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NEWS FROM THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION</span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">ALA, library community support Hurricane Irma response efforts<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The American Library Association (ALA) and the library community are supporting response and recovery efforts for the libraries damaged by Hurricane Irma.
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<span style="color:#303030">“We extend our thoughts and prayers to everyone affected by Hurricane Irma,” said ALA President Jim Neal. “We are supporting the Florida Library Association and Florida State Library as they work with local libraries dealing with
 storm-related damage. We are also coordinating with other states and the Caribbean islands whose libraries were damaged by Irma."<br>
ALA Members are encouraged to assist their colleagues in Florida and other areas by participating in local fundraising efforts. The Florida Library Association has set up a Florida Libraries Disaster Relief Fund at <a href="http://www.flalib.org/" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color:#0055A5">http://www.flalib.org/</span></a>.
 ALA’s Chapter Relations and International Relations Offices will provide additional information as funds are set up for the libraries in other states and in the Caribbean islands.<br>
The ALA also offers a list of resources for dealing with natural disasters at <a href="http://www.ala.org/advocacy/natural-disasters" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color:#0055A5">Libraries Respond</span></a>.
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<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/09/ala-library-community-support-hurricane-irma-response-efforts" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/09/ala-library-community-support-hurricane-irma-response-efforts</a></span></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Brown, Hepburn seek 2019-20 ALA presidency<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Wanda Brown, director of library services at the C.G. O’Kelly Library, Winston-Salem State University, Winston Salem, North Carolina, and Peter Hepburn, head librarian,
 College of the Canyons, Santa Clarita, California, are the candidates for the 2019-20 presidency of the American Library Association (ALA).<br>
<b><a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/09/brown-hepburn-seek-2019-20-ala-presidency" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/09/brown-hepburn-seek-2019-20-ala-presidency</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">Readers invited to participate in Rebel Reader Twitter Tournament during Banned Books Week<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">To coincide with this year's ALA Banned Books Week’s theme, “Words Have Power,” the American Library Association's (ALA) Office for Intellectual Freedom is harnessing
 the power of social media to host engaging activities and ignite conversations about the freedom to read.<br>
<b><a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/09/readers-invited-participate-rebel-reader-twitter-tournament-during-banned" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/09/readers-invited-participate-rebel-reader-twitter-tournament-during-banned</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">AASL web portal offers first peek at new standards resources and content<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:#303030; background:white">The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) is excited to announce the release of several early materials addressing elements
 of the new “National School Library Standards for Learners, School Librarians, and School Libraries” which will launch in November at the AASL National Conference & Exhibition in Phoenix, Arizona. The early materials are featured on the AASL Standards web
 portal at </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="http://standards.aasl.org/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color:#0055A5; background:white">standards.aasl.org</span></a><span style="color:#303030; background:white">.<br>
</span><b><a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/09/aasl-web-portal-offers-first-peek-new-standards-resources-and-content" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/09/aasl-web-portal-offers-first-peek-new-standards-resources-and-content</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">The American Library Association and National Network of Libraries of Medicine partner to promote health literacy this October<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NNLM) and the American Library Association (ALA) have partnered through the Libraries Transform public awareness
 campaign to create a free toolkit for Health Literacy Month, which is observed in October.<b><br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/09/american-library-association-and-national-network-libraries-medicine-partner" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/09/american-library-association-and-national-network-libraries-medicine-partner</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">The Dollar General Literacy Foundation Grants $249,056 to ALSC and YALSA<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:#303030; background:white">ALSC will use the grant funds to administer a second round of </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="http://www.ala.org/alsc/aboutalsc/external-relationships/grntpartnerships" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color:#0055A5; background:white">Strengthening
 Communities Through Libraries</span></a><span style="color:#303030; background:white"> mini-grants. Twelve of these $5,000 mini-grants will be awarded to ALSC members in public libraries to implement STEAM programming during out-of-school time, including after
 school and seasonal breaks. ALSC will also develop and share supplemental resources that will be made widely available to support the collaborative efforts of libraries their community partners.<br>
With the funds from Dollar General, YALSA will provide mini-grants to libraries to support literacies-focused projects for and with underserved teens as part of </span><a href="http://teenreadweek.ning.com/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color:#0055A5; background:white">Teen
 Read Week</span></a><span style="color:#303030; background:white">™ and </span><a href="http://summerreading.ning.com/page/summer-learning-grants" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color:#0055A5; background:white">summer learning</span></a><span style="color:#303030; background:white"> programs. 
 YALSA will also use a portion of the funds to provide collections of </span><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"> nominees
 to libraries in need and update the </span><a href="http://www.ala.org/yalsa/products/teenbookfinder" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color:#0055A5; background:white">Teen Book Finder app</span></a><span style="color:#303030; background:white"> and </span><a href="http://booklists.yalsa.net/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color:#0055A5; background:white">database</span></a><span style="color:#303030; background:white">.<br>
</span><b><a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/09/dollar-general-literacy-foundation-grants-249056-alsc-and-yalsa" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/09/dollar-general-literacy-foundation-grants-249056-alsc-and-yalsa</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">ALSC now accepting applications for Strengthening Communities Through Libraries Minigrants<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:#303030; background:white">The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) is now accepting online applications for the </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="http://www.ala.org/alsc/aboutalsc/external-relationships/grntpartnerships" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color:#0055A5; background:white">Strengthening
 Communities Through Libraries Minigrants</span></a><span style="color:#303030; background:white">. These grants are made possible through a grant from the Dollar General Literacy Foundation.<br>
</span><b><a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/09/alsc-now-accepting-applications-strengthening-communities-through-libraries" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/09/alsc-now-accepting-applications-strengthening-communities-through-libraries</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">Fifty public libraries selected for ‘The Vietnam War’ PBS documentary programming opportunity<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The American Library Association (ALA) and WETA Washington, DC, announced 50 U.S. public libraries selected to receive a programming kit for “The Vietnam War,”
 a 10-part documentary film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick that will air on PBS stations beginning Sept. 17.<br>
<b><a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/09/50-public-libraries-selected-vietnam-war-pbs-documentary-programming-opportunity" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/09/50-public-libraries-selected-vietnam-war-pbs-documentary-programming-opportunity</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">2018 ALA MIDWINTER MEETING & EXHIBITS UPDATE<br>
Bill Nye and Gregory Mone Will Close the 2018 ALA Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits in Denver<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/09/bill-nye-and-gregory-mone-will-close-2018-ala-midwinter-meeting-exhibits-denver" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/09/bill-nye-and-gregory-mone-will-close-2018-ala-midwinter-meeting-exhibits-denver</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">Author and Poet, Elizabeth Acevedo to deliver the Arthur Curley Lecture
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<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/09/author-and-poet-elizabeth-acevedo-arthur-curley-lecture-speaker-2018-ala" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/09/author-and-poet-elizabeth-acevedo-arthur-curley-lecture-speaker-2018-ala</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">Dave Eggers named Auditorium Speaker<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/09/dave-eggers-auditorium-speaker-2018-ala-midwinter-meeting-exhibits-denver" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/09/dave-eggers-auditorium-speaker-2018-ala-midwinter-meeting-exhibits-denver</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 NATIONAL CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION UPDATE<br>
Learning, networking and fun continue at AASL17 after dark<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/09/learning-networking-and-fun-continue-aasl17-after-dark" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/09/learning-networking-and-fun-continue-aasl17-after-dark</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">CHOICE NEWS<br>
Choice and The Charleston Company launch ccAdvisor<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/09/choice-and-charleston-company-launch-ccadvisor" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/09/choice-and-charleston-company-launch-ccadvisor</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">WEBINARS<br>
Sept. 14 webinar focuses on measuring effect of digital literacy services<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/09/september-webinar-focuses-measuring-effect-digital-literacy-services" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/09/september-webinar-focuses-measuring-effect-digital-literacy-services</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">New AASL webinar builds STEAM skills hands-on<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/09/new-aasl-webinar-builds-steam-skills-hands" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/09/new-aasl-webinar-builds-steam-skills-hands</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 host Oct. 17 webinar on ‘Troubled Library Boards’<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/09/united-libraries-host-oct-17-webinar-troubled-library-boards" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/09/united-libraries-host-oct-17-webinar-troubled-library-boards</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 PUBLICATIONS<br>
“Academic Library Value: The Impact Starter Kit”<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/09/communicating-value-academic-library" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/09/communicating-value-academic-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">Free PLA member publication focuses on library service to incarcerated individuals<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/09/free-pla-member-publication-focuses-library-service-incarcerated-individuals" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/09/free-pla-member-publication-focuses-library-service-incarcerated-individuals</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">WORKSHOPS, ECOURSES<br>
Library Director Bootcamp: Getting the Skills You Need<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/09/new-workshop-library-director-bootcamp-getting-skills-you-need" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/09/new-workshop-library-director-bootcamp-getting-skills-you-need</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">Basic American Sign Language for Library Staff<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/09/new-iteration-basic-american-sign-language-library-staff-ecourse" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/09/new-iteration-basic-american-sign-language-library-staff-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">Collaborating with Teens to Build Better Library Programs<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/09/new-iteration-collaborating-teens-build-better-library-programs-ecourse" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/09/new-iteration-collaborating-teens-build-better-library-programs-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">Social Media for Book Lovers<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/09/new-workshop-social-media-book-lovers-online-book-groups-and-more" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/09/new-workshop-social-media-book-lovers-online-book-groups-and-more</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">Hosting Your Own Comic Con: The Ultimate All-Ages Program Workshop<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/09/new-session-hosting-your-own-comic-con-ultimate-all-ages-program-workshop" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/09/new-session-hosting-your-own-comic-con-ultimate-all-ages-program-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">ALCTS AWARDS<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">ALCTS is searching for nominees for the following awards:<br>
<b>Cataloging and Metadata Management Awards<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/09/alcts-seeking-cataloging-and-metadata-management-awards-nominations-2018" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/09/alcts-seeking-cataloging-and-metadata-management-awards-nominations-2018</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">Professional Recognition Awards
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<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/09/search-begins-alcts-2018-professional-recognition-awards-nominations" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/09/search-begins-alcts-2018-professional-recognition-awards-nominations</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">Continuing Resources Awards<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/09/alcts-seeking-continuing-resources-awards-nominations-2018" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/09/alcts-seeking-continuing-resources-awards-nominations-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">Preservation Awards<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/09/alcts-2018-preservation-awards-nominations-sought" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/09/alcts-2018-preservation-awards-nominations-sought</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">Innovation Awards<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/09/alcts-seeking-2018-innovation-awards-nominations" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/09/alcts-seeking-2018-innovation-awards-nominations</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">Publication Awards<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/09/alcts-2018-publication-awards-nominations-sought" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/09/alcts-2018-publication-awards-nominations-sought</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">Ross Atkinson Award
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<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/09/alcts-2018-ross-atkinson-award-nominations-sought" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/09/alcts-2018-ross-atkinson-award-nominations-sought</span></a></span></b></p>
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