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<p><a href="http://bit.ly/2xN1Cb4" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">ALA Executive Board recommends closing libraries to public</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) Executive Board released the following statement in support of libraries and library workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic.<span> </span></span><a href="http://bit.ly/2xN1Cb4" 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/3d0ToMu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">ALA Executive Director Tracie Hall releases statement on COVID-19</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">American Library Association (ALA) Executive Director Tracie Hall released the following statement regarding COVID-19.<span> </span></span><a href="http://bit.ly/3d0ToMu" 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/2wh0Q5x" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">ALA welcomes cancellation of Macmillan embargo</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">Today Macmillan Publishers announced that it would return to the library e-book pricing model that was in effect on Oct. 31, 2019, effectively canceling the embargo on sales
of new titles to libraries, a policy which went into effect on Nov. 1, 2019. American Library Association Director of Public Policy and Government Relations Alan Inouye made the following statement.<span> </span></span><a href="http://bit.ly/2wh0Q5x" 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/2w7XfXI" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">2020 Arbuthnot Lecture featuring Neil Gaiman postpone</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">d</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">Due to continuing concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 virus, the 2020 Arbuthnot Lecture in Sacramento, California, featuring Neil Gaiman and originally scheduled for
Friday, May 8, has been postponed. The lecture will be rescheduled to a future date to be determined.<span> </span></span><a href="http://bit.ly/2w7XfXI" 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/2Wl5EBz" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">America’s libraries report for duty as 2020 Census opens</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">Last week, millions of U.S. households began receiving letters inviting them to respond to the 2020 census. The American Library Association issued the following statement
by ALA President Wanda Brown.<span> </span></span><a href="http://bit.ly/2Wl5EBz" 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/2WhTidA" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Spectrum Scholarship Program launches apparel fundraiser</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’s (ALA) Office for Diversity, Literacy and Outreach Services (ODLOS) has launched a merchandise fundraiser for the Spectrum Scholarship Program.
All proceeds raised from the sale of merchandise will go to support critical funding, dynamic community building, and direct opportunities to collectively advance equity, diversity, and inclusion in the library/information science field through Spectrum.<span> </span></span><a href="http://bit.ly/2WhTidA" 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 ANNUAL CONFERENCE</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><a href="http://bit.ly/3daIvrt" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Misty Copeland, American Ballet Theatre Principal Dancer and Author will open the
2020 ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition in Chicago</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2020/03/alcts-lita-and-llama-will-hold-first-joint-presidents-program-featuring-meredith" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">ALCTS,
LITA and LLAMA will hold first joint President's Program featuring Meredith Clark</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/2TVC0kN" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Alison Macrina receives the 2020 LITA/Library Hi Tech Award</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><a href="http://bit.ly/2QpK4YR" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Rebecca Ginsburg Receives Immroth Award</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/2QpqtIg" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">ALCTS presents a guide to graphic novels</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;">ECOURSES AND WEBINARS</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><a href="http://bit.ly/2xNyYXh" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Create Accessible Library Training</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><a href="http://bit.ly/2QqKgqZ" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">LLAMA webinar explores how to respond to a new generation of public relations challenges</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><a href="http://bit.ly/3d5UfLW" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Learn how to build your own Digital Scholarship/Humanities Curriculum with this LITA
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<div id="ms-outlook-mobile-signature">Jennifer L. Dean - PhD, MLIS - she, her, hers</div>
<div id="ms-outlook-mobile-signature" dir="auto" style="text-align: left;">MLA Board of Directors & ALA Councilor</div>
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Dean of Libraries and Instructional Technology<br>
University of Detroit Mercy<br>
deanjl@udmercy.edu<br>
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