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Register for ODLOS Webinar - "Libraries Respond: Advocating for Queer Literacy in 2025"

ALA ODLOS invites you to attend Libraries Respond: Advocating for Queer Literacy in 2025 on Thursday, June 5th, 2025 at 3pm Central Time. This panel is organized by the Office for Diversity, Literacy, and Outreach Services (ODLOS). In our current climate, the attack on queer literacy has a ripple effect ...

Join us for Racial Healing & Mental Health Webinar on 2/25!

Hello EMIERT community! I wanted to share information for an upcoming ODLOS webinar that EMIERT member Janice Newsum is participating in - we hope that you'll join us to hear her and the other ALA leaders on the panel speak. We're looking forward to this insightful conversation! ---- ALA invites ...

Nominations open for 2025 Jean E. Coleman Lecturer

American Library Association (ALA) is accepting nominations for the 2025 Jean E. Coleman Library Outreach Lecturer. The Jean E. Coleman Library Outreach Lecture is held annually during the ALA Annual Conference as a tribute to the efforts of the first director of ALA's Office for Literacy and Outreach ...

Black and African American Experiences in Libraries - FREE Webinar

Join five ALA Editions authors on Zoom Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 1 PM Central Time! Over the hour, we'll have a multi-part discussion of Black and African American experiences in libraries, historically and presently, and what can be done both to improve those experiences and to more effectively ...

Join ODLOS in recognizing National Day of Racial Healing 2025 with ALA virtual panel on 1/21/24

ALA invites you to attend National Day of Racial Healing 2025: Transforming Collective Communities with Mental Health Practices, a virtual panel discussion made up of ALA division leaders, on January 21st, 2024, at 3:00 p.m. CT. This panel is organized by the Office for Diversity, Literacy, and Outreach ...

Youth Media Awards Mock Elections

Hello RT members, In anticipation for the Youth Media Awards this January, the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) is hosting mock elections for ALA community members to vote on their favorite books. Mock YMA Election programs are a wonderful opportunity for children's literature aficionados ...

ALA 2025 LLX Registration is NOW OPEN!

Join your peers and colleagues at the 2025 ALA LibLearnX: The Library Learning Experience, January 24-27, 2025 in beautiful Phoenix, AZ! Participate in collaborative and top-quality education where you will discuss the topics that are important to library professionals in peer-to-peer conversations, ...

2025 Annual Conference Call for Proposals - Deadline Extended To 9/29

The ALA 2025 Annual Conference Call for Poster Program Proposals is now OPEN! The deadline was recently extended to Sunday, 9/29. Please note that ODLOS member groups and affiliates are guaranteed a spot in the Diversity Fair Poster Session, but all groups still need to submit a proposal through the ...

Nominations open for the I Love My Librarian Award

ALA invites library users across America to submit nominations for the I Love My Librarian Award through September 30, 2024! Ten outstanding librarians will receive $5,000 and the honor of a lifetime, including being celebrated on stage at ALA's LibLearnX Conference in Phoenix in January 2025. Honorees ...

Upcoming ALA-Gallup Research Initiative

Dear colleagues, My name is Jennifer Ledesma, and I am the Program Coordinator for Community Engagement at the Office for Diversity, Literacy, and Outreach Services. I'm reaching out to you all with an exciting opportunity, which ODLOS would love your help with. We have partnered with Gallup, a global ...

Update to the Code of Conduct

Update to the Code of Conduct On August 1, 2024, an updated Online Code of Conduct will be released. The Online Code of Conduct was designed to build and sustain an open, inclusive, and collaborative experience for participants on all online platforms used by ALA. The Online Code of ...