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Read more about the article Deaf History Month Spotlight: Alice Lougee Hagemeyer
Equity Diversity and Inclusion

Deaf History Month Spotlight: Alice Lougee Hagemeyer

Written by Sophia Catalano, Blogging Coordinator 

April is Deaf History Month and the SJSU ALASC would like to highlight a very special and important figure in the Deaf and library communities: Alice Lougee Hagemeyer. While not born deaf, Alice would go on to become an activist for the Deaf community, an advocate for deaf people in libraries, and a champion for federal funding to be granted for services for the deaf in public libraries. 

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April 24, 2026
Read more about the article What’s going on with the IMLS?
Library and Information Science

What’s going on with the IMLS?

During the 43-unit course here at SJSU, you learn a lot about how libraries are an integral part of their communities. Whether it is an academic library providing resources to a university’s students and professors or a  public library providing early literacy programs, libraries are a net positive for their communities. We also learn about the challenges facing libraries, such…

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April 27, 2025
Read more about the article Library 2.018 virtual conference – recap
Events

Library 2.018 virtual conference – recap

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…

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October 18, 2018
Read more about the article Update- Advocacy Alert! Museum and Library Services Act
ALA News

Update- Advocacy Alert! Museum and Library Services Act

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…

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October 11, 2018
Read more about the article Advocacy Alert: Museum and Library Services Act
ALA News

Advocacy Alert: Museum and Library Services Act

We received this request from the ALA. Please consider showing your support! We need you to take action today! On the heels of our amazing funding news last week, the Museum and Library Services Act - legislation to reauthorize the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) - was introduced in both the Senate (S.3530) and House (H.R.6988) this past Friday with…

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October 2, 2018
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