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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">ALA to launch Book Club Central with Sarah Jessica Parker<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/02/ala-launch-book-club-central-sarah-jessica-parker" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/02/ala-launch-book-club-central-sarah-jessica-parker</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Sarah Jessica Parker to unveil first Book Club Central pick at 2017 Annual Conference President’s Program<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/sarah-jessica-parker-unveil-first-book-club-central-pick-2017-annual-conference" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/sarah-jessica-parker-unveil-first-book-club-central-pick-2017-annual-conference</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Reshma Saujani, Girls Who Code founder and CEO, to open 2017 ALA Annual Conference<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/reshma-saujani-girls-who-code-founder-and-ceo-open-2017-ala-annual-conference" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/reshma-saujani-girls-who-code-founder-and-ceo-open-2017-ala-annual-conference</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">PLA and ALSC release new Every Child Ready to Read® toolkit for training early childhood educators<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/pla-and-alsc-release-new-every-child-ready-read-toolkit-training-early-childhood" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/pla-and-alsc-release-new-every-child-ready-read-toolkit-training-early-childhood</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">YALSA names 2017 Writing Award winners<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/yalsa-names-2017-writing-award-winners" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/yalsa-names-2017-writing-award-winners</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">COA announces accreditation decisions made at 2016 Fall Meeting and 2017 Midwinter Meeting<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/02/coa-announces-accreditation-decisions-made-2016-fall-meeting-and-2017" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/02/coa-announces-accreditation-decisions-made-2016-fall-meeting-and-2017</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Oregon Library Association Intellectual Freedom Committee receives the 2017 Gerald Hodges Intellectual Freedom Chapter Relations Award<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/oregon-library-association-intellectual-freedom-committee-receives-2017-gerald" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/oregon-library-association-intellectual-freedom-committee-receives-2017-gerald</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Share your best practice at AASL National Conference<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/share-your-best-practice-aasl-national-conference" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/share-your-best-practice-aasl-national-conference</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">YALSA announces Gene Luen Yang as 2017 Teen Tech Week™ National Spokesperson<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/yalsa-announces-gene-luen-yang-2017-teen-tech-week-national-spokesperson" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/yalsa-announces-gene-luen-yang-2017-teen-tech-week-national-spokesperson</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Why school librarians must lead: there is no other option<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/why-school-librarians-must-lead-there-no-other-option" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/why-school-librarians-must-lead-there-no-other-option</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Hope Olson selected for Margaret Mann Citation<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/hope-olson-selected-margaret-mann-citation" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/hope-olson-selected-margaret-mann-citation</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">First Step Award to Jamie Carlstone<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/first-step-award-jamie-carlstone" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/first-step-award-jamie-carlstone</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Karen Kiorpes receives Banks Harris Preservation Award<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/karen-kiorpes-receives-banks-harris-preservation-award" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/karen-kiorpes-receives-banks-harris-preservation-award</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">2017 Cunha-Swartzburg Award to MetaArchive<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/2017-cunha-swartzburg-award-metaarchive" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/2017-cunha-swartzburg-award-metaarchive</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Hale monograph wins ALCTS Outstanding Publication Award<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/hale-monograph-wins-alcts-outstanding-publication-award" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/hale-monograph-wins-alcts-outstanding-publication-award</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Archambault and McLean win 2017 ACRL IS Innovation Award<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/archambault-and-mclean-win-2017-acrl-innovation-award" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/archambault-and-mclean-win-2017-acrl-innovation-award</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Hunter and Riehman-Murphy receive ACRL CLS Innovation in College Librarianship Award<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/hunter-and-riehman-murphy-receive-acrl-cls-innovation-college-librarianship" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/hunter-and-riehman-murphy-receive-acrl-cls-innovation-college-librarianship</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Blicher named 2017 Routledge Distance Learning Librarianship Conference Sponsorship Award winner<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/blicher-named-2017-routledge-distance-learning-librarianship-conference" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/blicher-named-2017-routledge-distance-learning-librarianship-conference</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">McElroy and Pagowsky receive 2017 ACRL Instruction Section Ilene F. Rockman Publication of the Year Award<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/mcelroy-and-pagowsky-receive-2017-acrl-instruction-section-ilene-f-rockman" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/mcelroy-and-pagowsky-receive-2017-acrl-instruction-section-ilene-f-rockman</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">MacDonald wins 2017 ACRL/IS Miriam Dudley Instruction Librarian Award<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/macdonald-wins-2017-acrlis-miriam-dudley-instruction-librarian-award" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/macdonald-wins-2017-acrlis-miriam-dudley-instruction-librarian-award</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Accepting Employer Participants for ACRL Placement Center Open House<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/accepting-employer-participants-acrl-placement-center-open-house" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/accepting-employer-participants-acrl-placement-center-open-house</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">New Workshop: Building Effective Relationships with Schools<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/new-workshop-building-effective-relationships-schools" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/new-workshop-building-effective-relationships-schools</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">New eCourse: Adult Programming - Planning for Success<br>

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

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