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<p><b style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">ALA News for April 12, 2017</span></b><br>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Garcia-Febo Wins 2018–2019 ALA Presidency<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/04/garcia-febo-wins-2018-2019-ala-presidency" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/04/garcia-febo-wins-2018-2019-ala-presidency</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Elegida Loida García-Febo como presidenta de ALA 2018–2019<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/04/elegida-loida-garc-febo-como-presidenta-de-ala-2018-2019" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/04/elegida-loida-garc-febo-como-presidenta-de-ala-2018-2019</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">ALA councilors elected<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/04/ala-councilors-elected" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/04/ala-councilors-elected</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">New report chronicles library community’s front line battles against fake news, censorship, bigotry<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/04/new-report-chronicles-library-community-s-front-line-battles-against-fake" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/04/new-report-chronicles-library-community-s-front-line-battles-against-fake</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">ALA announces Libraries Ready to Code faculty fellows<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/04/ala-announces-libraries-ready-code-faculty-fellows" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/04/ala-announces-libraries-ready-code-faculty-fellows</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Ron Chernow, Keynote Presenter at ALA Awards Ceremony at 2017 ALA Annual Conference<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/04/ron-chernow-keynote-presenter-ala-awards-ceremony-2017-ala-annual-conference" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/04/ron-chernow-keynote-presenter-ala-awards-ceremony-2017-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">The American Library Association honors Haipeng Li with Equality Award<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/04/american-library-association-honors-haipeng-li-equality-award" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/04/american-library-association-honors-haipeng-li-equality-award</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">H.W. Wilson Library Staff Development Grant Award recipient named<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/04/hw-wilson-library-staff-development-grant-award-recipient-named" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/04/hw-wilson-library-staff-development-grant-award-recipient-named</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">United for Libraries to host May 9 webinar on ‘Taming the Troublesome Trustee’<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/04/united-libraries-host-may-9-webinar-taming-troublesome-trustee" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/04/united-libraries-host-may-9-webinar-taming-troublesome-trustee</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Take United for Libraries’ survey for a chance to win a set of free bestsellers<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/04/take-united-libraries-survey-chance-win-set-free-bestsellers" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/04/take-united-libraries-survey-chance-win-set-free-bestsellers</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Kathryn Roots Lewis elected 2018-2019 AASL President<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/04/kathryn-roots-lewis-elected-2018-2019-aasl-president" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/04/kathryn-roots-lewis-elected-2018-2019-aasl-president</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Bohyun Kim Elected 2018-19 LITA President<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/04/bohyun-kim-elected-2018-19-lita-president" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/04/bohyun-kim-elected-2018-19-lita-president</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Eight recipients honored with the 2017 AIA/ALA Library Building Awards<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/04/eight-recipients-honored-2017-aiaala-library-building-awards" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/04/eight-recipients-honored-2017-aiaala-library-building-awards</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">2017 Teen Read Week™ initiative launched<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/04/2017-teen-read-week-initiative-launched" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/04/2017-teen-read-week-initiative-launched</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">PLA to offer strategic planning workshop at conference for rural and small libraries<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/04/pla-offer-strategic-planning-workshop-conference-rural-and-small-libraries" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/04/pla-offer-strategic-planning-workshop-conference-rural-and-small-libraries</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">April 14 last day to submit session proposals for 2018 PLA Conference<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/04/april-14-last-day-submit-session-proposals-2018-pla-conference" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/04/april-14-last-day-submit-session-proposals-2018-pla-conference</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Lucretia Robertson Named Recipient of the 2017-2018 Pat Carterette Professional Development Grant<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/04/lucretia-robertson-named-recipient-2017-2018-pat-carterette-professional" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/04/lucretia-robertson-named-recipient-2017-2018-pat-carterette-professional</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Announcing the NMC Horizon Report > 2017 Library Edition<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/04/announcing-nmc-horizon-report-2017-library-edition" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/04/announcing-nmc-horizon-report-2017-library-edition</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Critically acclaimed author Jason Reynolds to speak at AASL national conference<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/04/critically-acclaimed-author-jason-reynolds-speak-aasl-national-conference" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/04/critically-acclaimed-author-jason-reynolds-speak-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">Audrey Okemura wins a year of free AASL membership<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/04/audrey-okemura-wins-year-free-aasl-membership" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/04/audrey-okemura-wins-year-free-aasl-membership</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Francis W. Parker School’s Dot Day project receives AASL Collaborative School Library Award<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/04/francis-w-parker-school-s-dot-day-project-receives-aasl-collaborative-school" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/04/francis-w-parker-school-s-dot-day-project-receives-aasl-collaborative-school</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">AASL ABC-CLIO Leadership Grant awarded to the Ohio Educational Library Media Association<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/04/aasl-abc-clio-leadership-grant-awarded-ohio-educational-library-media" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/04/aasl-abc-clio-leadership-grant-awarded-ohio-educational-library-media</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">2017 RBMS Leab Exhibition Award winners<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/04/2017-rbms-leab-exhibition-award-winners" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/04/2017-rbms-leab-exhibition-award-winners</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">New ALCTS award honors Lois Mai Chan<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/04/new-alcts-award-honors-lois-mai-chan" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/04/new-alcts-award-honors-lois-mai-chan</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">William “Will” R. Reed selected for ASCLA’s Cathleen Bourdon Service Award<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/04/william-will-r-reed-selected-ascla-s-cathleen-bourdon-service-award" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/04/william-will-r-reed-selected-ascla-s-cathleen-bourdon-service-award</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dr. Elizabeth Curry selected for 2017 ASCLA Leadership & Professional Achievement Award<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/04/dr-elizabeth-curry-selected-2017-ascla-leadership-professional-achievement-award" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/04/dr-elizabeth-curry-selected-2017-ascla-leadership-professional-achievement-award</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Four members earn 2017 ALCTS Honors<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/04/four-members-earn-2017-alcts-honors" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/04/four-members-earn-2017-alcts-honors</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 Teen Read Week™ Activity Grant<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/04/apply-now-2017-teen-read-week-activity-grant" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/04/apply-now-2017-teen-read-week-activity-grant</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Taking on New Job Responsibilities: An American Libraries Live Interactive Webcast<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/04/taking-new-job-responsibilities-american-libraries-live-interactive-webcast" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/04/taking-new-job-responsibilities-american-libraries-live-interactive-webcast</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">New eCourse: Apps for Librarians<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/04/new-ecourse-apps-librarians" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/04/new-ecourse-apps-librarians</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">New eCourse: Cataloging Music Resources in RDA<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/04/new-ecourse-cataloging-music-resources-rda" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/04/new-ecourse-cataloging-music-resources-rda</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">New eCourse: Cutting the Red Tape: Finding and Using E-Government Tools and Resources<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/04/new-ecourse-cutting-red-tape-finding-and-using-e-government-tools-and-resources" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/04/new-ecourse-cutting-red-tape-finding-and-using-e-government-tools-and-resources</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">New eCourse: Creating Early Literacy Programs: Connecting with Early Childhood Development<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/04/new-ecourse-creating-early-literacy-programs-connecting-early-childhood" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/04/new-ecourse-creating-early-literacy-programs-connecting-early-childhood</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">New eCourse: Getting Started with Library Service Design<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/04/new-ecourse-getting-started-library-service-design" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/04/new-ecourse-getting-started-library-service-design</a></span></p>
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