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September 17, 2024

On National Voter Registration Day 2024, ƵPresident urges library professionals to get Reader Voter Ready

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WASHINGTON – On National Voter Registration Day, also Constitution Day, ƵPresident Cindy Hohl issued the following letter to library professionals: Dear colleagues, Today is National Voter Registration Day. As president of the American Library...

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Ƶ2025 Annual Conference & Exhibition. Philadelphia, June 26 - 30, Ƶ

August 19, 2024

ƵOpens 2025 Annual Conference & Exhibition Call for Proposals

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CHICAGO — Ƶinvites education program and poster proposals for the 2025 Annual Conference & Exhibition, taking place June 26 – July 1, 2025, in Philadelphia. The submission sites are open now through September 23, 2024.

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July 25, 2024

Sam Helmick chosen 2024-2025 Ƶ president-elect

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The Ƶ Council decided on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, that Sam Helmick will be the 2024-2025 president-elect effective immediately.

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July 9, 2024

New Public Library Technology Survey report details digital equity roles

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Nearly half of libraries now lend internet hotspots; 95% offer digital literacy training CHICAGO — The Public Library Association (PLA) today published the 2023 Public Library Technology Survey report. The national survey updates emerging trends around...

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July 2, 2024

Hohl inaugurated 2024-2025 Ƶpresident

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Cindy Hohl, director of policy analysis and operational support at Kansas City (Mo.) Public Library, was inaugurated ƵPresident for 2024-2025 on Tuesday, July 2, at the ƵAnnual Conference in San Diego.

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Background: Royal blue with white corners and three light blue stars bordered by a red line; Logos: Reader. Voter. Ready. Ƶ/League of Women Voters Education Fund; Copy: League of Women Voters & America's Libraries: Partners to Count On - a free webinar for librarians & League members on collaborating for greater impact - Wednesday, May 29, 2024 - 1:00-2:00 PM Central

May 7, 2024

Ƶpartners with League of Women Voters to empower voters in 2024

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The Ƶ and League of Women Voters today announced a new partnership to educate and empower voters in 2024.

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New ACRL publication: Comprehensive Guide to Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Recovery

CHICAGO – The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) announces the publication of the “ Comprehensive Guide to Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Recovery,” an essential toolkit for libraries of all types and sizes. Authors Frances...

Committee on Diversity Hosts Town Hall Meeting at ƵAnnual Conference

The ƵCouncil Committee on Diversity will host a Town Hall Meeting on Diversity during the ƵAnnual Conference in Washington, D.C. The Town Hall Meeting will take place from 9 a.m. to noon Friday June 25, 2010 in the Washington Plaza Hotel, Federal...

Syracuse student to serve as Google Policy Fellow for ALA’s Office for Information Technology Policy

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Gwen Glazer, a graduate student at Syracuse University pursuing her master’s in Library and Information Studies, was recently selected as the 2010 Google Policy Fellow for the Ƶ’s Office for Information...

Ƶfiles comments on National Education Technology Plan

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Ƶ (ALA) says the Department of Education’s National Education Technology Plan (NETP) presents significant challenges that will take the coordinated effort of many stakeholders to overcome, and libraries...

Ƶand Scholastic Library Publishing announce 2011 National Library Week Grant

Create your own story @ your library® named official theme (CHICAGO) Libraries across the United States are invited to apply for the $3,000 Scholastic Library Publishing National Library Week Grant, which will be awarded to a single library for the best...

ƵExecutive Director Fiels discusses the value of libraries and librarians

CHICAGO - Ƶ Executive Director Keith Michael Fiels delivered a speech during National Library Week (April 11-17) about the value of libraries and librarians. Part one of the video can be viewed by visiting Visibility @ your...

ALTAFF launches “Authors for Libraries”

PHILADELPHIA – The Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations (ALTAFF), a division of the Ƶ (ALA), is launching “Authors for Libraries,” a unique partnership to connect authors with libraries, Friends...

ACRL 2011 National Conference registration opens

ACRL offers 80 scholarships worth more than $40,000 and keynote sessions featuring Tiffany Shlain, Raj Patel and Clinton Kelly CHICAGO - The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) announces the opening of registration for the ACRL 2011...

Twenty-three acclaimed poets and authors LIVE! at ƵAnnual Conference

Reading stage features Laurie Halse Anderson, Roy Blount, Jr., Henri Cole, Heid E. Erdrich, Marilyn Johnson, Adriana Trigiani and more CHICAGO – The Ƶ (ALA) Public Programs Office will present 23 critically acclaimed and...

Five librarians win $1,000 Library Advocacy Day stipends from YALSA

CHICAGO — The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) named the recipients of stipends to attend Library Advocacy Day in Washington , D.C. on June 29, in conjunction with the Ƶ’s Annual Conference. The five YALSA...

Gary White elected RUSA vice president/president-elect

CHICAGO—Gary White, acting head of the department of reference, collections and research at Pennsylvania State University, has won election as vice president/president-elect of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA). White joined the faculty...

Boomers and beyond in today’s libraries

CHICAGO – ƵEditions, the publishing imprint of the Ƶ (ALA), announces the release of “ Boomers and Beyond: Reconsidering the Role of Libraries,” edited by Pauline Rothstein and Diantha Dow Schull. Supporting the growing...

ASCLA online membership journal seeks editor

CHICAGO - The deadline for applications for the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies’s (ASCLA) newsletter editor position has been extended to June 11, 2010. Interface, ASCLA’s quarterly online membership journal, serves as the...

One-stop destination for online learning launches on Ƶwebsite

CHICAGO-- ƵOnline Learning has launched at www.ala.org/ala/onlinelearning/index.cfm. This new collaborative section of the Ƶ (ALA) website showcases in one easy-to-find place all web-based professional development offered...

ALSC releases Great Interactive Software for Kids

CHICAGO — The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the Ƶ (ALA), has selected its Spring 2010 list of Great Interactive Software for Kids (GISK), which recognizes high-quality computer programs and...