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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 October 10, 2017</span></b><br>
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<b>NEWS FROM THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION</b></p>
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<b>ALA president calls for applicants to newly launched ALA Policy Corps<br>
</b><span style="color:#303030">American Library Association (ALA) President Jim Neal invites library advocates to apply for participation in the inaugural <a href="http://www.ala.org/advocacy/ala-policy-corps" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color:#0055A5">ALA
Policy Corps</span></a> initiative.<br>
“The ALA has significantly expanded its advocacy work and its political activism—building a wide network of library workers, trustees, corporate partners and friends who are influencing legislative action and government policy,” Neal said. “There is a need
also to cultivate a group of practitioners and trustees who have deep and sustained knowledge of key policy issues of importance to the library community and who are able to intervene and participate in targeted advocacy work.”<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/10/ala-president-calls-applicants-newly-launched-ala-policy-corps" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/10/ala-president-calls-applicants-newly-launched-ala-policy-corps</a></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">PLA and United for Libraries to host Oct. 17 webinar on ‘Troubled Library Boards’<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Public Library Association (PLA) and United for Libraries are partnering to present a webinar designed to improve library boards of directors. The webinar,
titled “Troubled Library Boards: Prevention and Survival” will be held at 2 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, Oct. 17.<b><br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/10/pla-and-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/member-news/2017/10/pla-and-united-libraries-host-oct-17-webinar-troubled-library-boards</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 NATIONAL CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION<br>
Final week to secure AASL National Conference & Exhibition advance registration pricing<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/10/final-week-secure-aasl-national-conference-exhibition-advance-registration" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/10/final-week-secure-aasl-national-conference-exhibition-advance-registration</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">RUSA NEWS<br>
First open access issue of Reference and User Services Quarterly (RUSQ) now available<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/2017/10/first-open-access-issue-reference-and-user-services-quarterly-rusq-now-available" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/10/first-open-access-issue-reference-and-user-services-quarterly-rusq-now-available</a></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">SCHOOL LIBRARY RESEARCH<br>
Social influences on avid book readers examined in new School Library Research article<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/10/social-influences-avid-book-readers-examined-new-school-library-research-article" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/10/social-influences-avid-book-readers-examined-new-school-library-research-article</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">AWARDS AND GRANTS<br>
2018 applications for the Will Eisner Graphic Novel Grants for Libraries now being accepted<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/10/2018-applications-will-eisner-graphic-novel-grants-libraries-now-being-accepted" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/10/2018-applications-will-eisner-graphic-novel-grants-libraries-now-being-accepted</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 seeks nominations for 2018 awards recognizing outstanding achievements in academic librarianship<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/10/acrl-seeks-nominations-2018-awards-recognizing-outstanding-achievements-academic" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/10/acrl-seeks-nominations-2018-awards-recognizing-outstanding-achievements-academic</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">Apply now for 2018 ALCTS Midwinter Symposium registration grants<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/10/apply-now-2018-alcts-midwinter-symposium-registration-grants" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/10/apply-now-2018-alcts-midwinter-symposium-registration-grants</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">ELEARNING<br>
Explore Reproducibility & Open Scholarship in a new LITA web course<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/10/explore-reproducibility-open-scholarship-new-lita-web-course" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/10/explore-reproducibility-open-scholarship-new-lita-web-course</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">Share your knowledge: Present an AASL webinar<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/10/share-your-knowledge-present-aasl-webinar" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/10/share-your-knowledge-present-aasl-webinar</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">How to Create New Revenue Streams for Your Library<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/10/free-webinar-how-create-new-revenue-streams-your-library" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/10/free-webinar-how-create-new-revenue-streams-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">Developing Effective Community Partnerships<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/10/new-workshop-developing-effective-community-partnerships" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/10/new-workshop-developing-effective-community-partnerships</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">LLAMA Webinar Explores Evidence-Based Advocacy for Public Libraries<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/10/llama-webinar-explores-evidence-based-advocacy-public-libraries" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/10/llama-webinar-explores-evidence-based-advocacy-public-libraries</span></a></span></b></p>
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