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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">NEWS FROM THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION</span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Registration now open for the 2017 Sharjah International Book Fair(SIBF)/American Library Association (ALA) Library Conference<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Registration is open for the 2017 Sharjah International Book Fair(SIBF)/American Library Association (ALA) Library Conference at
<a href="https://www.sibfala.com/registration/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">
https://www.sibfala.com/registration/</a>. The Library Conference is at the heart of an ongoing collaboration between the two organizations, and is ALA’s most ambitious international professional development collaboration to date. The 2017 conference—the fourth
annual event—will take place at the Sharjah Expo Centre, November 7th-9th, and includes a day of preconferences and a full roster of presentations by regional and international presenters.<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/05/registration-now-open-2017-sharjah-international-book-fairsibfamerican-library" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/05/registration-now-open-2017-sharjah-international-book-fairsibfamerican-library</a></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Chelcie Juliet Rowell appointed new ALCTS News Editor<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Board of Directors of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) has approved the appointment of Chelcie Juliet Rowell as the new
editor of ALCTS News, a continuously updated online publication with the purpose to report the news and activities of ALCTS and its members, and to be the voice of the association.<br>
<b><a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/05/chelcie-juliet-rowell-appointed-new-alcts-news-editor" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/05/chelcie-juliet-rowell-appointed-new-alcts-news-editor</span></a></b></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">ANNUAL CONFERENCE UPDATE<br>
United for Libraries, RUSA, and Chapter Relations to host ‘Crisis Communication: Who Speaks for Your Library?’<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/05/united-libraries-rusa-and-chapter-relations-host-crisis-communication-who" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/05/united-libraries-rusa-and-chapter-relations-host-crisis-communication-who</span></a></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Author Elizabeth White to Present in ALA JobLIST Placement & Career Development Center<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/05/author-elizabeth-white-present-ala-joblist-placement-career-development-center" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/05/author-elizabeth-white-present-ala-joblist-placement-career-development-center</span></a></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Accepting Employer Participants for Open House/Job Fair at ALA 2017 Annual Conference in Chicago<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/05/accepting-employer-participants-open-housejob-fair-ala-2017-annual-conference" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/05/accepting-employer-participants-open-housejob-fair-ala-2017-annual-conference</span></a></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Spotlight on Rural, Native and Tribal Libraries at ALA Annual Conference<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/05/spotlight-rural-native-and-tribal-libraries-ala-annual-conference" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/05/spotlight-rural-native-and-tribal-libraries-ala-annual-conference</span></a></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">AWARDS</span></b></p>
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Muncie Public Library Wins 2017 ALA/Information Today Library of the Future Award<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/05/muncie-public-library-wins-2017-alainformation-today-library-future-award" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/05/muncie-public-library-wins-2017-alainformation-today-library-future-award</span></a></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Lisa Rice, Library Director at the Warren County Public Library, Wins 2017 Sullivan Award<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/05/lisa-rice-library-director-warren-county-public-library-wins-2017-sullivan-award" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/05/lisa-rice-library-director-warren-county-public-library-wins-2017-sullivan-award</span></a></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Alistair Black and Henry Gabb Win the Jesse H. Shera Award for Distinguished Published Research<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/05/alistair-black-and-henry-gabb-win-jesse-h-shera-award-distinguished-published" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/05/alistair-black-and-henry-gabb-win-jesse-h-shera-award-distinguished-published</span></a></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">LITA<br>
Ellyssa Kroski Receives 2017 LITA/Library Hi Tech Award<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/05/ellyssa-kroski-receives-2017-litalibrary-hi-tech-award" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/05/ellyssa-kroski-receives-2017-litalibrary-hi-tech-award</span></a></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">ACRL<br>
ACRL releases Mobile Technology and Academic Libraries: Innovative Services for Research and Learning<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/05/acrl-releases-mobile-technology-and-academic-libraries-innovative-services" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/05/acrl-releases-mobile-technology-and-academic-libraries-innovative-services</span></a></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">ALA EDITIONS<br>
Quick, low-cost ways to make big changes? Absolutely.<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/05/quick-low-cost-ways-make-big-changes-absolutely" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/05/quick-low-cost-ways-make-big-changes-absolutely</span></a></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">ACRL<br>
Explore assessment, managing change, fighting fake news with the Framework, more in summer 2017 ACRL webcasts<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/05/explore-assessment-managing-change-fighting-fake-news-framework-more-summer-2017" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/05/explore-assessment-managing-change-fighting-fake-news-framework-more-summer-2017</span></a></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">WEBINARS</span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">PLA<br>
June webinar features lessons learned from early adopters of PLA performance measurement program<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/05/june-webinar-features-lessons-learned-early-adopters-pla-performance-measurement" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/05/june-webinar-features-lessons-learned-early-adopters-pla-performance-measurement</span></a></span></b></p>
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WORKSHOPS</span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">ALA PUBLISHING<br>
How to Transform Your Library on a Shoestring Budget<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/05/new-workshop-how-transform-your-library-shoestring-budget" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/05/new-workshop-how-transform-your-library-shoestring-budget</span></a></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Fake News, Real Concerns: Developing Information Literate Students<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/05/new-workshop-fake-news-real-concerns-developing-information-literate-students" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/05/new-workshop-fake-news-real-concerns-developing-information-literate-students</span></a></span></b></p>
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