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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: large; text-align: start; display: inline !important;">Congratulations to Michigan's own Larry Neal & Alexandra Rivera on their election to the ALA Executive Board. Thank you for representing us so well! </span></div>
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<p><b style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><a href="http://bit.ly/2UNgYWn" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style="">ALA takes FY 2021 budget cuts seriously, urges members of Congress to visit
libraries</a></span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">The American Library Association (ALA) issued the following statement by ALA President Wanda Brown in response to the White House’s fiscal year (FY) 2021 budget request.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">“The White House proposal to eliminate the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) again dismisses the value of America’s 120,000 academic, public, school and special
libraries. The administration’s new budget not only brushes aside IMLS, it decreases funding for other library-eligible education programs.”<span> </span></span><a href="http://bit.ly/2UNgYWn" 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/2OJLrAI" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Booker, Neal and Rivera to serve on ALA Executive Board</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) Council has elected Latrice Booker, Larry Neal and Alexandra Rivera to serve on the ALA Executive Board. The Executive Board election
took place during the 2020 ALA Midwinter Meeting held Jan. 24-28, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Elected board members will begin a three-year term beginning in July 2020 and concluding in June 2023.<span> </span></span><a href="http://bit.ly/2OJLrAI" 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/2uGaCxg" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">New ALA program will help libraries address climate crisis</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 rollout of Resilient Communities: Libraries Respond to Climate Change, a pilot program that will help public and academic
libraries engage their communities in programs and conversations that address the climate crisis. The program has been funded by a generous grant from Andrew and Carol Phelps, the parents of two library master’s students.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">To expand the scope of the program, ALA invites additional contributions of any size. All donations made to ALA’s Cultural Communities Fund (CCF) through Earth Day (April
22) will be used to expand the program to additional libraries. Donate online.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">“ALA extends our deepest appreciation to Carol and Andy Phelps for recognizing the potential in libraries to foster education, understanding and connection on even the most
challenging topics,” said ALA President Wanda K. Brown. “Libraries are ready to step up their role in combating the misinformation and junk science that clouds public perception and hinders collective action in response to the climate crisis.”<span> </span></span><a href="http://bit.ly/2uGaCxg" 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/37jqO4M" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">ALSC announces 2020 Notable Children’s Recordings</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 Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), has selected its 2020 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.<span> </span></span><a href="http://bit.ly/37jqO4M" 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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<a href="http://bit.ly/2uCA5I3" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">ALA publishes free facilitation skills training materials for small and rural library
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">The American Library Association (ALA) has released a set of free professional development materials to help library workers in small and rural communities develop the facilitation
skills they need to thrive in the 21st-century library.<span> </span></span><a href="http://bit.ly/2uCA5I3" 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/2SATscC" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">YALSA names 2020 Best Fiction for Young Adults</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), announced its 2020 Best Fiction for Young Adults list.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">The full list consists of 71 titles selected from 104 official nominations, which were posted and discussed in blog posts on The Hub. From that list, and after receiving
teen feedback during ALA Midwinter in Philadelphia, the team created a short list of the top ten titles.<span> </span></span><a href="http://bit.ly/2SATscC" 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;">ALA 2020 MIDWINTER MEETING & EXHIBITS<br>
</span></b><a href="http://bit.ly/39sHclg" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">2020 ALA Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits – offering visions of hope</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/37hOmay" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">ALA awards deadline extended</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><a href="http://bit.ly/2UIPilu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Katrina Belton awarded Jan Merrill-Oldham Professional Development Grant</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><a href="http://bit.ly/2OLTFsh" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Paromita Biswas receives 2020 CRS First Step Award</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><a href="http://bit.ly/2vsynt2" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Croatia Linked Data project wins 2020 International Relations Round Table (IRRT) Awards
Mission Enhancement Grant</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://bit.ly/2SGtSTk" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Linked data for the perplexed librarian</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<div style="margin-top: 12.8px; margin-bottom: 12.8px"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: large; text-align: start; display: inline !important;">Jennifer Dean</span></div>
<div style="margin-top: 12.8px; margin-bottom: 12.8px" dir="auto">MLA Board of Directors & ALA Councilor</div>
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<p><span style="font-size: 1em;">Jennifer L. Dean - PhD, MLIS - she, her, hers</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 1em;">Dean of Libraries and Instructional Technology</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 1em;">University of Detroit Mercy</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 1em;">deanjl@udmercy.edu</span></p>
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