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Hello, Megan. Let me echo the regret over this closure. The ALA does offer a Lib Guide for periodicals and books: Home - Book Donation Programs - LibGuides at American Library Association (ala.org). Many have found it helpful. The list is for informational purposes (includes Better World but not Book ...

Dear ACRL Board Members, As mentioned earlier, ACRL signed on in support of the Affordable Textbook Act. This release reflects that support. We will be sharing this news with our members. Somewhat related to this, I am reading Heather McGhee's The Sum of Us and she opens chapter 3 with the ...

The documents for the Board Update meeting are now available. Thank you for your membership! ------------------------------ Robert (Jay) Malone ACRL Executive Director ALA/Assoc of College and Research Libraries He/Him/His ------------------------------

Hi, Yasmeen. Thank you for the questions. These are helpful. I've tried to address them in blue braces below. Best, Jay I have a few clarifying questions and observations to this thorough and informative document: RE: Net Asset Balance, this sentence continues... -posted to the "ACRL ...

Hello Susan and Tracie and apologies for the delay. Susan, your first question is easy to answer. As of July 2022 (latest figures available): ALA had 6,793 student members. Your second question is more of a challenge. It would be difficult to link student retention to other benefits, such as conference ...

I would like to offer a bit of clarification. Yale Conference Services informed us that they typically contract summer conferences in December. We have set a mid-January date in hopes that the Yale will announce that they will allow summer groups by the end of 2021. If that announcement does not happen ...