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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 August 15, 2017</span></b><br>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">NEWS FROM THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION</span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">ALA condemns racism and violence in Charlottesville<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Today American Library Association President Jim Neal released a statement regarding the weekend’s tragic violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.<br>
<b><a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/08/ala-condemns-racism-and-violence-charlottesville" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/08/ala-condemns-racism-and-violence-charlottesville</span></a></b></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">New PLA digital literacy pilot project<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">A new digital literacy pilot project made possible by the Public Library Association (PLA) and Cox Communications (Cox) is hitting a critical milestone this summer
as participating libraries kick off training events in their communities. <br>
The goal of this national collaboration, which includes local libraries and local Cox affiliates in three communities, is to expand the reach of libraries’ resources and services—empowering more families to compete in the knowledge economy. East Baton Rouge
Parish (Louisiana) Library, Pima County (Arizona) Public Library, and Topeka and Shawnee County (Kansas) Public Library are piloting the deployment of enhanced digital literacy training and resources in their libraries and online through the yearlong pilot.<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/08/new-tools-support-advance-digital-skills-training-pla-pilot-project" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/08/new-tools-support-advance-digital-skills-training-pla-pilot-project</a></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">YALSA’s 2017 Top Ten Summer Learning Programs announced<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:#303030; background:white">The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) has announced its list of 2017 Top Ten Summer Learning Programs from its </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="http://hq.yalsa.net/index.html" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color:#0055A5; background:white">Teen
Programming HQ</span></a><span style="color:#303030; background:white"> contest.<br>
</span><b><a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/08/yalsa-s-2017-top-ten-summer-learning-programs-announced" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/08/yalsa-s-2017-top-ten-summer-learning-programs-announced</span></a></b></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Teens can now vote for the 2017 Teens’ Top Ten<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:#303030; background:white">Teens all around the world can start casting their </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://www.dogobooks.com/voting/2017-teens-top-reads" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color:#0055A5; background:white">votes</span></a><span style="color:#303030; background:white"> for
their favorite titles for the 2017 Teens’ Top Ten (TTT) now through October 14 at </span><a href="http://www.ala.org/yalsa/teenstopten" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color:#0055A5; background:white">www.ala.org/yalsa/teenstopten</span></a><span style="color:#303030; background:white">. <br>
</span><a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/08/teens-can-now-vote-2017-teens-top-ten" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/08/teens-can-now-vote-2017-teens-top-ten</a></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">DOGObooks and YALSA partner for 2017 Teens’ Top Ten voting<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:#303030; background:white">For the fifth year in a row, DOGObooks is the host site where teens will go to vote for the </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="http://www.ala.org/yalsa/teenstopten" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color:#0055A5; background:white">Teens’
Top Ten</span></a><span style="color:#303030; background:white">. Voting by teens has grown significantly over the last couple of years and YALSA expects a record number of votes this year.<br>
</span><a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/08/dogobooks-and-yalsa-partner-2017-teens-top-ten-voting" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/08/dogobooks-and-yalsa-partner-2017-teens-top-ten-voting</a></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">2018 MIDWINTER MEETING<br>
Kumasi selected to present paper for YALSA’s Trends Impacting YA Services session<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/08/kumasi-selected-present-paper-yalsa-s-trends-impacting-ya-services-session-2018" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/08/kumasi-selected-present-paper-yalsa-s-trends-impacting-ya-services-session-2018</span></a></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">ALA PUBLISHING</span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">ECOURSES<br>
Creating a Culture of Usability in Your Library<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/08/new-ecourse-creating-culture-usability-your-library" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/08/new-ecourse-creating-culture-usability-your-library</span></a></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Using and Understanding Library of Congress Classification eCourse<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/08/new-iteration-using-and-understanding-library-congress-classification-ecourse" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/08/new-iteration-using-and-understanding-library-congress-classification-ecourse</span></a></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Rethinking Social Media to Organize Information and Communities eCourse<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/08/new-iteration-rethinking-social-media-organize-information-and-communities" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/08/new-iteration-rethinking-social-media-organize-information-and-communities</span></a></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Cataloging with RDA<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/08/new-iteration-cataloging-rda-ecourse" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/08/new-iteration-cataloging-rda-ecourse</span></a></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">ACRL</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br>
<b>Zotero: A Guide for Librarians, Researchers and Educators, Second Edition<br>
</b><a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/08/acrl-releases-zotero-guide-librarians-researchers-and-educators-second-edition" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/08/acrl-releases-zotero-guide-librarians-researchers-and-educators-second-edition</a></span></p>
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