Congrats to our Banned Books Week Scavenger Hunt winner, Aubrey Young! She managed to find 18 books from our banned books list at a local library. Banned Books Week is an annual week focusing on the importance of intellectual freedom in our libraries and schools. It sheds light on books that have been banned or challenged in libraries and schools…
Library 2.018 Social Crisis Management in a 21st Century World By Stacy Rivas, ALASC Blogging Assistant Along with 350 participants from all over North America, and a few around the globe, I attended the Library 2.108 virtual conference on Social Crisis Management in a 21st Century World. The conference included an opening keynote, thirteen 30-minute sessions on topics that ranged…
Looking for something good to read this month? Check out these book recommendations for October from our executive board. Happy reading!
Working on your e-Portfolio or about to begin? On Monday, October 22, 2018, at 6pm, join ALASC and recent iSchool graduates for a Q&A session about the e-Portfolio process. Information resources about the e-Portfolio process will be provided. Please click here (e-Portfolio Discussion Panel) to register for this event. Upon registering, you will receive a Zoom link to join the…
Last week, we shared this message from the ALA. Please see their update below and consider taking action to help support libraries. Advocacy Alert: Museum and Library Services Act So far, we've added four new Senate cosponsors since the Museum and Library Services Act was introduced in the House (H.R.6988) and Senate (S.3530. This is a bipartisan bill to reauthorize the…