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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><b style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">ALA News for April 10, 2018</span></b><br>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">New report affirms invaluable role of our nation’s libraries<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">This week the American Library Association (ALA) released its 2018 State of America’s Libraries report, an annual summary of library trends released during National
Library Week, April 8 – 14, that outlines statistics and issues affecting all types of libraries. The report affirms the invaluable role libraries and library workers play within their communities by leading efforts to transform lives through education and
lifelong learning.<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2018/04/new-report-affirms-invaluable-role-our-nation-s-libraries">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2018/04/new-report-affirms-invaluable-role-our-nation-s-libraries</a><b></b></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">Join the Libraries Transform campaign in honor of National Library Week<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">When you sign up for the Libraries Transform campaign, you’ll gain instant access to free marketing and advocacy information, ideas, and graphics for showcasing
the value of libraries—including ALA’s new easy-to-edit Because statement templates. As a special National Library Week offer, anyone who registers for the campaign in April will be entered to win one of 10 Libraries Transform swag packages from the ALA Store;
each package will include a Because statement banner, a set of window clings, several bookmarks, and more ($100 approximate value).
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<a href="http://www.ilovelibraries.org/librariestransform/join-libraries-transform-campaign-honor-national-library-week">http://www.ilovelibraries.org/librariestransform/join-libraries-transform-campaign-honor-national-library-week</a><b></b></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">RUSA president's program features a conversation with Dr. Carla Hayden<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">RUSA President Chris LeBeau invites all ALA Annual Conference attendees to attend the Reference and User Services Association's (RUSA) President’s Program, “New
Dawn for Libraries: A Conversation with Dr. Carla Hayden” on Saturday, June 23, 4 – 5:30 PM in the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans.<br>
Dr. Carla Hayden, the first woman and the first African-American Librarian of Congress, is an avid proponent of proactive public services that support discovery and enrich communities. In her new role, she seeks to make the Library’s collections and stories
come alive for all Americans regardless of their proximity to the nation’s capital. Former ALA President Courtney Young will engage Dr. Hayden in a wide-ranging conversation about forging roles for library services in meeting the needs of today’s varied and
diverse populations.<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2018/04/new-dawn-libraries-conversation-dr-carla-hayden">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2018/04/new-dawn-libraries-conversation-dr-carla-hayden</a><b></b></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">AASL President’s Program to focus on diversity with speaker Jervette Ward<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dr. Jervette R. Ward, associate professor of English at the University of Alaska Anchorage, will conclude the American Association of School Librarians’ (AASL)
Awards Ceremony & President’s Program taking place at 9 a.m. on Saturday, June 23, as part of the 2018 ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans.<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2018/04/aasl-president-s-program-focus-diversity-speaker-jervette-ward">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2018/04/aasl-president-s-program-focus-diversity-speaker-jervette-ward</a><b></b></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">Apply now for the 2018 Teens’ Top Ten Book Giveaway<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">In celebration of the upcoming announcement of the 2018 Teens’ Top Ten nominees on the Thursday of National Library Week, 50 sets of the 2018 Teens’ Top Ten nominees
will be given away to libraries in need with funding generously provided by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation. With the set of new titles, libraries will not only be able to further enrich their young adult collection, but also attract teens to the library.<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2018/04/apply-now-2018-teens-top-ten-book-giveaway">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2018/04/apply-now-2018-teens-top-ten-book-giveaway</a><b></b></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">Sue Halpern slated as featured speaker at Andrew Carnegie Medals ceremony<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Sue Halpern, who has written about butterflies and therapy dogs, as well as solitude and neuroscience, in both her warm and witty creative nonfiction and her incisive
novels, is confirmed as the featured speaker for the Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction Ceremony and Reception, which will take place on June 23, 2018, at the ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans.<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2018/04/sue-halpern-slated-featured-speaker-andrew-carnegie-medals-ceremony">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2018/04/sue-halpern-slated-featured-speaker-andrew-carnegie-medals-ceremony</a><b></b></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">Preservation project focuses on maintaining the cultural heritage of New Orleans<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">On Friday, June 22 the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) Preservation and Reformatting Section (PARS) will hold its third Preservation
in Action (PiA) program at Preservation Hall in New Orleans. Designed to promote an understanding of the importance of preservation while engaging with cultural heritage collections during the 2018 ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition, this program will provide
attendees with a hands-on opportunity to help preserve the culture and traditions of New Orleans.<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2018/04/preservation-project-focuses-maintaining-cultural-heritage-new-orleans">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2018/04/preservation-project-focuses-maintaining-cultural-heritage-new-orleans</a><b></b></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">New issue of the ‘Journal of Intellectual Freedom and Privacy’ now available online<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Journal of Intellectual Freedom and Privacy (JIFP), a quarterly journal published by the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom, provides
a forum for discourse on intellectual freedom and privacy issues arising in libraries, archives, and educational institutions. The Journal is available by subscription for $50 per year.
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<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2018/04/new-issue-journal-intellectual-freedom-and-privacy-now-available-online">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2018/04/new-issue-journal-intellectual-freedom-and-privacy-now-available-online</a><b></b></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">ALSC announces 2018 Notable Children’s Recordings<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), has selected its 2018 list of Notable Children’s Recordings.
The list includes recordings for children 14 years of age and younger of especially commendable quality that demonstrate respect for young people’s intelligence and imagination, exhibit venturesome creativity and reflect and encourage the interests of children
and young adolescents in exemplary ways.<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2018/04/alsc-announces-2018-notable-children-s-recordings">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2018/04/alsc-announces-2018-notable-children-s-recordings</a><b></b></span></p>
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2018 ALA ANNUAL CONFERENCE<br>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Author Robert Fieseler named Auditorium Speaker<br>
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2018 ALA ANNUAL PRECONFERENCES<br>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Jumpstart your conference with Preconference programs from ALCTS<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/2018/04/jumpstart-your-conference-preconference-programs-alcts">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2018/04/jumpstart-your-conference-preconference-programs-alcts</a><b></b></span></p>
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</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/2018/04/lita-education-call-proposals">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2018/04/lita-education-call-proposals</a><b></b></span></p>
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ONLINE LEARNING<br>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Instructional Design for Online Teaching and Learning<br>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Providing Services to People Living with Alzheimer's Workshop<br>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Make Your Training Stick: Facilitating Learning that Lasts<br>
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AWARDS AND GRANTS<br>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">NCSU Libraries wins 2018 ALA/Information Today Library of the Future 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/2018/04/ncsu-libraries-wins-2018-alainformation-today-library-future-award">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2018/04/ncsu-libraries-wins-2018-alainformation-today-library-future-award</a><b></b></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">Robert E. Lee High School named National School Library Program of the Year<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/2018/04/robert-e-lee-high-school-named-national-school-library-program-year">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2018/04/robert-e-lee-high-school-named-national-school-library-program-year</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">Judy Deichman receives AASL Innovative Reading 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/2018/04/judy-deichman-receives-aasl-innovative-reading-grant">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2018/04/judy-deichman-receives-aasl-innovative-reading-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">Black wins United for Libraries/SAGE Academic Friend Conference Grant<br>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Applications for United for Libraries’ Baker & Taylor Awards due May 1<br>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Halaychik and Maynor receive 2018 ACRL ULS Outstanding Professional Development Award<br>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Brearcliffe wins Emerging Technologies Section Achievement 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/2018/04/brearcliffe-wins-emerging-technologies-section-achievement-award">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2018/04/brearcliffe-wins-emerging-technologies-section-achievement-award</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">Winners of the 2018 Will Eisner Graphic Novel Grants for Libraries announced<br>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Bogle-Pratt International Library Travel Fund winner announced<br>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dr. Ismail Abdullahi wins 2018 John Ames Humphry/OCLC/Forest Press Award<br>
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