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Library Card Sign-up Month tools to promote the power of a library card are now available</span></strong></a><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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es el Mes de inscripción para la tarjeta de la biblioteca. “La tarjeta de la
biblioteca te da una oportunidad de descubrimiento y acceso a un mundo rico y
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#088B9E;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none">Library Card Sign-up Month</span></strong></a>, the American Library Association (ALA) and librarians across the country will remind students, parents,
and caregivers that a library card is the most important school supply of all.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#505050">Each September, ALA and libraries around the nation celebrate Library Card Sign-up Month. A library card provides access to technology, multimedia
content. and educational programming that transforms lives and strengthens communities. Libraries provide people of all ages the opportunity to pursue their dreams and passions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#505050">All libraries can participate and amplify this message using free tools from ALA. They include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#505050">• Promotional artwork featuring this year’s Library Card Sign-up Honorary Chair, Marley Dias, the 16-year-old author, executive producer of
Netflix’s <em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices</span></em>, and founder of
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#088B9E;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none">#1000BlackGirlBooks</span></strong></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#088B9E;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none">Audio public service announcements</span></strong></a> (PSAs) featuring Phil Morehart, host of
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">American Libraries</span></em> magazine’s
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Call Number</span></em> podcast. These include ready-to-air PSAs for radio stations tagged with the ALA ID lasting 10, 15, 20, and 30 seconds in both the WAV and MP3 formats. They also include customizable PSAs
of similar length to which ALA members can add their own ID.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#088B9E;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none">I Love Libraries Facebook page</span></strong></a>. The creator of one randomly selected post will receive a
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">$100 Visa gift card and an ALA Graphics
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and you can too when you visit your local library. Libraries provide access to e-books, audio books, movies, video games, and more that take us on fantastic journeys.
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us for a virtual Gala Author Tea. sponsored by Data Axle Reference Solutions.
Moderated by Barbara Hoffert of Library Journal's Prepub ALert. Thursday,
August 19, 1 pm ET at United Virtual. Ruth Ozeki (The Book of Form and Emptiness:
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Rising), and Meg Waite Clayton (The Postmistress of Paris) "></span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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for Libraries</span></strong></a>, a division of ALA, will host its annual <a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fala.informz.net%2Fz%2FcjUucD9taT0xMDE2NjAxNSZwPTEmdT0xMDA3NDQ5NTMxJmxpPTg4Nzk4MTQx%2Findex.html&data=04%7C01%7Clancasterc5%40michigan.gov%7Ccf3bb432ed7446d2acd308d95e9c83f4%7Cd5fb7087377742ad966a892ef47225d1%7C0%7C0%7C637644848593233661%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=arYJ%2F5Gp5qYh0FSkpCw0rMlVqpy%2FzGZ6bokL16o1Zcw%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">
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August 19, 2021, 1:00 pm ET. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Book of Form and Emptiness: A Novel</span></strong></a></span></em>), Daniel Black (<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fala.informz.net%2Fz%2FcjUucD9taT0xMDE2NjAxNSZwPTEmdT0xMDA3NDQ5NTMxJmxpPTg4Nzk4MTQ1%2Findex.html&data=04%7C01%7Clancasterc5%40michigan.gov%7Ccf3bb432ed7446d2acd308d95e9c83f4%7Cd5fb7087377742ad966a892ef47225d1%7C0%7C0%7C637644848593253571%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=V6XKTXjtbo2UPVtte3cz0BWhaaxAxk4w2e9Kn3MmKrM%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#088B9E;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none">Don't
Cry for Me</span></strong></a></span></em>), David Wright Falade (<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fala.informz.net%2Fz%2FcjUucD9taT0xMDE2NjAxNSZwPTEmdT0xMDA3NDQ5NTMxJmxpPTg4Nzk4MTQ2%2Findex.html&data=04%7C01%7Clancasterc5%40michigan.gov%7Ccf3bb432ed7446d2acd308d95e9c83f4%7Cd5fb7087377742ad966a892ef47225d1%7C0%7C0%7C637644848593253571%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=8JVfskWOvfe6J1mRNlL%2FO8XMHGqAEYT2RvN3WwFnLx4%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#088B9E;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none">Black
Cloud Rising</span></strong></a></span></em>), and Meg Waite Clayton (<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fala.informz.net%2Fz%2FcjUucD9taT0xMDE2NjAxNSZwPTEmdT0xMDA3NDQ5NTMxJmxpPTg4Nzk4MTQ3%2Findex.html&data=04%7C01%7Clancasterc5%40michigan.gov%7Ccf3bb432ed7446d2acd308d95e9c83f4%7Cd5fb7087377742ad966a892ef47225d1%7C0%7C0%7C637644848593263529%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=2ogPA1k4W3tUYrzjTSi5x0m%2Bz1u37TcLJxQStOdTE2M%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#088B9E;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none">The
Postmistress of Paris</span></strong></a></span></em>). Barbara Hoffert, editor of LibraryJournal's Prepub Alert, will moderate. Part of
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#088B9E;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none">United for Libraries' 2021 Virtual Event</span></strong></a>. Learn more about the
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More Punk than the Public Library? Fundraising as a Friends Group" + more at United for Libraries Virtual 2021</span></strong></a><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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for Libraries Virtual 2021</span></strong></a>, August 17-19, will offer 10+ educational sessions for library Trustees, Friends, Foundations, and the staff who work with them..
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through online sales of a viral t-shirt, resulting in over 7,000 sales internationally.
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librarians working in public, school, college, community college, or university libraries for their outstanding public service contributions.
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public service. The association will honor award recipients at the I Love My Librarian Award Ceremony on January 22, 2022 at
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Broadband Benefit Info Session for Fronline Library Staff: A virtual training
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session attendees learned how they can empower patrons to participate in the Federal Communications Commission’s Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB) program to access affordable internet. Heartland Forward and ALA share a commitment to closing the digital divide
and recognizing the important role libraries play in solving the connectivity crisis.
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the creation of the Emergency Broadband Benefit program as one step among many needed to address longstanding barriers to broadband access and use. K-12 school, college and university, and public libraries see first-hand the digital chasms so many students,
families, and people of all ages have experienced.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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