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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Take Action for Libraries Day to launch during National Library Week<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/03/take-action-libraries-day-launch-during-national-library-week" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/03/take-action-libraries-day-launch-during-national-library-week</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">ALA and ACRL join higher education, library groups to urge FCC and Congress to uphold net neutrality<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/03/ala-and-acrl-join-higher-education-library-groups-urge-fcc-and-congress" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/03/ala-and-acrl-join-higher-education-library-groups-urge-fcc-and-congress</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">ACRL 2017 continues record breaking paid attendance trend<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/04/acrl-2017-continues-record-breaking-paid-attendance-trend" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/04/acrl-2017-continues-record-breaking-paid-attendance-trend</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Gene Luen Yang, National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, is Auditorium Speaker at 2017 ALA Annual Conference<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/gene-luen-yang-national-ambassador-young-people-s-literature-auditorium-speaker" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/gene-luen-yang-national-ambassador-young-people-s-literature-auditorium-speaker</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">SRRT, SustainRT, AILA, APALA welcome Bill McKibben to ALA Annual Conference<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/04/srrt-sustainrt-aila-apala-welcome-bill-mckibben-ala-annual-conference" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/04/srrt-sustainrt-aila-apala-welcome-bill-mckibben-ala-annual-conference</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">ALA, ProLiteracy introduce online course to promote adult literacy services<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/04/ala-proliteracy-introduce-online-course-promote-adult-literacy-services" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/04/ala-proliteracy-introduce-online-course-promote-adult-literacy-services</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Applications close next week for 2017 ALA Leadership Institute<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/04/applications-close-next-week-2017-ala-leadership-institute" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/04/applications-close-next-week-2017-ala-leadership-institute</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">DC’s Teen Titans to champion Library Card Sign-up Month<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/04/dc-s-teen-titans-champion-library-card-sign-month" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/04/dc-s-teen-titans-champion-library-card-sign-month</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Public libraries play vital role in advancing health literacy<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/04/public-libraries-play-vital-role-advancing-health-literacy" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/04/public-libraries-play-vital-role-advancing-health-literacy</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Winners of the 2017 Will Eisner Graphic Novel Grants for Libraries announced<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/04/winners-2017-will-eisner-graphic-novel-grants-libraries-announced" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/04/winners-2017-will-eisner-graphic-novel-grants-libraries-announced</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Barbara A. B. Gubbin winner of the Ernest A. DiMattia Award for Innovation and Service to Community and Profession<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/04/barbara-b-gubbin-winner-ernest-dimattia-award-innovation-and-service" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/04/barbara-b-gubbin-winner-ernest-dimattia-award-innovation-and-service</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Kippur wins United for Libraries/SAGE Academic Friend Conference Grant<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/04/kippur-wins-united-librariessage-academic-friend-conference-grant" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/04/kippur-wins-united-librariessage-academic-friend-conference-grant</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">2017 Carnegie-Whitney Grant winners announced<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/04/2017-carnegie-whitney-grant-winners-announced" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/04/2017-carnegie-whitney-grant-winners-announced</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Timothy Cole Wins 2017 LITA/OCLC Kilgour Research Award<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/04/timothy-cole-wins-2017-litaoclc-kilgour-research-award" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/04/timothy-cole-wins-2017-litaoclc-kilgour-research-award</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Apply now for the 2017 Teens’ Top Ten Book Giveaway<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/apply-now-2017-teens-top-ten-book-giveaway" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/apply-now-2017-teens-top-ten-book-giveaway</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">New AASL standards take the stage at national conference<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/03/new-aasl-standards-take-stage-national-conference" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/03/new-aasl-standards-take-stage-national-conference</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Global education evangelist Jaime Casap to present AASL national conference opening keynote<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/03/global-education-evangelist-jaime-casap-present-aasl-national-conference" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/03/global-education-evangelist-jaime-casap-present-aasl-national-conference</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">New publication offers practical ideas to help libraries engage families in learning and development<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/04/new-publication-offers-practical-ideas-help-libraries-engage-families" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/04/new-publication-offers-practical-ideas-help-libraries-engage-families</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">2017 ACRL STS Oberly Award goes to Scholze and Witt<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/2017-acrl-sts-oberly-award-goes-scholze-and-witt" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/2017-acrl-sts-oberly-award-goes-scholze-and-witt</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">School Library Research volume 20 opens with two new studies<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/school-library-research-volume-20-opens-two-new-studies" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/school-library-research-volume-20-opens-two-new-studies</a></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">RUSA Spring Online Learning<br>

<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/04/rusa-spring-online-learning" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/04/rusa-spring-online-learning</a></span></p>

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