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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 24, 2017</span></b><br>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Two generations tackle issues of inequality, strive for solutions at ALA Midwinter Meeting<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Marley Dias, the girl-wonder who started the #1000blackgirlbooks campaign, interviews Patrisse Cullors, co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement, during the
ALA Midwinter Meeting’s Opening Session, which will take place from 4-5:15 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 9, 2018 in Denver.<b><br>
</b><a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/10/tackling-societal-challenges-view-two-generations-conversation-patrisse-cullors" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/10/tackling-societal-challenges-view-two-generations-conversation-patrisse-cullors</a><b></b></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Nominees sought for 2018 Coretta Scott King – Virginia Hamilton Author/Illustrator Award for Lifetime Achievement<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The ALA is accepting nominations for the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Author/Illustrator Lifetime Achievement Award. The award is named for award-winning
children’s author Virginia Hamilton (1936-2002) and pays tribute to the quality and magnitude of Hamilton’s exemplary contributions through her literature and advocacy for children and youth, especially in her focus on African-American life, history and consciousness.
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</b><a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/10/nominees-sought-2018-coretta-scott-king-virginia-hamilton-authorillustrator" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/10/nominees-sought-2018-coretta-scott-king-virginia-hamilton-authorillustrator</a><b></b></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Deadline extended to sign up for the ALA-sponsored tour to Cuba<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The deadline to register for the 2018 ALA-sponsored tour to Cuba has been extended to Dec. 1, 2017. The seven-day tour, which takes place March 3-10, 2018, includes
visits to UNESCO historical sites in Havana, Cienfuegos and Trinidad, along with interactions with Cuban artists, musicians, writers and much more. There will also be several opportunities to visit Cuban libraries in different cities.<b><br>
</b><a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/10/deadline-extended-sign-ala-sponsored-tour-cuba" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/10/deadline-extended-sign-ala-sponsored-tour-cuba</a><b></b></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">ACRL sponsors Project Information Literacy student news consumption study<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) is a co-sponsor of a forthcoming Project Information Literacy (PIL) research study investigating how young
adults consume news and gather information. The research, conducted in partnership with faculty at Northeastern University and Wellesley College, focuses on two of the most pressing issues of what has been called our “post-truth” era: currency and authority.
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</b><a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/10/acrl-sponsors-project-information-literacy-student-news-consumption-study" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/10/acrl-sponsors-project-information-literacy-student-news-consumption-study</a><b></b></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Official 2017 Teens’ Top Ten titles announced<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) has announced the official titles of the 2017 Teens’ Top Ten.<br>
Teens all over the world voted August 15 through Teen Read Week™ (October 8-14, 2017).<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/10/official-2017-teens-top-ten-titles-announced" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/10/official-2017-teens-top-ten-titles-announced</a></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">FROM THE ALA STORE<br>
A sourcebook of 63 ready-to-use maker projects<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/sourcebook-63-ready-use-maker-projects" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/10/sourcebook-63-ready-use-maker-projects</a><b></b></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">AMERICAN LIBRARIES<br>
Podcast investigates the A1 Mystery of Avon Lake<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/press-releases/2017/10/podcast-investigates-a1-mystery-avon-lake" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/10/podcast-investigates-a1-mystery-avon-lake</a><b></b></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">OPPORTUNITIES<br>
Be the next member manager of YALSA’s Teen Programming HQ<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/be-next-member-manager-yalsa-s-teen-programming-hq" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/10/be-next-member-manager-yalsa-s-teen-programming-hq</a><b></b></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">GRANTS AND AWARDS<br>
Deadline approaching for Carnegie-Whitney Award Applications for Guides to Library Resources<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/press-releases/2017/10/deadline-approaching-carnegie-whitney-award-applications-guides-library" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/10/deadline-approaching-carnegie-whitney-award-applications-guides-library</a><b></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 2018 ALSC/Candlewick Press 'Light the Way' Grant<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/press-releases/2017/10/alsc-now-accepting-applications-2018-alsccandlewick-press-light-way-grant" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/10/alsc-now-accepting-applications-2018-alsccandlewick-press-light-way-grant</a><b></b></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Fellows, coaches selected for December PLA Leadership Academy<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/fellows-coaches-selected-december-pla-leadership-academy" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/10/fellows-coaches-selected-december-pla-leadership-academy</a><b></b></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">WEBCASTS, WEB COURSES, WEBINARS AND WORKSHOPS<br>
Tackling Fake News: An American Libraries Live Webcast<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/press-releases/2017/10/tackling-fake-news-american-libraries-live-webcast" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/10/tackling-fake-news-american-libraries-live-webcast</a><b></b></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Discover Altmetrics and Reproducibility at two new LITA events<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/discover-altmetrics-and-reproducibility-2-new-lita-events" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/10/discover-altmetrics-and-reproducibility-2-new-lita-events</a><b></b></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Collection Development for Judaica Materials<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/new-workshop-collection-development-judaica-materials" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/10/new-workshop-collection-development-judaica-materials</a><b></b></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">How to Fix the 25 Most Common Library Website Problems<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/new-session-how-fix-25-most-common-library-website-problems-workshop" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/10/new-session-how-fix-25-most-common-library-website-problems-workshop</a><b></b></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Legally Using Images: Understanding Digital Copyright<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/new-workshop-legally-using-images-understanding-digital-copyright" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/10/new-workshop-legally-using-images-understanding-digital-copyright</a><b></b></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Prison Library as an Agent of Rehabilitative Change<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/prison-library-agent-rehabilitative-change-ecourse-ascla" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/10/prison-library-agent-rehabilitative-change-ecourse-ascla</a><b></b></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Learn how to Build a Successful Independent Consulting Practice with ASCLA<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/learn-how-build-successful-independent-consulting-practice-ascla" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/10/learn-how-build-successful-independent-consulting-practice-ascla</a><b></b></span></p>
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