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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 28, 2017</span></b><br>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Valerie Jarrett announced as keynote speaker for PLA Member Welcome Breakfast at ALA Annual Conference<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/valerie-jarrett-announced-keynote-speaker-pla-member-welcome-breakfast-ala" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/valerie-jarrett-announced-keynote-speaker-pla-member-welcome-breakfast-ala</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dr. Em Claire Knowles receives 2017 Beta Phi Mu Award<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/03/dr-em-claire-knowles-receives-2017-beta-phi-mu-award" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/03/dr-em-claire-knowles-receives-2017-beta-phi-mu-award</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 to host April 25 webinar on working effectively with Friends groups<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/03/united-libraries-host-april-25-webinar-working-effectively-friends-groups" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/03/united-libraries-host-april-25-webinar-working-effectively-friends-groups</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">H.W. Wilson Library Staff Development Grant Award recipient named<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/03/hw-wilson-library-staff-development-grant-award-recipient-named" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/03/hw-wilson-library-staff-development-grant-award-recipient-named</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Stephanie Graves wins ETS Achievement Award<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/stephanie-graves-wins-ets-achievement-award" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/stephanie-graves-wins-ets-achievement-award</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">AASL introduces the Inspire Disaster Recovery Grant<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/03/aasl-introduces-inspire-disaster-recovery-grant" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/03/aasl-introduces-inspire-disaster-recovery-grant</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">PLA to present webinar on libraries and sustainability<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/pla-present-webinar-libraries-and-sustainability" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/pla-present-webinar-libraries-and-sustainability</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">New workshop: Understanding E-books<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/new-workshop-understanding-e-books" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/new-workshop-understanding-e-books</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 Great Programs for Seniors<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/new-workshop-building-great-programs-seniors" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/new-workshop-building-great-programs-seniors</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Collecting, curating, and crunching data<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/collecting-curating-and-crunching-data" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/collecting-curating-and-crunching-data</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Lesson plans and printable resources for literacy-based children’s programming<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/lesson-plans-and-printable-resources-literacy-based-children-s-programming" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/lesson-plans-and-printable-resources-literacy-based-children-s-programming</a></span></p>
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