[Michlib-l] ALA News for January 16, 2018

[Steven Bowers]

ALA News for January 16, 2018

NEWS FROM THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION

Sally Yates announced as opening session speaker at PLA 2018 Conference
Former U.S. Deputy Attorney General Sally Q. Yates will join the lineup of speakers at the PLA 2018 Conference, the Public Library Association announced today. She will headline the conference's Opening Session, taking place on Wednesday, March 21.
Yates served as deputy attorney general in the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) under President Barack Obama from January 2015 through January 2017, and then briefly as acting attorney general.
http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2018/01/sally-yates-announced-opening-session-speaker-pla-2018-conference

Abron to serve as new Teen HQ member manager
The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) has selected Dawn Abron, creative space/teen services coordinator at the Zion-Benton Public Library in Zion, Illinois, as the new member manager for its teen programming database, Teen Programming HQ.
Abron will serve a one-year term now through January 2019.
http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2018/01/abron-serve-new-teen-hq-member-manager

YALSA names 2018 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults
The 2018 Amazing Audiobooks list, comprised of fiction and nonfiction titles, features recordings that cover a wide range of interests for young adults from historical fiction, to fantasy, to realistic fiction.
http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2018/01/yalsa-names-2018-amazing-audiobooks-young-adults

Join ASCLA for literary and history tour of Ireland
The Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) is hosting a tour of Ireland on May 10-17.
http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2018/01/grand-literary-history-tour-ireland-book-now



PLA 2018 Conference
Member discount for PLA 2018 Conference expires Jan. 19
http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2018/01/member-discount-pla-2018-conference-expires-jan-19

PLA & NNLM award stipends for public library workers to attend March workshop
http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2018/01/pla-nnlm-award-stipends-public-library-workers-attend-march-workshop



AWARDS AND GRANTS
YALSA’s 2018 Volunteer of the Year Award
http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2018/01/recipients-yalsa-s-2018-volunteer-year-award-announced

Nominations open for the Elizabeth Futas Catalyst for Change Award
http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2018/01/nominations-open-elizabeth-futas-catalyst-change-award

ALA recognizes public library administrators with Ernest A. DiMattia, Jr. Award
http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2018/01/ala-recognizes-public-library-administrators-ernest-dimattia-jr-award



ALA PUBLISHING
Homelessness and the library: an empathy-drive approach
http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2018/01/homelessness-and-library-empathy-drive-approach



ECOURSES
Online Privacy & Security: Best Practices for Librarians
http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2018/01/new-ecourse-online-privacy-security-best-practices-librarians

Introduction to Critical Information Literacy: Promoting Social Justice through Librarianship
http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2018/01/new-iteration-introduction-critical-information-literacy-promoting-social

Basic Reference Skills for Non-Reference Librarians
http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2018/01/new-iteration-basic-reference-skills-non-reference-librarians-ecourse

Adult Programming: Planning for Success
http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2018/01/new-iteration-adult-programming-planning-success-ecour



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