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Upcoming Event: ALA Spectrum Scholarship Program Informational Webinar on December 2nd, 2020

Hello everyone! Here is some news from the American Library Association on the Spectrum Scholarship program: ALA’s Office for Diversity, Literacy and Outreach Services (ODLOS) will host an informational webinar at 5 p.m. Central on December 2 aimed at current and prospective Spectrum Scholarship program applicants to discuss the application process and give tips and information on navigating additional funding…

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November 30, 2020

ALA News / ALASC News / Events / Opportunities

FREE Registration: ALA Student Members can attend 2021 Midwinter Virtual Conference at no cost

ALA is offering free attendance to ALA Student Members! Register today at https://2021.alamidwinter.org/ Navigating the path to becoming a librarian? You won’t want to miss ALA Midwinter Virtual, January 22-26, 2021 — five days jam-packed with educational sessions, inspiring speakers, and loads of fun activities in the virtual Exhibit Hall! You'll have access to a slate of great author talks and a…

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November 21, 2020

ALA News / Equity Diversity and Inclusion / Opportunities

BCALA seeks authors for Reflections, Resistance, and Reawakening

The Black Caucus of the ALA (BCALA) is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its founding, and is inviting library students to consider writing for the next installment of BCALA's Black Librarian in America series. Prospective writers can submit a 1,000-word abstract of a proposed chapter in the new BCALA book entitled The Black Librarian in America: Reflections, Resistance, and Reawakening, set…

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November 18, 2020

ALA News / Events / Opportunities

ALA Midwinter Virtual Conference: Free for all ALA Student Members!

Join your peers at the only meeting designed with library professionals’ needs in mind! Navigating the path to becoming a librarian? You won’t want to miss ALA Midwinter Virtual in January 22-26, 2021 — five days jam-packed with educational sessions, inspiring speakers, and loads of fun activities in the virtual Exhibit Hall! You'll have access to a slate of great author talks…

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November 7, 2020

ALA News / Equity Diversity and Inclusion

Black Lives Matter Graphic Novels & Comics Reading List

The ALA is committed to lifting up the voices of those who have been marginalized, and the Graphic Novels and Comics Round Table (GNCRT) of the ALA has been leaning into the issue of diversity in this medium. At the ALA Virtual conference this summer, the GNCRT hosted a panel session called "A Comics History in the Making," with BIPOC…

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September 20, 2020

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