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<b><span style="font-family: " font-size: 12pt">Update from ALA, dated 3/6/20:</span></b><b><span style="font-family: " font-size: 12pt"><br>
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<b><span style="font-family: " font-size: 12pt">Information about the 2020 <span>
ALA</span> Annual <span>Conference</span> & Exhibition related to Coronavirus COVID 19.<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: " font-size: 12pt"><span>ALA</span> is mindful of the valid concerns and questions from members regarding the 2020 Annual
<span>Conference</span> & Exhibition (June 25-30, 2020, Chicago, IL) in relation to Coronavirus COVID 19.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: " font-size: 12pt">As of today, <span>
ALA</span> is proceeding with the event as planned and putting together an amazing
<span>conference</span> for this Summer.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: " font-size: 12pt">While you’ve undoubtedly heard that some organizations have cancelled events scheduled for the coming months, many of those cancelled events include a large demographic of international travelers
or take place in areas with a high incidence of infection. At this time, we are following recommendations from federal agencies like the <a style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204)" href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(71, 96, 158)">Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention</span></a>, reviewing travel advisories issued by the State Department, and working with our
<span>conference</span> partner, the <a style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204)" href="https://mailchi.mp/4cdb0834d342/mccormick-place-fall-update-3239945?e=f62eac82a5" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(71, 96, 158)">McCormick Place Convention Center</span></a> to
increase the availability of hand sanitizer and hand washing stations, among other measures.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: " font-size: 12pt">We do understand some organizations have implemented their own travel bans and recognize that traveling to
<span>conferences</span> is a choice that each attendee will need to make, based on his or her individual situation.
<span>ALA</span> will continue to monitor the situation and will provide updates regarding any notable changes in
<span>conference</span> schedules or travel issues.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span><span style="color: black; font-family: " font-size: 12pt">Please visit the
<span>ALA</span> <a style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204)" href="http://www.ala.org/tools/atoz/pandemic-preparedness" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(71, 96, 158)">pandemic preparedness resource page</span></a> for more information about how libraries can
be community partners in response to this outbreak.</span></span></p>
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<a style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204)" href="http://bit.ly/2wOb8tL" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: " font-size: 12pt">American Library Association 2020 election underway</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: " font-size: 12pt">Polls opened at 9 a.m. Central Time on Monday, March 9, 2020. ALA members are encouraged to cast a digital ballot to vote for association-wide leadership that will shape the future and direction
of the association. ALA’s annual election will close on Wednesday, April 1, 2020, at 11:59 p.m. Central Time. </span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: " font-size: 12pt">“The American Library Association of tomorrow relies on the stewardship of its members today,” said ALA Executive Director Tracie D. Hall. “A huge part of that work involves selecting peer leaders
who have the vision and commitment to move the association forward. We are at a pivotal time in our history – there is much change needed and much opportunity that lies ahead. Every vote is necessary because it will provide a requisite mandate for the future
ALA President, Executive Board and Council leadership. Every vote moves us toward our future and the impact we can create.” </span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: " font-size: 12pt">ALA’s 2021 – 22 presidential election includes Patricia "Patty" M. Wong, city librarian at Santa Monica (Calif.) Public Library, and Steven Yates, assistant director, University of Alabama School
of Library and Information Studies. Both candidates participated in the ALA Presidential and Candidates’ Forum that took place at the 2020 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . Voters also will select 33 ALA Councilors-at-Large from a pool
of 73 candidates. Biographical information about the Councilor-at-Large candidates is available on the ALA website.
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<span style="color: black; font-family: " font-size: 12pt">The American Library Association (ALA) has created a Task Force on the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals to develop a multi-year strategic plan in the coming year to increase participation
by libraries in efforts to achieve the Goals.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: " font-size: 12pt">The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) are a call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and improve the lives and prospects of everyone, everywhere. The 17 Goals were adopted by all
UN members, including the United States. </span><a style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204)" href="http://bit.ly/38Hh8BS" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: " font-size: 12pt">Read more</span></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: " font-size: 12pt">The American Library Association (ALA) is pleased to announce that the Student Organization of Library and Information Services (SOLIS) at Old Dominion University has created a new ALA student
chapter. This is the first student chapter to be formed in Virginia. </span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: " font-size: 12pt">Each ALA student chapter has its own character and purpose. All enhance students' ALA membership by providing leadership and programming opportunities on the campuses. The Old Dominion University
chapter became the 67th ALA student chapter, Dr. Amelia Anderson, Assistant Professor of Library and Information Studies, will serve as faculty advisor for the new student chapter.
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<a style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204)" href="http://bit.ly/335DCeK" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: " font-size: 12pt">United for Libraries and Tulare County Historical Society to celebrate first female Literary Landmark honoree in California</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: " font-size: 12pt">United for Libraries will designate Tulare Historical Museum in California as a Literary Landmark™ in honor of Tulare County Bicentennial Poet and Poet Laureate Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel. The designation
will mark the first woman to be honored with a Literary Landmark in the state of California.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: " font-size: 12pt">Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel (1918-2007) was born in Stroud, Oklahoma. She moved to California as a teenager during the Dust Bowl Migration of the Great Depression. While she began writing poetry as
a child, McDaniel’s first poem was not published until her fifties, in the “Tulare Advance – Register” newspaper. Approximately 50 booklets of her poetry and stories have been published, many of which have been taught in schools and universities. Her experiences
growing up in Oklahoma, the migrant experience, and living in Tulare all influenced her evocative, plain language poetry that resulted in her being dubbed “the Okie Poet.”
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: " font-size: 12pt">ALA 2020 ELECTION</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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<a style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204)" href="http://bit.ly/3cMWgfM" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: " font-size: 12pt">Public Library Association announces 2020 award winners</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<a style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204)" href="http://bit.ly/2vgcCNi" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: " font-size: 12pt">Sarah Schroeder awarded Bogle Pratt International Library Travel Fund Award</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: " font-size: 12pt">The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), has named the winners of its 2020 Writing Award with individuals being awarded in four
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<span style="color: black; font-family: " font-size: 12pt">The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) Coordinating Committee will host a six-part webinar series to assist college and
university faculty as they begin to align their programs, individual courses, and assessments to the 2019 ALA/AASL/CAEP School Librarian Preparation Standards. School library professionals teaching as faculty, instructor, or adjunct in a school library preparation
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<span style="color: black; font-family: " font-size: 12pt">If you are a new supervisor, it helps to be prepared for the challenges your staff may present to you. Whether you were promoted from within or hired from the outside, you can expect to face similar
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<span style="color: black; font-family: " font-size: 12pt">The Library and Information Technology Association and OCLC are funding Hebah Emara's participation in the ALA Spectrum Scholars program as part of their commitment to help diversify the library
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<span style="color: black; font-family: " font-size: 12pt">Emara is a second-year distance student at the University of Missouri – Columbia School of Information Science and Learning Technologies MLIS program. She is interested in the ways libraries and
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