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Senior services at St. Louis County Library

To close out May as Senior Citizen month, we are highlighting a library that provides digital literacy training for older (and younger) adults. We know that older adults have been slower to adopt digital technology. Some do not realize how using the web, email, or social media might be helpful…

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Attending National Library Legislative Day

This post was written by Yolanda Peña Mendrek, winner of the 2018 White House Conference on Library and Information Services Taskforce (WHCLIST) Award. Where do I begin? A great many thanks to American Library Association for organizing National Library Legislative Day (NLLD), a grassroots event held in Washington, D.C. Attending…

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Advice for first-time ALA conference attendees

Note: As we gear up for ALA’s 2018 Annual Conference next month, Libraries Ready to Code cohort members Sarah Creech from Belgrade (MT) Community Library and Alex Johnatakis of Meridian (ID) Library District take a look back at the highlights of their first ALA conference – the 2018 Midwinter Meeting.…

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2018 IMLS National Medals ceremony showcases how libraries transform

One of the best things about working in ALA’s Washington Office is the opportunity to attend celebratory events like the presentation of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) National Medals, the nation’s highest honor for libraries and museums in service to their communities. Over the award’s 24 years,…

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Library Copyright Alliance applauds new ACCESS to Recordings Act

The Library Copyright Alliance – consisting of the American Library Association, the Association of College and Research Libraries, and the Association of Research Libraries – applauds today’s introduction of the Accessibility for Curators, Creators, Educators, Scholars, and Society Recordings Act (“ACCESS to Recordings Act”) by Senator Ron Wyden. The bill…

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