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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">AASL announces the new National School Library Standards for Learners, School Librarians, and School Libraries<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Designed to empower leaders to transform teaching and learning, the new “National School Library Standards for Learners, School Librarians, and School Libraries”
from the American Association of School Librarians (AASL), published by ALA Editions, reflect an evolution of AASL Standards.
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The standards and guidelines found in three previously separate publications—"AASL Standards for the 21st-Century Learner,” “Standards in Action,” and
“Empowering Learners”—have been integrated, remodeled, and framed within a single text.
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<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/11/aasl-announces-new-national-school-library-standards-learners-school-librarians">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/11/aasl-announces-new-national-school-library-standards-learners-school-librarians</a></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">ALA President’s Program at 2018 Midwinter Meeting debates neutrality in libraries<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Are Libraries Neutral? Have They Ever Been? Should They Be? The question of neutrality in librarianship is an old one. A group of ALA members from academic library,
public library, and library education backgrounds will engage the issues during a formal debate, with two speakers in the affirmative and two in the negative, followed by commentary from a reactor panel and a conversation with attendees, moderated by ALA President
Jim Neal.<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/11/ala-president-s-program-midwinter-meeting-debates-neutrality-libraries">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/11/ala-president-s-program-midwinter-meeting-debates-neutrality-libraries</a></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Anonymous donor to match up to $100,000 of ALA Annual Fund contributions<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">As the season for gift giving is in full swing, the American Library Association (ALA) has an exciting opportunity! An anonymous donor is matching gifts made to
the ALA Annual Fund as of Nov. 1, 2017. Donations are tax-deductible and gifts from an individual donor, up to $1,000, are eligible. The match caps at $10,000 total per ALA unit, and $100,000 overall. Donors can participate by giving online at ala.org/donate
or sending a check to ALA, 50 East Huron, Chicago, IL 60611. <br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/11/anonymous-donor-match-100000-ala-annual-fund-contributions">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/11/anonymous-donor-match-100000-ala-annual-fund-contributions</a></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Booklist and AASL announce Schools in Need Giveaway Program<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">This exciting initiative to provide expert book-and-media buying assistance to school librarians in need. With help from sponsor Scholastic, year-long subscriptions
to Booklist, Book Links, and Booklist Online will be made available to as many as 500 individual schools across the U.S.<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/11/booklist-aasl-announce-schools-need-giveaway-program">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/11/booklist-aasl-announce-schools-need-giveaway-program</a></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">ELECTION NEWS<br>
Candidates announced for 2018 Public Library Association board election<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/2017/11/candidates-announced-2018-public-library-association-board-election">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/11/candidates-announced-2018-public-library-association-board-election</a></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">ALA MIDWINTER MEETING<br>
ALCTS Midwinter Symposium explores library access and accessibility<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/2017/11/alcts-midwinter-symposium-explores-library-access-and-accessibility">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/11/alcts-midwinter-symposium-explores-library-access-and-accessibility</a></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">TOURS<br>
Grand Literary & History Tour of Ireland<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/2017/11/grand-literary-history-tour-ireland-book-now">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/11/grand-literary-history-tour-ireland-book-now</a></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">PLA 2018 CONFERENCE<br>
Twelve preconference educational sessions offered at PLA 2018<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/2017/11/twelve-preconference-educational-sessions-offered-pla-2018">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/11/twelve-preconference-educational-sessions-offered-pla-2018</a></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">ACRL 2019 CONFERENCE<br>
ACRL invites ACRL 2019 conference proposals<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/2017/11/acrl-invites-acrl-2019-conference-proposals">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/11/acrl-invites-acrl-2019-conference-proposals</a></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">AWARDS AND GRANTS<br>
ALA Trustee Citation nominations due Jan. 15<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/2017/11/ala-trustee-citation-nominations-due-jan-15">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/11/ala-trustee-citation-nominations-due-jan-15</a></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">LITA's 50th Anniversary fundraising sends six scholarship winners to LITA Forum<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/2017/11/litas-50th-anniversary-fundraising-sends-6-scholarship-winners-lita-forum">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/11/litas-50th-anniversary-fundraising-sends-6-scholarship-winners-lita-forum</a></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Participants for IMLS funded project, 'Future Ready with the Library' announced<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/2017/11/participants-imls-funded-project-future-ready-library-announced">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/11/participants-imls-funded-project-future-ready-library-announced</a></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Accepting applicants for the Mango/NMRT Professional Development 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/member-news/2017/11/accepting-applicants-mangonmrt-professional-development-grant">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/11/accepting-applicants-mangonmrt-professional-development-grant</a></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">WEBINARS<br>
Call for LLAMA webinar proposals<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/2017/11/call-llama-webinar-proposals">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/11/call-llama-webinar-proposals</a></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Expose your data with Schema.org and JSON-LD – a LITA webinar<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/2017/11/expose-your-data-schemaorg-and-json-ld-lita-webinar">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/11/expose-your-data-schemaorg-and-json-ld-lita-webinar</a></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">ECOURSES AND DIGITAL LEARNING<br>
Winning Support and Influencing Communities for Library Funding<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/2017/11/new-advanced-ecourse-winning-support-and-influencing-communities-library-funding">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/11/new-advanced-ecourse-winning-support-and-influencing-communities-library-funding</a></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Solutions for Challenging Workplace Relationships<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/2017/11/new-ecourse-solutions-challenging-workplace-relationships">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/11/new-ecourse-solutions-challenging-workplace-relationships</a></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Getting Started with Library Service Design<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/2017/11/new-iteration-getting-started-library-service-design-ecourse">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/11/new-iteration-getting-started-library-service-design-ecourse</a></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">40+ New Revenue Sources for Libraries and Nonprofits<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/2017/11/new-iteration-40-new-revenue-sources-libraries-and-nonprofits-ecourse">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/11/new-iteration-40-new-revenue-sources-libraries-and-nonprofits-ecourse</a></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Courses in budgeting, using mobile devices added to PLA’s DigitalLearn.org website<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/2017/11/courses-budgeting-using-mobile-devices-added-pla-s-digitallearnorg-website">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/11/courses-budgeting-using-mobile-devices-added-pla-s-digitallearnorg-website</a></span></p>
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