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ALA to Spotlight Banned Books Week Heroes During Virtual Read-Out
Are you ready for Banned Books Week? The American Library Association (ALA) and readers from around the world are gearing up to demonstrate their support for free speech next week by participating in a...
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YALSA Announces Teen Read Week Grants
The American Library Association’s Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), has announced the 10 recipients of its 2013 Teen Read Week Grants. Funded by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation,...
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YALSA Summer Reading Grants; LOC’s Twitter Feed for Educators | News Bites
Summer Grants Looking for a great way to help fund your summer reading program? Well, the Young Adult Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), can help....
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EdLiNC Calls on FCC to Double E-Rate Funding
The Education Library Networks Coalition (EdLiNC)—a group of education associations that includes the American Library Association (ALA) and the International Society for Technology in Education...
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(Re)Inventing the Future of English: Register for NCTE 2013
Join the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) November 21-24 in Boston for its 2013 Annual Convention! “(Re) Inventing the Future of English” is the theme for the event, which will offer...
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Bullying Prevention Resources; YA Lit Symposium | News Bites
Bullying Prevention October is National Bullying Prevention Month and Scenario Learning is offering free resources to every school in October and November. Among the available tools is a 20-minute...
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AASL, Follett Accepting Nominations for School Library Program of Year Award
The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) and Follett today announced that applications are now being accepted for the 2014 National School Library Program of the Year (NSLPY) Award. The...
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Apply Now for ALSC’s Bookapalooza Awards
The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) and the Grants Administration Committee are now accepting online applications for the 2014 Bookapalooza Program. This program offers select...
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ALA President Brings Conference Goers to Their Feet | SLJ Summit 2013
Photo by Jack Plunkett/AP Images for SLJ Speaking on Sunday morning, September 29, at School Library Journal’s Leadership Summit in Austin, TX, American Library Association (ALA) President Barbara...
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Take the Follett Challenge; Future of Libraries Center; Día Mini-Grants |...
Take the Challenge Librarians, educators, and administrators in a school or school district who are implementing a collaborative program with others in their school to align the curriculum to teach the...
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Teen Read Week Twitter Chat Highlights
Teen Read Week (TRW) kicked off with a lively Twitter chat among supporters of teen literacy and leisure reading on October 15, 2-3pm ET. An initiative spearheaded by the American Library...
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Pictures of the Week: Celebrating Teen Read Week 2013
Send your pictures of the week to sdiaz@mediasourceinc.com Teen Read Week is a national adolescent literacy initiative created by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) in 1998. The...
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Dollar General Awards Youth Literacy Grant to ALSC, YALSA
The Dollar General Literacy Foundation has awarded a Youth Literacy grant in the amount of $246,806 to the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) and the Young Adult Library Services...
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YALSA’s Teens’ Top Ten Announced
The Young Adult Library Services Association has announced its official 2013 Teens’ Top Ten list, a “teen choice” selection of favorite books—published the previous year—chosen by teens for teens....
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NY Kid Lit Exhibit; REFORMA’s Mora Award; YALSA Top Ten | News Bites
Kid Lit Shines in NY The Port Washington (NY) Public Library will present an all-star panel discussion led by author and artist Jane Breskin Zalben, “Past, Present and Future: Insiders Look at...
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YALSA Seeks Comments on Libraries and Teens Project Data
Through Friday, November 1, the Young Adult Services Association (YALSA) is seeking public comments on the draft report [PDF] from its National Forum on Libraries and Teens project. The report aims to...
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Make It @ Your Library Launches Maker Space Project Website
Make It @ Your Library, in collaboration with Instructables.com and the American Library Association, has finally launched its fully searchable website, makeitatyourlibrary.org, for librarians seeking...
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IMLS Grants $4.3 Million for School Readiness, Summer Reading Programs
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has announced that it is awarding $4,329,567 in grants to 20 museums and libraries in 17 communities in order to support the emerging role of these...
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YALSA Badges Aim to Quantify Youth Librarians’ Competencies
The next evolution in youth librarians’ professional development is upon us. The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) has been working tirelessly to finalize the soft launch, now set for...
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AASL to Survey Branding of School Librarianship
The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) has announced that it is launching two national online surveys this month—one for school librarians, one for stakeholders—in order to examine ways...
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