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Pun wins 2025-2026 ALA presidency

Posted By Emily Drabinski Apr 08, 2024 01:14 PM
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Pun wins 2025-2026 ALA presidency CHICAGO – Raymond Pun, Academic and Research Librarian at the Alder Graduate School of Education in California has been elected 2024-2025 president-elect of the American Library Association (ALA). Pun received 5,611 votes, while his opponent, Sam Helmick, ...

ALA Executive Board decision on LibLearnX

Posted By Emily Drabinski Mar 11, 2024 02:20 PM
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ALA Executive Board decision on LibLearnX After careful evaluation and analysis of financial and other critical factors, the American Library Association Executive Board has decided that LibLearnX: The Library Learning Experience will not be held in 2026. Read more here. ------------------------------ ...

Member Town Hall: March 19

Posted By Emily Drabinski Mar 09, 2024 08:55 AM
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ALA President Emily Drabinski, the Executive Board and Interim Executive Director Leslie Burger will hold a town hall to answer member questions about the state of the association. To ensure we answer as many questions as possible, we ask you to fill out this form with your questions and submit the form ...

New $10M grant will enable more libraries to serve people with disabilities

Posted By Emily Drabinski Feb 27, 2024 04:44 PM
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The American Library Association has received an additional $10M for the Libraries Transforming Communities initiative for our small and rural libraries. Read more here: https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2024/02/american-library-association-s-libraries-transforming-communities-initiative ...

Celebrating 150 Years of ALA!

Posted By Emily Drabinski Feb 23, 2024 12:13 PM
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ALA launches campaign as it nears its 150th anniversary The American Library Association (ALA) will celebrate its 150th anniversary in 2026. The association will recognize and commemorate the leadership and support that ALA has provided to library workers, library users, library trustees and ...

2024 Annual Conference Councilor Participation Update

Posted By Emily Drabinski Feb 16, 2024 06:17 PM
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Dear ALA Council, ALA recognizes that our members seek to engage with colleagues throughout the year, both in person and online. Providing valuable and innovative experiences for members is critical for strong engagement. The ALA Annual Conference Digital Experience was conceived in response to the ...

Volunteer for the Core Values working groups!

Posted By Emily Drabinski Feb 06, 2024 05:00 PM
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Hello everyone. As you know the Council passed new Core Values at LLX. We are looking for volunteers to be a part of the working groups to interpret the Core Values. Check out more information and a link to volunteer here. Thanks! ------------------------------ Emily Drabinski Associate Professor ...

American Library Association Updates Core Values

Posted By Emily Drabinski Feb 06, 2024 09:29 AM
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American Library Association Updates Core Values The American Library Association Council approved five new Core Values that focus on access, equity, intellectual freedom and privacy, the public good, and sustainability. ALA overwhelmingly approved the new Core Values at its meeting Jan. 21, ...

RE: Council Documents for LLX?

Posted By Emily Drabinski Jan 16, 2024 06:03 PM
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Hi Dorcas,I believe Marsha shared these earlier. Here is a direct link: https://www.ala.org/aboutala/virtual-llx-and-annual-conference-council-meetings-0 See everyone in Baltimore,Emily Emily DrabinskiAmerican Library Association President 2023-24Associate ProfessorGraduate School of Library and Information ...

ALA Appoints Leslie Burger as Interim Executive Director

Posted By Emily Drabinski Nov 15, 2023 09:38 AM
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ALA Appoints Leslie Burger as Interim Executive Director CHICAGO – The American Library Association Executive Board has selected Leslie Burger as ALA's interim executive director. Her first day is November 15, 2023. Burger brings years of experience as a leader in our field, from her service ...

A message from the ALA Executive Board

Posted By Emily Drabinski Oct 05, 2023 02:31 PM
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Dear ALA Councilors, As you may have seen, the American Library Association announced today that Tracie Hall will resign from her role as executive director. The full announcement is available here. We hope that you will join us in thanking Executive Director Hall for her outstanding service, leadership, ...

Executive Board meeting updates

Posted By Emily Drabinski Aug 31, 2023 01:14 PM
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Hello Councilors! I am writing to share updates from the ALA Executive Board meeting on August 17th. As a reminder, you can always review Executive Board documents on the ALA website: https://www.ala.org/aboutala/executive-board-document-inventory-2023-2024 Our next monthly call will be held September ...

Executive Board call 8/17

Posted By Emily Drabinski Aug 15, 2023 06:55 AM
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Executive Board call 8/17

Posted By Emily Drabinski Aug 15, 2023 06:55 AM
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Dear Councilors, The Executive Board will meet for its monthly call this Thursday, August 17th, at 1pm ET/noon CT/11am  MT/10am PT/9am AKST/7am HST. Information about joining the call can be found here: https://www.ala.org/aboutala/ala-governance-meetings Board documents can be found here: https ...

Save the Dates: LibLearnX Governance Meetings

Posted By Emily Drabinski Aug 14, 2023 04:12 PM
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Dear ALA Council, I am pleased to share the schedule for the Library Learning Experience (LibLearnX). To view the schedule, please click here. I would like to highlight the following governance meetings so we can mark them on our calendars. Save the Date – LibLearnX Governance meetings: Friday, ...

RE: Fwd: [IFLA-L] IFLA Governing Board decides on WLIC 2024

Posted By Emily Drabinski Aug 11, 2023 03:23 PM
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Thank you for sharing this update, Jim.  As a reminder, Council passed a resolution at Annual regarding IFLA's siting of the conference in Dubai. Here is a link to that resolution for new Councilors who may have missed it. The topic will be on the agenda for our January meetings at LibLearnX. ht ...

ALA upholds its support for LGBTQIA+ library workers and reaffirms its commitment to equity and inclusivity

Posted By Emily Drabinski Aug 09, 2023 09:07 AM
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ALA upholds its support for LGBTQIA+ library workers and reaffirms its commitment to equity and inclusivity The American Library Association (ALA) reaffirms its unwavering commitment to upholding the values of equity and inclusivity within libraries nationwide. In response to recent concerns surrounding ...

RE: American Library Association Responds to Montana State Library Commission's Decision to Withdraw Montana State Library's Membership

Posted By Emily Drabinski Jul 26, 2023 11:24 AM
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Hi all, I won't be able to say in words what it has meant to me to have the vocal support of so many of you over the past many days. Those of you who are balancing all kinds of constraints and who have different perspectives, I see you too and completely understand. We are all threading challenging ...

Open Letter from Former President Obama Supports Librarians

Posted By Emily Drabinski Jul 17, 2023 01:44 PM
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Dear ALA Colleagues,   President Barack Obama published an open letter to librarians this morning, expressing his support for libraries and library workers amidst rising book challenges and subsequent attacks on those defending the right to read. His letter was shared online and across his social ...

RE: American Library Association Responds to Montana State Library Commission's Decision to Withdraw Montana State Library's Membership

Posted By Emily Drabinski Jul 14, 2023 03:12 PM
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Hi all, Thank you to everyone for your solidarity. This has been a challenging week, lonely in many ways. Too many of us have recent experience of being targeted for the work we try to do in our communities--no easy way to put it, it just sucks. Knowing that I have the support of committed colleagues ...