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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 March 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 and 170 public interest organizations call on FCC and Congress to protect and enforce strong net neutrality rules and secure the open internet<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/03/ala-and-170-public-interest-organizations-call-fcc-and-congress-protect-and" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/03/ala-and-170-public-interest-organizations-call-fcc-and-congress-protect-and</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">ALA Council passes resolution on gun violence affecting libraries, library workers, and library patrons<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/ala-council-passes-resolution-gun-violence-affecting-libraries-library-workers" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/ala-council-passes-resolution-gun-violence-affecting-libraries-library-workers</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Sen. Jon Tester receives American Library Association’s 2017 James Madison Award<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/sen-jon-tester-receives-american-library-association-s-2017-james-madison-award" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/sen-jon-tester-receives-american-library-association-s-2017-james-madison-award</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Poet and activist Nikki Giovanni to speak at 2017 ALA Annual Conference reception to benefit Cultural Communities Fund<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/poet-and-activist-nikki-giovanni-speak-2017-ala-annual-conference-reception" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/poet-and-activist-nikki-giovanni-speak-2017-ala-annual-conference-reception</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">2018 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction Selection Committee announced<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/2018-andrew-carnegie-medals-excellence-fiction-and-nonfiction-selection" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/2018-andrew-carnegie-medals-excellence-fiction-and-nonfiction-selection</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">ALA seeks proposals for 2017-2018 Diversity Research Grants through April 15<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/ala-seeks-proposals-2017-2018-diversity-research-grants-through-april-15" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/ala-seeks-proposals-2017-2018-diversity-research-grants-through-april-15</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">How to Design Your Own Library READ Poster: An American Libraries Live Interactive Webcast<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/03/how-design-your-own-library-read-poster-american-libraries-live-interactive" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/03/how-design-your-own-library-read-poster-american-libraries-live-interactive</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">eCourse on Fundraising and Grantsmanship Starting<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/ecourse-fundraising-and-grantsmanship-starting" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/ecourse-fundraising-and-grantsmanship-starting</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">COSWL Celebrates National Women’s History Month<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/coswl-celebrates-national-women-s-history-month" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/coswl-celebrates-national-women-s-history-month</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Ross Atkinson award given to Jeanne Drewes<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/ross-atkinson-award-given-jeanne-drewes" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/ross-atkinson-award-given-jeanne-drewes</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">PLA partners with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for free webinar on financial literacy and outcomes<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/pla-partners-us-securities-and-exchange-commission-free-webinar-financial" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/pla-partners-us-securities-and-exchange-commission-free-webinar-financial</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Choice Reviews Reaches A Significant Milestone - 200,000 Reviews<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/choice-reviews-reaches-significant-milestone-200000-reviews" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/choice-reviews-reaches-significant-milestone-200000-reviews</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Join YALSA for a Twitter Takeover during Teen Tech Week™ 2017<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/join-yalsa-twitter-takeover-during-teen-tech-week-2017" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/join-yalsa-twitter-takeover-during-teen-tech-week-2017</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">LLAMA Thought Leaders Webinar will feature Miguel Figueroa<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/03/llama-thought-leaders-webinar-will-feature-miguel-figueroa" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/03/llama-thought-leaders-webinar-will-feature-miguel-figueroa</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">PLA releases digital literacy tutorials in Spanish<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/03/pla-releases-digital-literacy-tutorials-spanish" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/03/pla-releases-digital-literacy-tutorials-spanish</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">‘The Jacket from Dachau’ Libguide wins award for excellence in reference services<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/jacket-dachau-libguide-wins-award-excellence-reference-services" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/jacket-dachau-libguide-wins-award-excellence-reference-services</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Leuzinger named 2017 Marta Lange/SAGE-CQ Press Award winner<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/leuzinger-named-2017-marta-langesage-cq-press-award-winner" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/leuzinger-named-2017-marta-langesage-cq-press-award-winner</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Schaeffer named 2017 ACRL/EBSS Distinguished Librarian<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/schaeffer-named-2017-acrlebss-distinguished-librarian" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/schaeffer-named-2017-acrlebss-distinguished-librarian</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Seangill 'Peter' Bae, winner of Virginia Boucher-OCLC Distinguished ILL Librarian Award<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/seangill-peter-bae-winner-virginia-boucher-oclc-distinguished-ill-librarian" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/seangill-peter-bae-winner-virginia-boucher-oclc-distinguished-ill-librarian</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">David Wright wins NoveList’s Margaret E. Monroe Award for library adult services<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/david-wright-wins-novelist-s-margaret-e-monroe-award-library-adult-services" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/david-wright-wins-novelist-s-margaret-e-monroe-award-library-adult-services</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Raymond Pun named winner of Emerald Research Grant for ‘Mapping Collaborations’<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/raymond-pun-named-winner-emerald-research-grant-mapping-collaborations" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/raymond-pun-named-winner-emerald-research-grant-mapping-collaborations</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Erin Cavell named 2017 winner of Morningstar Public Librarian Support Award<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/erin-cavell-named-2017-winner-morningstar-public-librarian-support-award" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/erin-cavell-named-2017-winner-morningstar-public-librarian-support-award</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">East Side Freedom Library named winner of John Sessions Memorial Award<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/east-side-freedom-library-named-winner-john-sessions-memorial-award" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/east-side-freedom-library-named-winner-john-sessions-memorial-award</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Bradley J. Kuykendall, winner of Global Financial Data Academic Business Librarianship Travel Award<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/bradley-j-kuykendall-winner-global-financial-data-academic-business" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/bradley-j-kuykendall-winner-global-financial-data-academic-business</a></span></p>

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

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/ascla-spring-online-learning" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/ascla-spring-online-learning</a></span></p>

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

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/rusa-spring-online-learning-0" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/rusa-spring-online-learning-0</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">A cutting edge readers' advisory guide to graphic novels<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/cutting-edge-readers-advisory-guide-graphic-novels" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/cutting-edge-readers-advisory-guide-graphic-novels</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Including individuals and community groups in cultural heritage preservation<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/including-individuals-and-community-groups-cultural-heritage-preservation" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/including-individuals-and-community-groups-cultural-heritage-preservation</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Fundamentals of electronic resources management<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/fundamentals-electronic-resources-management" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/fundamentals-electronic-resources-management</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Breaking down barriers to collaboration by facilitating workshops<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/breaking-down-barriers-collaboration-facilitating-workshops" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/breaking-down-barriers-collaboration-facilitating-workshops</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">New free webinar on bikes and libraries<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/03/new-free-webinar-bikes-and-libraries" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/03/new-free-webinar-bikes-and-libraries</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">New Workshop: How to Hire a New Library Employee<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/new-workshop-how-hire-new-library-employee" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/new-workshop-how-hire-new-library-employee</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">New eCourse/eBook Bundle: Dynamic One-Shot Library Instruction<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/new-ecourseebook-bundle-dynamic-one-shot-library-instruction" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/new-ecourseebook-bundle-dynamic-one-shot-library-instruction</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">New eCourse: 40+ New Revenue Sources for Libraries and Nonprofits<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/new-ecourse-40-new-revenue-sources-libraries-and-nonprofits" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/new-ecourse-40-new-revenue-sources-libraries-and-nonprofits</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 Digital Literacy to Serve Library Staff and Users<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/new-ecourse-rethinking-digital-literacy-serve-library-staff-and-users" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/new-ecourse-rethinking-digital-literacy-serve-library-staff-and-users</a></span></p>

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