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<p><a href="https://bit.ly/3gZNRa8" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Nominating committee extends deadline</span></b></a></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">The ALA 2021 Nominating Committee announces a deadline extension for completing the candidate biographical form for the positions of Councilor-at-Large and President-elect.
The new deadline is July 31, 2020. </span><a href="https://bit.ly/3gZNRa8" target="_blank"><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/38WwFiZ" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">2020 Coretta Scott King Book Donation Grants announced</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">Companions Journeying Together (Illinois), Impact Academy (Indiana) and Marshallville Public Library (Georgia) have been selected to receive books as part of the 2020 Coretta
Scott King Book Awards Donation Grant program.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">Awarded each spring by the Coretta Scott King Book Awards Committee, the grant program donates books originally submitted for consideration for the Coretta Scott King Book
Awards to organizations demonstrating need and potential benefit from receiving the collection. All winners will receive copies of titles submitted to the 2020 Coretta Scott King Book Awards, including a full set of the year’s winner and honor books.
</span><a href="https://bit.ly/38WwFiZ" target="_blank"><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/2ZxJspj" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">‘United for Libraries Virtual: Trustees – Friends – Foundations’ to be held Aug. 4-6</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">“United for Libraries Virtual: Trustees – Friends – Foundations” will be held Aug. 4-6, 2020. This interactive three-day virtual event will feature expert speakers on current
topics facing library Trustees, Friends, Foundations, and staff who work with them.
</span><a href="https://bit.ly/2ZxJspj" target="_blank"><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/3iZIuts" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">New from ACRL - ‘Sharing Spaces and Students: Employing Students in Collaborative Partnerships’</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><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 “Sharing Spaces and Students: Employing Students in Collaborative Partnerships” by Holly
A. Jackson. The book is full of plans, ideas, and case studies on how to effectively employ student workers across campus departments located within or partnering with the library.
</span><a href="https://bit.ly/3iZIuts" target="_blank"><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;">AWARDS AND GRANTS</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><a href="https://bit.ly/2DzXBcK" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">2020 PR Xchange Award winners announced</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;">WEBINARS</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><a href="https://bit.ly/3gW0bbB" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">ACRL ‘Project Outcome for Academic Libraries: An Introductory Workshop’ webcast coming Aug. 5</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><a href="https://bit.ly/3fz6di0" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Stories from Inside the Data Warehouse - A 3-part webinar series</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><a href="https://bit.ly/390FzMr" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">LLAMA webinar: Self-reflection vs. self-evaluation - Understanding your employees’ perceptions</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/3hbqniH" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Recruiting and retaining younger generations for library boards, Friends groups, and Foundations</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><a href="https://bit.ly/2Whr6Xy" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">25 projects for eco explorers</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><a href="https://bit.ly/3j7lqt0" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Constructing library buildings that work</span></b></a></p>
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