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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 31, 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 unveils shortlist for 2018 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The American Library Association (ALA) has announced six books shortlisted for the esteemed Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction, awarded
for the previous year's best fiction and nonfiction books written for adult readers and published in the United States. The two medal winners will be announced at the Reference and User Services Association’s Book and Media Awards (BMAs) sponsored by NoveList
during the ALA Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits in Denver, Colorado, on Feb. 11, 2018.<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/10/ala-unveils-shortlist-2018-andrew-carnegie-medals-excellence-fiction-and" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/10/ala-unveils-shortlist-2018-andrew-carnegie-medals-excellence-fiction-and</a></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">ALA Announces $500,000 in First-time Grants to Develop Coding Programs in Libraries<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">More than $500,000 in grants will be awarded to 28 libraries in 21 states plus the District of Columbia to design and implement coding programs for young people.
The grants are part of ALA’s ongoing Libraries Ready to Code initiative sponsored by Google to promote computer science (CS) and computational thinking among youth. It is the first time ALA has dedicated funding for CS programs in libraries.<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/10/ala-announces-500000-first-time-grants-develop-coding-programs-libraries-0" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/10/ala-announces-500000-first-time-grants-develop-coding-programs-libraries-0</a></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">ALA receives $1.1 million from W.K. Kellogg Foundation for reading and discussion model for underserved youth as part of national Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation
effort<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Libraries will engage more than 5,000 underserved young adults in transformative, humanities-based reading and discussion programming thanks to a $1.1 million grant
to the American Library Association (ALA) from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF).<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/10/ala-receives-11-million-wk-kellogg-foundation-reading-and-discussion-model" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/10/ala-receives-11-million-wk-kellogg-foundation-reading-and-discussion-model</a></span></p>
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<b>AWARDS AND GRANTS<br>
Applications for United for Libraries/SAGE Academic Friend Conference Grant due Jan. 15<br>
</b><a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/10/applications-united-librariessage-academic-friend-conference-grant-due-jan-15" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/10/applications-united-librariessage-academic-friend-conference-grant-due-jan-15</a></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Margaret Yu-Yin Hung wins 2017 Phyllis Dain Library History Dissertation Award<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/margaret-yu-yin-hung-wins-2017-phyllis-dain-library-history-dissertation" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/10/margaret-yu-yin-hung-wins-2017-phyllis-dain-library-history-dissertation</a></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Submit a nomination for the prestigious Kilgour Technology Research Award<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/submit-nomination-prestigious-kilgour-technology-research-award" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/10/submit-nomination-prestigious-kilgour-technology-research-award</a></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Value of Academic Libraries 2018 travel scholarships<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/value-academic-libraries-2018-travel-scholarships" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/10/value-academic-libraries-2018-travel-scholarships</a></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">ALA PUBLISHING<br>
Free webinar focuses on the ways libraries can support Cooperative Extension<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/free-webinar-focuses-ways-libraries-can-support-cooperative-extension" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/10/free-webinar-focuses-ways-libraries-can-support-cooperative-extension</a></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">ALA NEAL-SCHUMAN
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An updated handbook of art and design librarianship<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/updated-handbook-art-and-design-librarianship" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/10/updated-handbook-art-and-design-librarianship</a></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">RUSA NEWS<br>
RUSA's Reference and User Services Quarterly Journal Seeks Editor<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/rusas-reference-and-user-services-quarterly-journal-seeks-editor" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/10/rusas-reference-and-user-services-quarterly-journal-seeks-editor</a></span></p>
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