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<a href="https://bit.ly/30qHuHv" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Nevada State Library’s CareerLink captures interest of national and state library leaders,
elected officials</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;">On Thursday, Aug. 6, at 11 a.m. PDT/1:00 p.m. CDT, American Library Association (ALA) President Julius
C. Jefferson, Jr., will pay a virtual visit to the Nevada State Library, where he will discuss with state and local library leaders and elected officials the impact of the library’s innovative workforce development collaboration with the state, its relevance
to the current economic challenges and its potential for expansion. The virtual event, Learn and Earn: Nevada Libraries Harness Virtual 3-D for Education and Careers, is free and open to the public, with registration.</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;">In 2019, the Nevada State Library launched CareerLink, an innovative, collaborative workforce development
pilot project that uses 3-D virtual reality to engage participants in career exploration and instruction towards industry certification.<span> </span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/30qHuHv" 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/2ESxfUb" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Cordes Lakes Library’s
service to rural communities captures interest of nation’s library leaders</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;">On Wednesday, August 5, at 3 p.m. CT, American Library Association (ALA) President Julius C. Jefferson,
Jr., will virtually visit Cordes Lakes (Ariz.) Public Library in Yavapai County, where he will discuss Arizona libraries’ unique role in supporting education and lifelong learning within their rural surroundings. </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 visit will feature a roundtable discussion themed “>From Interior to Border: Libraries Reaching Rural
Communities.” This discussion will include a variety of voices from Arizona’s library community as well as elected officials. Topics will focus on how libraries are serving specific populations, keeping residents connected, cultivating community relationships
and the expansion of the Cordes Lakes Public Library building.<span> </span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/2ESxfUb" 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/2DvFrZU" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Lack of broadband
access within tribal communities, fuels grave concern among nation’s library leaders</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;">On Tuesday, American Library Association (ALA) President Julius C. Jefferson, Jr., paid a virtual visit
to the Jemez Pueblo Community Library, in Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico, where he discussed the dire need for broadband access among tribal communities and the central role libraries can play in connecting diverse populations with high-speed internet access.</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;">This event entitled “The Imperative of Broadband for Tribal Libraries,” was one of the stops on Jefferson’s12-stop
virtual tour, Holding Space: A national conversation series with libraries.<span> </span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/2DvFrZU" 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/3keh2IS" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Oklahoma library
workforce development programs captures interest of nation’s library leaders, Congressman Tom Cole</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;">On Monday, Congressman Tom Cole (OK – 04) and American Library Association (ALA) President Julius C. Jefferson,
Jr., paid a virtual visit to the Pioneer Library System in Norman, Oklahoma, to discuss how Oklahoma libraries play an invaluable role in supporting career and workforce development.</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;">This town hall event entitled “Partnering to Advance Career and Workforce Development,” was one of the
stops on Jefferson’s 12-stop virtual tour, Holding Space: A national conversation series with libraries, to spotlight how libraries of all kinds across the country are addressing the needs of their diverse communities and engaging stakeholders to advocate
for libraries.<span> </span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3keh2IS" 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/2DiCZ96" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Free resources
empower parents, caregivers with tools to navigate the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic with youth</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 many families sheltered in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of digital media for information,
education and entertainment has skyrocketed. Now, more than ever, as parents and caregivers look to libraries for support, the work of children’s librarians, serving as media mentors, is essential.</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;">In response to this need, the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American
Library Association (ALA), is offering free access to media mentoring tools and resources to support library professionals in all types of libraries. Resources include a variety of booklists with selections meant to assist children with understanding and healing
from challenging situations like catastrophic illness, unexpected moves, the loss of a loved one, and much more.<span> </span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/2DiCZ96" 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/31kYNZW" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Call for Nominations
for ALA Representative to the Board of Trustees of the American Library in Paris for October 2020 - September 2022</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: rgb(73, 73, 73); background: rgb(254, 254, 254);">The<span> </span></span><a href="http://www.ala.org/aboutala/offices/iro/internationalrelations" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); background: rgb(254, 254, 254);">International
Relations Committee</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(73, 73, 73); background: rgb(254, 254, 254);"><span> </span>of the American Library Association announces a call for nominations for ALA Representative
to the Board of Trustees of the<span> </span></span><a href="https://americanlibraryinparis.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); background: rgb(254, 254, 254);">American
Library in Paris</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(73, 73, 73); background: rgb(254, 254, 254);">.<span> </span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/31kYNZW" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background: rgb(254, 254, 254);">Read
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<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12.8px; text-align: start;"><a href="https://bit.ly/3fqjxVb" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Mario M. González,
Rhea B. Lawson selected to serve as ALA Endowment Fund Trustees</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;">Mario M. González, Director of the Passaic (NJ) Public Library and Rhea B. Lawson, Director of the Houston
Public Library, have been selected to serve as the American Library Association’s (ALA) newest Endowment Trustees. The ALA Executive Board made these selections during their meeting at the 2020 Virtual Annual Conference at June 30, 2020. The three-year terms
of these newly selected trustees will begin immediately.<span> </span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3fqjxVb" 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/3fsFDX1" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Barbara Macikas
announces retirement as PLA executive director</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;">Barbara Macikas, executive director of the Public Library Association (PLA), a division of the American
Library Association (ALA), has announced her retirement effective Aug. 31, 2020. </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;">Since 2009, Macikas has led the division and inspired innovative programs and initiatives that have empowered
public library staff and strengthened their contributions to their communities. Through her leadership and in partnership with the PLA Board of Directors, members and staff, she has helped transform the association and the field. She notes PLA’s focus on equity,
diversity and inclusion; leadership development; and performance measurement as notable achievements during a long tenure.</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;">“It has been an honor, a privilege, and a joy to serve libraries through my various roles at PLA and ALA,”
Macikas reflected. “I am so proud of what we have been able to accomplish working together with passionate members, a dedicated staff, and generous and committed funders and stakeholders.”<span> </span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3fsFDX1" 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/3id1dAJ" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">John Cotton Dana
Library Public Relations Awards announced</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 Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA) of the American Library Association (ALA) has
awarded eight winners this year’s John Cotton Dana Library Public Relations Awards. Each library receives a $10,000 grant provided by the H.W. Wilson Foundation. The 2020 winners will be honored at a reception held by EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) at
the 2021 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago.<span> </span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3id1dAJ" 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/3a2S5M8" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">United for Libraries
to livestream free Gala Author Tea, sponsored by ReferenceUSA, during Virtual Event</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;">Dantiel Moniz, Sarah Penner, M.O. Walsh, Syed M. Masood, and Rumaan Alam will be featured authors at the
United for Libraries Virtual Gala Author Tea, sponsored by ReferenceUSA, from 6-7 p.m. ET on Thurs., August. 6th during the first-ever United for Libraries Virtual Event.<span> </span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3a2S5M8" 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/3kbexqO" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Simon Sinek to
present virtual keynote Aug. 5 for ‘United for Libraries Virtual: Trustees – Friends – Foundations’</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;">Bestselling author and optimist Simon Sinek will present a featured keynote on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 6 p.m.
Eastern as part of the United for Libraries Virtual: Trustees – Friends – Foundations event. The keynote will be available to event attendees as well as livestreamed on the United for Libraries Facebook page.<span> </span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3kbexqO" 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;"><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/33s2rny" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">ALSC 2020 Equity
Fellowship application cycle opens</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/3fre28z" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Melissa Wilson
selected as the 2020 Tony B. Leisner Scholarship recipient</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;">WEBINARS</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/30sqZLh" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">LLAMA webinar:
‘Soliciting Feedback -- Up, down, and sideways’</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>
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