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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 September 5, 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>ALA responds to end of Deferred Action to Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program<br>
</b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#303030">American Library Association President Jim Neal has released a message regarding the Trump administration’s announcement that it will end the Deferred Action to Childhood Arrivals
(DACA) program, which protected nearly 800,000 undocumented youth from deportation as they pursued the American dream.<br>
"Our nation’s libraries serve all community members, including immigrants, offering services and educational resources that transform communities, open minds and promote inclusion and diversity,“ said Neal.<br>
</span><b><a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/09/ala-responds-end-deferred-action-childhood-arrivals-daca-program" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/09/ala-responds-end-deferred-action-childhood-arrivals-daca-program</span></a></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">ALA and GLBTRT work to safeguard civil liberties, continue to support understanding and mutual respect<br>
</span></b><span style="color:#303030; background:white">The American Library Association (ALA) and the ALA’s Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Round Table (GLBTRT) released a statement in response to policy efforts to exclude transgender individuals
from military service, LGBTQ recognition under the Civil Rights Act and other protections from discrimination by means of actions addressing religious freedom.</span><br>
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/09/ala-and-glbtrt-work-safeguard-civil-liberties-continue-support-understanding-and" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/09/ala-and-glbtrt-work-safeguard-civil-liberties-continue-support-understanding-and</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">Nominations will close Sept. 18 for 2017 I Love My Librarian Award<br>
</span></b><span style="color:#303030; background:white">Library users nationwide have through Monday, Sept. 18 to nominate their favorite librarians for the American Library Association (ALA)’s prestigious 2017 I Love My Librarian Award. Members of the public
can nominate library professionals who have transformed lives and communities by visiting </span><a href="http://www.ilovelibraries.org/lovemylibrarian" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color:#0055A5; background:white">http://www.ilovelibraries.org/lovemylibrarian</span></a><span style="color:#303030; background:white">.
The award recognizes the public service of exceptional public, school, college, community college or university librarians in the U.S.<br>
</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/09/nominations-will-close-sept-18-2017-i-love-my-librarian-award" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/09/nominations-will-close-sept-18-2017-i-love-my-librarian-award</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">AASL Twitter chat anticipates launch of “National School Library Standards”<br>
</span></b><span style="color:#303030; background:white">Anticipating the launch of its new “National School Library Standards,” the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) will conduct its first standards-related Twitter chat at 6:00 p.m. Central
on Mon., Sept. 18. The chat will be facilitated by members of the standards implementation task force and social media editorial board. Those wishing to participate can follow the hashtag #AASLstandards.</span><br>
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/09/standards-excitement-builds-aasl-twitter-chat" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/09/standards-excitement-builds-aasl-twitter-chat</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">United for Libraries to designate Grant Cottage a Literary Landmark<br>
</span></b><span style="color:#303030; background:white">United for Libraries, in partnership with Empire State Center for the Book and the Friends of the Ulysses S. Grant Cottage, will designate the U.S. Grant Cottage State Historic Site a Literary Landmark.</span><br>
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/09/united-libraries-designate-grant-cottage-literary-landmark" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/09/united-libraries-designate-grant-cottage-literary-landmark</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">Join the ALA-sponsored tour to Cuba<br>
</span></b><span style="color:#303030; background:white">The tour includes visits to UNESCO historical sites in Havana, Cienfuegos, and Trinidad, along with interactions with Cuban artists, musicians, and writers, and much more. There will also be several opportunities
to visit Cuban libraries in different cities.</span><br>
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/09/join-ala-sponsored-tour-cuba" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/09/join-ala-sponsored-tour-cuba</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 GRANTS<br>
Carnegie-Whitney Grant awards up to $5,000 for guides to library resources<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/08/carnegie-whitney-grant-awards-5000-guides-library-resources" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/08/carnegie-whitney-grant-awards-5000-guides-library-resources</span></a></span></b></p>
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FROM ALA PUBLISHING<br>
Making Your Library Work for Homeschoolers workshop<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/08/new-session-making-your-library-work-homeschoolers-workshop" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/08/new-session-making-your-library-work-homeschoolers-workshop</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">Library Director Bootcamp: A free preview<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/09/library-director-bootcamp-free-preview" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/09/library-director-bootcamp-free-preview</span></a></span></b></p>
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ALA WEBINARS<br>
LLAMA webinar explores 21st Century library ethics<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/09/llama-webinar-explores-21st-century-library-ethics" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/09/llama-webinar-explores-21st-century-library-ethics</span></a></span></b></p>
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