Public Awareness
Libraries, museums, archives celebrate Preservation Week, April 24-30
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CHICAGO - During Preservation Week, libraries will be raising awareness of the role they play in providing preservation education and information. Sponsored by Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the ¾«¶«´«Ã½, and...
New Banned Books Week materials and more debut in spring/summer ¾«¶«´«Ã½Graphics catalog
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CHICAGO – The Spring/Summer 2022 ¾«¶«´«Ã½Graphics catalog delivers a range of exciting posters and bookmarks to inspire and encourage readers of all ages. The cover displays the new Banned Books Week poster which offers the important and timely message that...
Call Number podcast from American Libraries returns with new episodes and new host
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CHICAGO — Call Number with American Libraries, the podcast of American Libraries magazine, is back from hiatus with its first new episode of 2022. Episode 70, “Making Financial Sense,” marks the podcast’s six-year anniversary and the debut of its host...
¾«¶«´«Ã½partners with U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to share trusted vaccine information
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Campaign provides expert-verified outreach tools for libraries Washington, D.C. -- The ¾«¶«´«Ã½ (ALA) is partnering with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ We Can Do This campaign to share trusted information about COVID...
National Library Week kicks off with State of America’s Libraries Report, annual 'Top 10 Most Challenged Books' list and a new campaign to fight book bans
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Book challenges top 700 – the most since 2000 CHICAGO —The ¾«¶«´«Ã½ (ALA) kicks off National Library Week with the release of its State of America's Libraries Report, highlighting the challenges U.S. libraries faced in the second year...
Preservation Week® estrena nueva apariencia y sitio web
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CHICAGO—Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures ha presentado un nuevo logotipo y marca para su campaña de concientización pública de Preservation Week. La prestigiosa iniciativa, que cumple doce años de existencia, ha inspirado a personas y comunidades...
Preservation Week® gets a new look, launches new website
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CHICAGO—Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures has unveiled a new logo and branding for its Preservation Week public awareness campaign. In its 12th year, Preservation Week has inspired individuals and communities around the world to preserve personal...
Large majorities of voters oppose book bans and have confidence in libraries
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First survey of its kind confirms national bipartisan support for the freedom to read CHICAGO—Amid the recent proliferation of efforts to ban books in every state across the country, a new national poll commissioned by the ¾«¶«´«Ã½...
Descubra el impacto de la preservación digital en el medio ambiente
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CHICAGO—El contenido digital es creado y recopilado por todos, no solo por bibliotecas y archivos. Mantener la viabilidad del contenido digital no solo requiere el uso de energía, sino también la actualización de los medios y tecnologías de almacenamiento...
Seminario web de Preservation Week®: Cómo implementar la sostenibilidad en su instalación
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CHICAGO—En un momento en que la sostenibilidad y el ahorro de energía son imperativos para frenar el cambio climático, las instituciones y organizaciones deben ser más agresivas cuando de ahorrar energía se trata. Hay una serie de estrategias de ahorro de...
Celebrate the freedom to read during National Library Week, April 3-9
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CHICAGO – The freedom to read is essential to holding together the fabric of our democracy. Our nation’s libraries are on the front lines, protecting that freedom in the face of threats from groups that would remove or limit access to reading materials...
Preservation Week® Webinar: How to Implement Sustainability in your Facility
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[ En Español ] CHICAGO—In a time when sustainability and saving energy is imperative to slowing down climate change, institutions and organizations must become more aggressive when it comes to saving energy. There are a number of sustainable energy saving...
Free National Library Week tools now available from ALA
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CHICAGO – Tools are now available to help communities nationwide celebrate the contributions of libraries and library professionals during National Library Week, April 3 – 9, 2022. Held each April by the ¾«¶«´«Ã½ (ALA) and libraries of...
Core Classroom: Hearing the Story: Creating an Oral History Project
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CHICAGO —Storytelling is an important way to preserve the history of a community and/or culture. The human voice can convey so much more than the written word, so oral histories are a good way to preserve a community, family, or history of an important...
Elegida Elizabeth Yeampierre, Directora Ejecutiva de UPROSE, como Presidenta HonorÃfica de Preservation Week® 2022
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CHICAGO—Preservation Week (Semana de la Preservación) se complace en anunciar que Elizabeth Yeampierre, directora ejecutiva de la organización comunitaria latinx UPROSE, con sede en Brooklyn, se desempeñará como Presidenta Honorífica de Preservation Week...
UPROSE Executive Director Elizabeth Yeampierre named 2022 Preservation Week® Honorary Chair
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[En Español] CHICAGO—Preservation Week is pleased to announce that Elizabeth Yeampierre, executive director of the Brooklyn-based Latinx community organization UPROSE, will serve as the 2022 Preservation Week Honorary Chair. Yeampierre, an internationally...
¾«¶«´«Ã½encourages library workers to ascertain eligibility and apply for Public Service Loan Forgiveness waiver before October 31
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PSLF Coalition webinar series begins February 2 WASHINGTON–The ¾«¶«´«Ã½ (ALA) encourages library workers with federal student loans to review their eligibility under the U.S. Department of Education’s Public Service Loan Forgiveness...
'The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu,' 'A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance' receive 2022 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction
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CHICAGO — The ¾«¶«´«Ã½ (ALA) selects “The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu,” by Tom Lin, published by Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, as the winner of the 2022 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction...
Submissions Now Open for the 2022 John Cotton Dana Award
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The ¾«¶«´«Ã½ (ALA) is now accepting submissions for the 2022 John Cotton Dana Award (JCD). The John Cotton Dana Award is one of the most prestigious awards given to libraries and honors outstanding library public relations. Up to eight...
Actress and comedian Molly Shannon to serve as 2022 National Library Week honorary chair
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CHICAGO—Molly Shannon, multiple Emmy-nominated and Spirit Award-winning actress, comedian, and legendary Saturday Night Live cast member, will help celebrate our nation’s libraries as the honorary chair of National Library Week, April 3–9, 2022. Shannon...