to 12 libraries<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/01/alsc-provides-60k-strengthening-communities-through-libraries-grants-12" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/01/alsc-provides-60k-strengthening-communities-through-libraries-grants-12</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">RUSA’s Emerging Technologies Section selects 18th annual list of Best Free Reference Websites<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/01/rusa-s-emerging-technologies-section-selects-18th-annual-list-best-free" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/01/rusa-s-emerging-technologies-section-selects-18th-annual-list-best-free</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">ALCTS rolls out new online education and virtual forum in 2017<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/01/alcts-rolls-out-new-online-education-and-virtual-forum-2017" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/01/alcts-rolls-out-new-online-education-and-virtual-forum-2017</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">New eCourse: Organize Your Personal and Professional Life with Apps<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/01/new-ecourse-organize-your-personal-and-professional-life-apps" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/01/new-ecourse-organize-your-personal-and-professional-life-apps</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">New eCourse: Assessing Student Learning with Instructional Technologies<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/01/new-ecourse-assessing-student-learning-instructional-technologies" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/01/new-ecourse-assessing-student-learning-instructional-technologies</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">New eCourse: Rethinking Social Media to Organize Information and Communities<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/01/new-ecourse-rethinking-social-media-organize-information-and-communities" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/01/new-ecourse-rethinking-social-media-organize-information-and-communities</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">New eCourse: How to Implement a Digitization Program<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/01/new-ecourse-how-implement-digitization-program" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/01/new-ecourse-how-implement-digitization-program</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">New Workshop: The Librarian’s Nitty-Gritty Guide to Content Marketing<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/01/new-workshop-librarian-s-nitty-gritty-guide-content-marketing" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/01/new-workshop-librarian-s-nitty-gritty-guide-content-marketing</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">New Workshop: Using Change Management to Transform Your Library<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/01/new-workshop-using-change-management-transform-your-library" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/01/new-workshop-using-change-management-transform-your-library</a></span></p>

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