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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 February 7, 2017</span></b><br>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">ALA affirms support for NEH, NEA<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/02/ala-affirms-support-nea-neh" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/02/ala-affirms-support-nea-neh</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">ALA denounces recent FCC Lifeline revocations, report retractions<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/02/ala-denounces-recent-fcc-lifeline-revocations-report-retractions" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/02/ala-denounces-recent-fcc-lifeline-revocations-report-retractions</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dawes, Pelayo-Lozada, and Wong elected to ALA Executive Board<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/dawes-pelayo-lozada-and-wong-elected-ala-executive-board" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/dawes-pelayo-lozada-and-wong-elected-ala-executive-board</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Registration and housing open for the 2017 ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition in Chicago<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/registration-and-housing-open-2017-ala-annual-conference-exhibition-chicago" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/registration-and-housing-open-2017-ala-annual-conference-exhibition-chicago</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">New checklists provide practical steps to protect patron privacy<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/02/new-checklists-provide-practical-steps-protect-patron-privacy" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/02/new-checklists-provide-practical-steps-protect-patron-privacy</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Tickets available for 2017 Arbuthnot Lecture featuring Jacqueline Woodson<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/02/tickets-available-2017-arbuthnot-lecture-featuring-jacqueline-woodson" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/02/tickets-available-2017-arbuthnot-lecture-featuring-jacqueline-woodson</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Open Book Library awarded 2017 GLBTRT Newlen-Symons Award for Excellence in Serving the GLBT Community<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/02/open-book-library-awarded-2017-glbtrt-newlen-symons-award-excellence-serving" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/02/open-book-library-awarded-2017-glbtrt-newlen-symons-award-excellence-serving</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">K-8 school libraries invited to apply for ALA's 2017 Sara Jaffarian Award<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/k-8-school-libraries-invited-apply-alas-2017-sara-jaffarian-award" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/k-8-school-libraries-invited-apply-alas-2017-sara-jaffarian-award</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Two Friends groups win National Friends of Libraries Week Awards<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/02/two-friends-groups-win-national-friends-libraries-week-awards" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/02/two-friends-groups-win-national-friends-libraries-week-awards</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Public libraries invited to apply for the NASA@ My Library STEM initiative<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/public-libraries-invited-apply-nasa-my-library-stem-initiative" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/public-libraries-invited-apply-nasa-my-library-stem-initiative</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">ALSC recipient of 2017 GLBTRT Award for Political Activism<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/02/alsc-recipient-2017-glbtrt-award-political-activism" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/02/alsc-recipient-2017-glbtrt-award-political-activism</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">ALSC names 2017 Notable Children's Books<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/02/alsc-names-2017-notable-childrens-books" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/02/alsc-names-2017-notable-childrens-books</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">LITA offers Patron Privacy Checklists in support of Library Bill of Rights<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/lita-offers-patron-privacy-checklists-support-library-bill-rights" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/lita-offers-patron-privacy-checklists-support-library-bill-rights</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">PLA now accepting proposals for PLA 2018 Conference<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/02/pla-now-accepting-proposals-pla-2018-conference" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/02/pla-now-accepting-proposals-pla-2018-conference</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Travel grants available for first-time AASL national conference attendees<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/travel-grants-available-first-time-aasl-national-conference-attendees" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/travel-grants-available-first-time-aasl-national-conference-attendees</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">2017 Teen Tech Week Grant Recipients announced<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/2017-teen-tech-week-grant-recipients-announced" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/2017-teen-tech-week-grant-recipients-announced</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Call for Nominations: ASCLA's Achievement and Recognition Awards<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/call-nominations-asclas-achievement-and-recognition-awards" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/call-nominations-asclas-achievement-and-recognition-awards</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">AASL opens call for webinars<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/02/aasl-opens-call-webinars" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/02/aasl-opens-call-webinars</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">YALSA’s New Teen Book Finder Database announced<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/yalsa-s-new-teen-book-finder-database-announced" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/yalsa-s-new-teen-book-finder-database-announced</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">New AASL editorial board ready to get social<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/new-aasl-editorial-board-ready-get-social" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/new-aasl-editorial-board-ready-get-social</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Mark Sandler wins 2017 Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/02/mark-sandler-wins-2017-hugh-c-atkinson-memorial-award" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/02/mark-sandler-wins-2017-hugh-c-atkinson-memorial-award</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">2017 Charlemae Rollins President's Program on Families & Digital Technology<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/02/2017-charlemae-rollins-presidents-program-families-digital-technology" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/02/2017-charlemae-rollins-presidents-program-families-digital-technology</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Marsh and Austin win 2017 Baker & Taylor Collection Development Grants<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/marsh-and-austin-win-2017-baker-taylor-collection-development-grants" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/marsh-and-austin-win-2017-baker-taylor-collection-development-grants</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Kim Lindskog wins a year of free AASL membership<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/kim-lindskog-wins-year-free-aasl-membership" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/kim-lindskog-wins-year-free-aasl-membership</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dodds, Page, Gilmartin receive YALSA’s 2017 Conference Scholarship Grants<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/dodds-page-gilmartin-receive-yalsa-s-2017-conference-scholarship-grants" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/dodds-page-gilmartin-receive-yalsa-s-2017-conference-scholarship-grants</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Sparks named YALSA’s 2017 Board Fellow<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/sparks-named-yalsa-s-2017-board-fellow" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/sparks-named-yalsa-s-2017-board-fellow</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">ALCTS seeks ALCTS News Editor<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/alcts-seeks-alcts-news-editor" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/alcts-seeks-alcts-news-editor</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">RUSA Winter Online Learning<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/rusa-winter-online-learning" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/rusa-winter-online-learning</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Circulating Unusual Items Webinar by ASCLA<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/circulating-unusual-items-webinar-ascla" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/circulating-unusual-items-webinar-ascla</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">What’s so super about supercomputing? A joint LITA and ACRL webinar<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/what-s-so-super-about-supercomputing-joint-lita-and-acrl-webinar" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/what-s-so-super-about-supercomputing-joint-lita-and-acrl-webinar</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">ACRL releases Choosing to Lead: The Motivational Factors of Underrepresented Minority Librarians in Higher Education<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/acrl-releases-choosing-lead-motivational-factors-underrepresented-minority" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/acrl-releases-choosing-lead-motivational-factors-underrepresented-minority</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">New eCourse: Cataloging with RDA<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/new-ecourse-cataloging-rda" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/new-ecourse-cataloging-rda</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">New eCourse: Using WebDewey and Understanding Dewey Decimal Classification<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/new-ecourse-using-webdewey-and-understanding-dewey-decimal-classification" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/new-ecourse-using-webdewey-and-understanding-dewey-decimal-classification</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">New eCourse: Web Design Basics for Librarians<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/new-ecourse-web-design-basics-librarians" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/new-ecourse-web-design-basics-librarians</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">International insights on engaging with records and archives<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/international-insights-engaging-records-and-archives" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/international-insights-engaging-records-and-archives</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">An updated special collections handbook<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/updated-special-collections-handbook" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/updated-special-collections-handbook</a></span></p>

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