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<p><a href="https://bit.ly/2JSqnp1" target="_blank" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Public libraries launch, expand services during COVID-19 pandemic</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">As public libraries close their buildings to the public, staff continue to serve their communities in innovative ways. Those are among the chief findings the Public Library
Association (PLA) announced today in the broadest survey of public libraries’ response to the pandemic to date, with 2,545 unique responses nationwide. Most respondents (98%) reported their buildings were closed to the public but, in many cases, staff continued
to expand access to digital resources, launch virtual programs and coordinate services with local government agencies.
</span><a href="https://bit.ly/2JSqnp1" target="_blank" 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="https://bit.ly/2Rq3Unq" target="_blank" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">ALA awards additional 21 Library Census Equity Fund grantees</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) and the LOR Foundation announced that 21 additional libraries will receive Library Census Equity Fund mini-grants of $2,000 to bolster
their service to hard-to-count communities and help achieve a complete count in the 2020 Census.
</span><a href="https://bit.ly/2Rq3Unq" target="_blank" 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="https://bit.ly/2Xqe4Z0" target="_blank" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">DC’s Wonder Woman to lasso up Library Card Sign-up Month 2020</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">This September, DC’s Wonder Woman is embarking on a new mission with the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries nationwide to champion the power of a library card
as Library Card Sign-up Month Honorary Chair. </span><a href="https://bit.ly/2Xqe4Z0" target="_blank" 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="https://bit.ly/3aSuXiV" target="_blank" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">New Wonder Woman, Banned Books Week materials, and more from ALA Graphics</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">ALA Graphics is excited to announce more than a dozen new products in the summer catalog. Packed with new posters, bookmarks, and incentives for upcoming celebrations and
more, there’s something for everyone. Wonder Woman appears on the catalog cover, taking the spotlight as the honorary chair of Library Card Sign-up Month. She encourages everyone to Lasso a Library Card this September on a poster, bookmark, and sticker.
</span><a href="https://bit.ly/3aSuXiV" target="_blank" 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="https://bit.ly/2x6bFbj" target="_blank" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">LLAMA webinar offers a more effective way to give employee feedback</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">The Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA) will present “How to give effective feedback,” at 1:30-3:00 p.m. CT on Wednesday, April 15. This webinar will present
proven strategies for creating an environment for productive coaching conversations, discuss best practices on how to give and receive feedback, walk through scenarios of feedback gone wrong, and show how to repair relationships damaged by poorly executed
feedback. </span><a href="https://bit.ly/2x6bFbj" target="_blank" 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><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">ALA 2020 ELECTION RESULTS</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><a href="https://bit.ly/39YNybE" target="_blank" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Kelly Czarnecki wins 2021-2022 YALSA presidency</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="https://bit.ly/2JPLDf9" target="_blank" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Andrea Trudeau receives AASL Frances Henne 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="https://bit.ly/2y4Q7M2" target="_blank" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">ALA Neal-Schuman releases free e-book on disaster planning, response, and recovery</span></b></a></p>
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