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<p><a href="http://bit.ly/2RZp1h0" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">American Library Association announces 2020 youth media award winners</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">The American Library Association (ALA) announced the top books, video and audio books for children and young adults – including the Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery
and Printz awards – at its Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.<span> </span></span><a href="http://bit.ly/2RZp1h0" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Read
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<p><a href="http://bit.ly/2tuN6Tz" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">'Lost Children Archive,' 'Midnight in Chernobyl,' receive 2020 Andrew Carnegie Medals
for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">The American Library Association (ALA) selected “Lost Children Archive,” by Valeria Luiselli, published by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, as the
winner of the 2020 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, and "Midnight in Chernobyl," by Adam Higginbotham, published by Simon & Schuster, as the winner of the 2020 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction. The selections were announced
at the Reference and User Services Association's Book and Media Awards (BMAs) sponsored by NoveList, during the ALA Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. </span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">The awards, established in 2012, serve as a guide to help adults select quality reading material. They are the first single-book awards for adult books given by the American
Library Association and reflect the expert judgment and insight of library professionals and booksellers who work closely with adult readers.</span><a href="http://bit.ly/2tuN6Tz" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Read
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<p><a href="http://bit.ly/2tvHQ23" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">‘How We Fight for Our Lives’ and ‘Cantoras’ win 2020 Stonewall Adult Awards</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">Two of the 2020 Stonewall Book Awards were announced Sunday, Jan. 26 by the Rainbow Round Table (RRT) of the American Library Association (ALA), during the ALA Midwinter
Meeting and Exhibits, held January 24-28 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">The Stonewall Book Awards are given annually to English-language works of exceptional merit relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender experience and include
the Stonewall Book Awards – Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children’s and Young Adult Literature Award (announced at the Youth Media Awards press conference on Monday, Jan. 27), the Stonewall Book Awards – Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award, and the Stonewall Book
Awards – Barbara Gittings Literature Award. The awards will be presented to the winning authors at the American Library Association Annual Conference in Chicago in June.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">“How We Fight for Our Lives: A Memoir” by Saeed Jones and published by Simon & Schuster is the Stonewall Book Award – Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award winner for 2020. </span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">“Cantoras” by Carolina De Robertis and published by Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Penguin Random House, was named the winner of the Stonewall Book Awards - Barbara Gittings
Literature Award for 2020.<span> </span></span><a href="http://bit.ly/2tvHQ23" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Read more</span></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><a href="http://bit.ly/2ub1il7" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">AASL President holds office hours to discuss EDI in school libraries</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">American Association of School Librarians (AASL) President Mary Keeling will hold online office hours at 6 p.m. Central on Thursday, Feb. 6, to field questions regarding
equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in school libraries. The EDI office hours are a part of Keeling’s presidential initiative to expand efforts in AASL to provide a safe, respectful, and inclusive space for diverse voices and perspectives.<span> </span></span><a href="http://bit.ly/2ub1il7" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Read
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<p><a href="http://bit.ly/2GWYbjq" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">AASL Affiliates turn a new Chapter</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">During the 2020 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia, the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) Affiliate Assembly voted to adopt the term Chapters for state
and regional school library associations. The change in name better reflects the relationship of AASL to state and regional school library associations and aligns with other similar entities within ALA. It also reflects recommendations made by the Steering
Committee on Organizational Effectiveness (SCOE) in their reimagined ALA governance model.<span> </span></span><a href="http://bit.ly/2GWYbjq" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Read
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<p><a href="http://bit.ly/2GYNpc8" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">ALA responds to concerns about recent efforts to exclude materials</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">The American Library Association (ALA) released the following statement in response to reports that trusted cultural institutions have altered or excluded photographs from
exhibits that included protest signs unflattering to our current administration.<span> </span></span><a href="http://bit.ly/2GYNpc8" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Read
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<p><a href="http://bit.ly/37ZSE7A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">ALA persists with #eBooksForAll advocacy campaign: ‘Macmillan must lift the embargo’</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">ALA President Wanda Brown issued the following statement in response to Macmillan CEO John Sargent’s “Ask Me Anything” session at the ALA Midwinter Meetings on Saturday,
Jan. 25, 2020.<span> </span></span><a href="http://bit.ly/37ZSE7A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Read more</span></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><a href="http://bit.ly/2OtDM9B" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Olympic medalists Maia and Alex Shibutani to serve as 2020 National Library Week honorary
chairs</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">Authors and Olympic ice dancing medalists Maia and Alex Shibutani will promote the value of libraries as honorary chairs of National Library Week, April 19—25, 2020. The
Shibutanis will shine a spotlight on our nation’s libraries, librarians and library workers, all of which transform communities and improve lives through access to information, education and technology.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">“Find Your Place at the Library” is the theme for this year’s National Library Week, which emphasizes that everyone is welcome at the library—no matter your age, interests
or background, the library is a space where we all can belong.<span> </span></span><a href="http://bit.ly/2OtDM9B" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Read
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<p><a href="http://bit.ly/2v0v0ZX" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">2020 Rise: A Feminist Book Project committee introduces new name and top ten feminist
books for young readers</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">The Rise: A Feminist Book Project for Ages 0-18 committee (formerly known as the Amelia Bloomer Project), a subgroup of the Feminist Task Force (FTF) of the American Library
Association's Social Responsibilities Round Table (SRRT), selected its top ten books for 2020. Each year, the committee creates an annual booklist of the best feminist books for young readers, ages birth through 18, to be used by interested librarians, teachers,
parents, and others who work with youth. <span> </span></span><a href="http://bit.ly/2v0v0ZX" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Read more</span></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><a href="http://bit.ly/2GTqH5n" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">2020 Over the Rainbow Book List features 70 titles for adult readers</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">The Over the Rainbow Book List Committee of the American Library Association's Rainbow Roundtable (RRT) gave careful consideration to 324 books this year, 152 fiction and
172 nonfiction. Choosing 32 fiction titles and 38 nonfiction titles to make up the complete 2020 Over the Rainbow Book List, the committee was thrilled by the continued expansion of queer publishing, the depth of substantial topics covered, and the number
of quality books from all over the genre spectrum. No longer is the focus solely upon stories of tragedy, but rather about lives filled with joy.<span> </span></span><a href="http://bit.ly/2GTqH5n" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Read
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<p><a href="http://bit.ly/36ZXvnZ" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Course on popular YouTube added to PLA’s DigitalLearn.org website</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">The Public Library Association (PLA) has released a new online tutorial to help patrons learn the basics of using the popular online video site, YouTube. The course, Intro
to Searching Videos on YouTube, covers the basics of searching for videos for entertainment, instruction, “do it yourself,” and more. This 21-minute online tutorial explores how one navigates the YouTube homepage, how to perform searches, and how to create
an account. It also offers practice activities for learners to use their new knowledge.<span> </span></span><a href="http://bit.ly/36ZXvnZ" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Read
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<p><a href="http://bit.ly/31x9KHp" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">New from ACRL - ‘Leading Change in Academic Libraries’</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) announces the publication of “Leading Change in Academic Libraries,” edited by Colleen Boff and Catherine Cardwell.
Each of the stories of leading and managing change in this collection uses Kotter’s Eight-Stage Process of Creating Major Change as a framework for examining common types of changes across a variety of institutions, offering effective practices and tips for
navigating specific challenges.<span> </span></span><a href="http://bit.ly/31x9KHp" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Read more</span></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><a href="http://bit.ly/2v0vsY9" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">New from ACRL - ‘Becoming a Library Leader’</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) announces the publication of “Becoming a Library Leader: Seven Stages of Leadership Development for Academic Librarians"
by Shin Freedman and James M. Freedman, offering exercise, activities, and stories to help librarians develop and hone their leadership potential. <span> </span></span><a href="http://bit.ly/2v0vsY9" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Read
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<p><a href="http://bit.ly/2S2aBwN" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">LITA announces the 2020 Excellence in Children’s and Young Adult Science Fiction Notable
Lists</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">The LITA Committee Recognizing Excellence in Children’s and Young Adult Science Fiction presents the 2020 Excellence in Children’s and Young Adult Science Fiction Notable
Lists. The lists are composed of notable children’s and young adult science fiction published between November 2018 and October 2019 and organized into three age-appropriate categories.<span> </span></span><a href="http://bit.ly/2S2aBwN" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Read
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<p><a href="http://bit.ly/36VGz1F" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Emily Drabinski, Rebekkah Smith Aldrich to deliver keynotes at the Exchange Virtual
Forum</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">The Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS), the Library Information Technology Association (LITA) and the Library Leadership and Management Association
(LLAMA) have announced that Emily Drabinski and Rebekkah Smith Aldrich will deliver keynote addresses at the Exchange Virtual Forum. The theme for the Exchange is "Building the Future Together,” and it will take place on the afternoons of May 4, 6 and 8.<span> </span></span><a href="http://bit.ly/36VGz1F" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Read
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<p><a href="http://bit.ly/2GSA2dx" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">AASL Member Published in Accessibility, Compliance & Equity</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">An article written by American Association of School Librarians (AASL) member Kathy Lester has been published in the January/February 2020 issue of AC&E as part of AASL President
Mary Keeling’s presidential initiative to expand efforts in AASL to provide a safe, respectful, and inclusive space for diverse voices and perspectives.<span> </span></span><a href="http://bit.ly/2GSA2dx" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Read
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<p><a href="http://bit.ly/2GSmJKg" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">AASL welcomes Mississippi Association of School Librarians</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">During the ALA Midwinter Meeting, the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) approved the Mississippi Association of School Librarians (MsASL) as a chapter of AASL.
AASL Chapters are the grassroots representation of AASL members that serve to bring matters occurring at the state and local level to the national-level attention of the AASL Board of Directors.<span> </span></span><a href="http://bit.ly/2GSmJKg" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Read
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<p><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">YOUTH MEDIA AWARDS</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><a href="http://bit.ly/2tyqIbY" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Jerry Craft, Kadir Nelson win Newbery, Caldecott Medals</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><a href="http://bit.ly/38al92B" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Jerry Craft, Kadir Nelson win 2020 Coretta Scott King Book Awards</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><a href="http://bit.ly/2GUTR47" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Mildred D. Taylor 2020 recipient of the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award
for Lifetime Achievement</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><a href="http://bit.ly/2GWXoPg" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">2020 Sydney Taylor Book Award winners announced</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span></b><a href="http://bit.ly/2RZ0ybS" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">‘Free Lunch’ wins 2020 Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><a href="http://bit.ly/2GU8vbJ" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">‘Dig’ wins 2020 Printz Award</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><a href="http://bit.ly/2Ups2sA" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Scholastic Audiobooks wins 2020 Odyssey Award for ‘Hey, Kiddo: How I Lost My Mother,
Found My Father, and Dealt with Family Addiction’</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><a href="http://bit.ly/2GReiPk" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Rafael López, Carlos Hernandez win 2020 Pura Belpré Awards</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><a href="http://bit.ly/2GRqy2q" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Rafael López y Carlos Hernández ganan premios Pura Belpré</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><a href="http://bit.ly/2RYLkDy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">YMA highlights 2020 Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature youth category winners</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><a href="http://bit.ly/36Z9MZM" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">WGBH wins Excellence in Early Learning Digital Media Award for the app, 'Molly of
Denali'</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><a href="http://bit.ly/31tol6x" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Kevin Henkes wins 2020 Children’s Literature Legacy Award</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><a href="http://bit.ly/31qFlug" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop to deliver 2021 ALSC Children’s Literature Lecture</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><a href="http://bit.ly/372WfAd" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">James Yang wins Geisel Award for 'Stop! Bot!'</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><a href="http://bit.ly/3b8FFCl" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Kevin Noble Maillard, Juana Martinez-Neal win 2020 Sibert Medal</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><a href="http://bit.ly/2GVwuaC" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">2020 Batchelder Award honors Enchanted Lion Books for Brown</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><a href="http://bit.ly/3beWJGP" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Steve Sheinkin wins 2020 Edwards Award</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><a href="http://bit.ly/3bg655s" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">AILA announces 2020 American Indian Youth Literature Awards</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><a href="http://bit.ly/2vQZmi2" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">YALSA announces 2020 Alex Awards</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">ALA PUBLISHING</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2020/02/meeting-challenge-teaching-information-literacy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Meeting the
challenge of teaching information literacy</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">WEBINARS</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><a href="http://bit.ly/2tvHHM3" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">United for Libraries to present February 19 webinar Friends and Trustees Under 40:
Recruit Them, Retain Them, Engage Them</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><a href="http://bit.ly/36Xp7ds" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">United for Libraries’ February Monthly Member Forum to focus on highlights from the
United for Libraries Institute: Trustees, Friends, and Foundations</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">AWARDS AND GRANTS</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><a href="http://bit.ly/2GVZuPq" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Ten ALA Spectrum Scholars awarded grants to attend PLA 2020 Conference</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><a href="http://bit.ly/380OFrc" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Apply now for YALSA’s new Joann Sweetland Lum Memorial Grant</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><a href="http://bit.ly/31rps6N" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">K-8 school libraries invited to apply for $5,000 award recognizing outstanding programming</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><a href="http://bit.ly/2UthJUn" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Algonquin Area Public Library Receives 2020 Maureen Hayes Author/Illustrator Visit
Award</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><a href="http://bit.ly/2UrSthk" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">2020 ACRL Excellence in Academic Libraries Award recipients announced</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><a href="http://bit.ly/2OrRzxn" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">John E. Ulmschneider named 2020 ACRL Academic/Research Librarian of the Year</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><a href="http://bit.ly/2RWAWfE" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">McLinn named recipient of ALSC’s 2020 Distinguished Service Award</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><a href="http://bit.ly/36YrFYH" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">ALA Film and Media Round Table announces 2020 Notable Videos for Adults list</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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