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<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12.8px; text-align: start;"><a href="http://bit.ly/2VJB2JB" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Public Library
Association stands with Nashville in wake of tornado</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12.8px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">The Public Library Association (PLA) is deeply saddened at news of the devastating impact of last night’s
deadly tornado in Nashville and central Tennessee. Nashville Public Library locations are closed today, except for polling locations. PLA is reaching out to Nashville library leaders to see how the association can best support the library and its community
in the coming days.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12.8px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">“We are hearing from public library workers across the country sharing our sorrow at this disaster in the
wake of an incredibly vibrant PLA 2020 national conference,” said PLA President Ramiro Salazar. “More than 8,700 people enjoyed the amazing hospitality of the city and the Nashville Public Library. It is truly incomprehensible to see the destruction after
we experienced so many wonderful interactions, meals, music and learning last week.”<span> </span></span><a href="http://bit.ly/2VJB2JB" 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 style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12.8px; text-align: start;"><a href="http://bit.ly/3cvq14D" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">OCLC, PLA report
offers strategies for public libraries to respond to the opioid crisis</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12.8px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">OCLC and the Public Library Association (PLA) issued Call to Action: Public Libraries and the Opioid Crisis,
a report that offers tested strategies to consider as libraries determine local responses to the nationwide public health emergency.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12.8px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 130 people die every day from an opioid overdose.
As trusted local institutions, public libraries connect community members to credible, accurate information and services that can help support needs around substance use disorder. The call to action was informed by case study research with eight public libraries
that have created community responses with local partners, as well as discussions with government agencies, public health and human services organizations, community organizations, and library leaders.<span> </span></span><a href="http://bit.ly/3cvq14D" 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 style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12.8px; text-align: start;"><a href="http://bit.ly/2TznNsj" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Libraries Ready
to Code awards microfunding on Digital Learning Day</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12.8px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">The American Library Association’s (ALA) Libraries Ready to Code initiative, sponsored by Google, awarded
more than 100 academic, school and public libraries with $700 mini-grants to encourage digital skills education in honor of Digital Learning Day, Feb. 27, 2020. </span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12.8px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">Digital Learning Day is an annual event to promote effective use of technology tools and rich learning
opportunities for learners of all ages. Microfunding awardees will use their grants to implement video-based lessons from Google’s Applied Digital Skills program to prepare learners for the future of work. Libraries are expected to carry out four sessions
of digital skills programming by May 31, 2020.<span> </span></span><a href="http://bit.ly/2TznNsj" 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 style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12.8px; text-align: start;"><a href="http://bit.ly/2uQCqiN" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">ALA adds Polish
American Library Association to its professional affiliate roster</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12.8px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">The governing Council of the American Library Association (ALA) has voted to make the Polish American Librarians
Association (PALA) an ALA Affiliate. The action was taken Jan. 27 during the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia. PALA applied for affiliation in 2019, and the application was vetted by the ALA Executive Board to ensure that PALA’s bylaws and mission were
in compliance with ALA. PALA joins 27 other affiliated library organizations and, with the Chinese American Librarians Association, becomes one of only two affiliates that are nation-specific.<span> </span></span><a href="http://bit.ly/2uQCqiN" 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 style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12.8px; text-align: start;"><a href="http://bit.ly/2TCeKH8" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Help build the
2021 AASL National Conference</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12.8px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) invites school library professionals to help plan
programming for the 2021 AASL National Conference. Professionals are asked to submit topics needed for professional development during the conference, taking place in October 2021 in Salt Lake City, Utah. <span> </span></span><a href="http://bit.ly/2TCeKH8" 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 style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12.8px; text-align: start;"><a href="http://bit.ly/3anAi0R" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Pre-Service school
librarians’ perceptions explored in new School Library Research</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12.8px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">New research published in the American Association of School Librarians’ (AASL) peer-reviewed online journal,
School Library Research (SLR), explores graduate-level instruction on research designs and methods for pre-service school librarians. SLR promotes and publishes high-quality original research concerning the management, implementation, and evaluation of school
libraries.<span> </span></span><a href="http://bit.ly/3anAi0R" 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 style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12.8px; text-align: start;"><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 style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12.8px; text-align: start;"><a href="http://bit.ly/2wml8dH" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Dr. Lesley Farmer
receives the Ken Haycock Award for Promoting Librarianship</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12.8px; text-align: start;"><a href="http://bit.ly/2x7Vud6" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Sol María López
awarded 2020 Lois Mai Chan Professional Development Grant</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12.8px; text-align: start;"><a href="http://bit.ly/2PKPD3J" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">2020 Gordon M.
Conable Conference Scholarship nominations open</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;"> </span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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