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<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12.8px; text-align: start;"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><a href="https://bit.ly/2Z1AXBg" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style="">ALA receives
$300,000 federal humanities relief for pandemic-era library programming resources, program support</a></span></b><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 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded the American Library Association (ALA) $300,000
in emergency relief funds to support humanities projects, including the creation of humanities content and resources for library workers in the face of the COVID-19 global pandemic.</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;">The funding, awarded through the NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, will support
the development of professional development materials to help libraries present virtual and socially distanced programming for their communities.<span> </span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/2Z1AXBg" 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="https://bit.ly/2BxYgKY" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">New ALA resource,
free webinar spotlight changes to the 2020 Census in response to COVID-19</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;">Today, the American Library Association (ALA) released a new publication, “Libraries and the 2020 Census:
Adapting Outreach in Response to COVID-19” and announced a free webinar for library staff, “2020 Census: Last Chance for a Complete Count,” to be held on July 8, 2020, at 2 p.m. Eastern Time.<span> </span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/2BxYgKY" 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="https://bit.ly/2Ns3RVy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">ALSC and CLEL
launch a Virtual Storytime Services Guide</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;">During times of crises, libraries continue to play a vital role in connecting their communities to resources,
information, and to each other. The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) and the Colorado Libraries for Early Literacy (CLEL) have released a Virtual Storytime Services Guide to assist libraries in creating high quality and meaningful online
experiences for their patrons.<span> </span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/2Ns3RVy" 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="https://bit.ly/2YrXkkb" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Celebrate YALSA’s
2020 book award winners virtually</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 Young Adult Library Services Association invites everyone to celebrate its 2020 book award winners
virtually. YALSA’s book award celebrations were originally to take place at ALA’s now canceled 2020 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago.<span> </span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/2YrXkkb" 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="https://bit.ly/37TvYqe" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">ALSC 2020 Institute
to be held virtually</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;">Due to the continuing concerns of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Association for Library Service to Children
(ALSC) has announced that the 2020 National Institute will be held virtually, in lieu of the originally planned in-person event in Minneapolis, MN, Oct. 1-3, 2020.<span> </span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/37TvYqe" 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="https://bit.ly/2NqRPvH" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">DC’s Wonder Woman
stars in new Library Card Sign-up Month artwork</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;">As Honorary Chair of this year’s Library Card Sign-up Month, DC’s Wonder Woman is starring in new artwork
to champion the value of a library card. The free artwork includes a suite of digital graphics and customizable library cards.<span> </span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/2NqRPvH" 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="https://bit.ly/2V9pwGE" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Choice launches
Patron Driven podcast</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;">This week Choice launches a new five-episode podcast called Patron Driven. The series combines interviews
and storytelling to spotlight the breakthrough programs, hard-won advocacy, and community connections—including the personalities behind them—that are achieved in academic libraries across academe.<span> </span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/2V9pwGE" 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="https://bit.ly/3fPmZsY" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">New from ACRL
- ‘The Engaged Library: High-Impact Educational Practices in Academic Libraries’</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 Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) announces the publication of "The Engaged Library:
High-Impact Educational Practices in Academic Libraries," edited by Joan D. Ruelle. The book provides case studies, examples, and discussion of how academic libraries can create successful partnerships to contribute to the integration of high-impact practices
on their campuses, and ways to execute these practices well.<span> </span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3fPmZsY" 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="https://bit.ly/2CtM524" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Volunteer for
ACRL Diversity Alliance Task Force by June 30</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 Association of College and Research LIbraries (ACRL) Board of Directors approved the establishment
of the Diversity Alliance (DA) Task Force. The Diversity Alliance Task Force will oversee the ACRL Diversity Alliance program and will be tasked to carry out the recommendations from the current oversight task force, whose terms expire in June 2020, to grow
and develop the program.<span> </span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/2CtM524" 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="https://bit.ly/2VbtQoJ" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">SustainRT contributes
Carbon Offsets donation to Native Energy</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 ALA Sustainability Round Table is excited to announce that this year it will donate its Carbon Offset
Travel Grant to help reduce the carbon footprint of the technology necessary to conduct the ALA Annual Conference remotely.<span> </span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/2VbtQoJ" 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="https://bit.ly/2ASUbkB" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">NMRT Resume Review
Service extended</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 New Members Round Table (NMRT) is now extending its Resume Review Service for the month of June. Previously
offered during ALA conferences and year round to NMRT members, the service, offered from now until the end of June, enables both ALA and non-ALA members alike to submit resumes and cover letters to experienced reviewers for in-depth feedback to better assist
them in their job searching.<span> </span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/2ASUbkB" 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="https://bit.ly/2CA81sy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Alexandria Library
(Alexandria, Virginia) wins ALA Excellence in Library Programming Award</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="https://bit.ly/2CxiF37" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">The Roxbury Public
Library receives the Gale, A Cengage Company Financial Development Award</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;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">ALA PUBLISHING</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12.8px; text-align: start;"><a href="https://bit.ly/2Z6xrFC" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Pairing STEAM
with stories</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="https://bit.ly/2Vd4tCX" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Information literacy
and democracy</span></b></a></p>
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Dean of Libraries and Instructional Technology<br>
University of Detroit Mercy<br>
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