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associations underscore importance of IMLS COVID-19 efforts</span></a></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:1.38"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"">The library organizations listed below released the following statement today in response to the new collaboration announced
by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to support the nation’s libraries and museums as they consider safe reopening practices in light of COVID-19.<span> </span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/2KEbiI0" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline;">Read
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Public Library Association and Microsoft announce initiative to help expand internet access in rural communities during COVID-19 crisis</span></a></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:1.38"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"">The Public Library Association (PLA) and Microsoft Corp. announced a new initiative today to increase access to technology in
rural communities during the COVID-19 crisis. Microsoft will provide funding to help public libraries in rural communities extend WiFi access by installing public WiFi access points on or near library grounds.<span> </span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/35fFGlj" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline;">Read
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10 years of preservation this Preservation Week, April 26-May 2</span></a></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:1.38"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"">This month marks the 10th anniversary of Preservation Week®, a public awareness initiative that aims to promote preservation
and conservation in communities with the help of libraries, institutions and museums. Although we are in the midst of a global pandemic and are unable to gather to celebrate the anniversary April 26—May 2, the mission and purpose of Preservation Week persists,
perhaps in new and different ways.<span> </span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/2KF5kqb" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline;">Read more</span></a></p>
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Book Month™ given new name</span></a></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:1.38"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"">Formerly known as GLBT Book Month™, the American Library Association (ALA) will now observe the month of June as Rainbow Book
Month™, a nationwide celebration of the authors and writings that reflect the lives and experiences of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, pansexual, genderqueer, queer, intersex, agender and asexual community.<span> </span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/2KE0rhl" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline;">Read
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YALSA Teens’ Top Ten nominees announced</span></a></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:1.38"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"">The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association, has officially announced
the 2020 Teens’ Top Ten Nominees. This year’s list of nominees features 25 titles that were published between Jan. 1, 2019 and Dec. 31, 2019.<span> </span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3bO8mV9" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline;">Read
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2021 keynote speakers announced</span></a></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:1.38"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"">The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) announces its celebrated lineup of keynote speakers for the ACRL 2021
Conference, "Ascending Into an Open Future," to be held April 14- 17, 2021, in Seattle. Be challenged and inspired by ACRL's thought-provoking speakers, who also double as authors, researchers, educators, journalists, and data nerds.<span> </span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/2Yg6wse" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline;">Read
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to Read Foundation offers 2020 Banned Books Week Grants</span></a></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:1.38"><a href="https://bit.ly/35eGYgC" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-weight: 700; text-decoration: underline;">Library
Research Round Table announces the 2020 Jesse H. Shera Award recipients</span></a></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:1.38"><b><a href="https://bit.ly/3d0HX6R" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline;">Hunter's
updated text on developing and maintaining archive</span></a></b></p>
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for Libraries to present free May 7 webinar on ‘How Foundations and Friends Can Support Their Libraries During COVID-19’</span></a></p>
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Dean of Libraries and Instructional Technology<br>
University of Detroit Mercy<br>
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