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<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Advocacy Center is ARSL's new and growing resource hub in support of advocacy efforts in rural and small libraries nationwide! Have a
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</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">These short-form videos will provide practical guidance and advice for educating your staff, Board, and community members on hot advocacy topics.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Libraries are one of the very few places, rural or urban, where you can just go somewhere and be,” says Kate Laughlin, the executive director
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where that is the case besides one’s own home and the occasional community center. That is a very important part of a library, when you’re talking about rural areas.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Rural libraries are also outposts of intellectual freedom, providing community members with books, movies and magazines that represent a diverse
range of political, social and cultural perspectives. And for that reason, in red states and in red counties across the nation, rural libraries are ground zero in a culture war being waged by an unholy alliance of evangelical Christian nationalists, Donald
Trump’s MAGA Republicans, and Moms for Liberty, the book banning group aligned with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. In 2022, American Library Association members reported 1,271 book challenges, many of which involved multiple books, adding up to 2,571 unique titles
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<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Barn Raiser spoke with the directors of two Iowa libraries, who are active members of the 2,600-member strong ARSL, about the role libraries
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<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Tyler Hahn, 31, is the director of the Cherokee Public Library in Cherokee, Iowa, a town of 5,199 in Cherokee County, in the northwest corner
of the state. Cherokee is a red town in a red county that is 90 percent white. Hahn is a member of the Advocacy Committee of the ARSL, which these days is busy supporting rural librarians confronted by book banners through the group’s Advocacy Center.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Jennie Garner, 55, is the director of the North Liberty Library, North Liberty, a town of 20,875 in Johnson County, in eastern Iowa. Garner,
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The candidacy form is now open.</span></strong> All candidates will self-nominate using the candidacy form. Once the nomination window has closed, the candidates will be announced.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">To learn more visit our Elections page at the link below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h3 style="margin:0in;line-height:140%"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ARSL Conference | September 20-23, 2023 | Wichita, KS</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">This year's conference theme is "Unite & Ignite"! Our conference provides an opportunity to unite as a professional community and foster a
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<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Recipient: Bailey VandeKamp, University of Iowa iSchool, Iowa City, IA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Recipient: Nicole Sargent, Gill Memorial Library, Paulsboro, NJ<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Recipient: Christinna Swearingen, Rusk County Community Library, Ladysmith, WI<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Recipient: Elizabeth Miller, Rehoboth Beach Public Library, Rehoboth Beach, DE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We look forward to continuing our successful hybrid event model for 2023. We will be able to bring the ARSL community together again in Wichita,
Kansas, and we’ll also be able to reach those who are unable to travel via virtual access. So come exhibit with us to unite with our attendees and ignite interest in your products and services with our key organizational decision-makers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:140%"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Hyatt Regency - Downtown Wichita</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">$122/night (<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">plus taxes and fees</span></em>) | Connected to the conference center<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:140%"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Drury Plaza Broadview Hotel Wichita</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">$137/night (<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">plus taxes and fees</span></em>) | 0.3 miles from the conference center<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">$129/night (<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">plus taxes and fees</span></em>) | 0.3 miles from the conference center<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:140%"><em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Note: rooms booked through third-party booking sites (Expedia.com, Priceline.com, KAYAK, etc.) will not be eligible for conference attendee
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<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">August 18, 2023 | Drury Plaza Hotel Broadview - Wichita booking deadline<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Early Bird - $290<br>
Regular - $375<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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3-Hour Workshops - $55<br>
4-Hour Workshops - $70<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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$55<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Early Bird - $245<br>
Regular - $285<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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3-Hour Workshops - $55<br>
4-Hour Workshops - $70<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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$30<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Early Bird - $380<br>
Regular - $450<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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3-Hour Workshops - $80<br>
4-Hour Workshops - $95<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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$80<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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