ALA News for February 21, 2017 ALA to launch Book Club Central with Sarah Jessica Parker http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/02/ala-launch-book-club-central-... Sarah Jessica Parker to unveil first Book Club Central pick at 2017 Annual Conference President’s Program http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/sarah-jessica-parker-unveil-firs... Reshma Saujani, Girls Who Code founder and CEO, to open 2017 ALA Annual Conference http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/reshma-saujani-girls-who-code-fo... PLA and ALSC release new Every Child Ready to Read® toolkit for training early childhood educators http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/pla-and-alsc-release-new-every-c... YALSA names 2017 Writing Award winners http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/yalsa-names-2017-writing-award-w... COA announces accreditation decisions made at 2016 Fall Meeting and 2017 Midwinter Meeting http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/02/coa-announces-accreditation-d... Oregon Library Association Intellectual Freedom Committee receives the 2017 Gerald Hodges Intellectual Freedom Chapter Relations Award http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/oregon-library-association-intel... Share your best practice at AASL National Conference http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/share-your-best-practice-aasl-na... YALSA announces Gene Luen Yang as 2017 Teen Tech Week™ National Spokesperson http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/yalsa-announces-gene-luen-yang-2... Why school librarians must lead: there is no other option http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/why-school-librarians-must-lead-... Hope Olson selected for Margaret Mann Citation http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/hope-olson-selected-margaret-man... First Step Award to Jamie Carlstone http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/first-step-award-jamie-carlstone Karen Kiorpes receives Banks Harris Preservation Award http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/karen-kiorpes-receives-banks-har... 2017 Cunha-Swartzburg Award to MetaArchive http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/2017-cunha-swartzburg-award-meta... Hale monograph wins ALCTS Outstanding Publication Award http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/hale-monograph-wins-alcts-outsta... Archambault and McLean win 2017 ACRL IS Innovation Award http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/archambault-and-mclean-win-2017-... Hunter and Riehman-Murphy receive ACRL CLS Innovation in College Librarianship Award http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/hunter-and-riehman-murphy-receiv... Blicher named 2017 Routledge Distance Learning Librarianship Conference Sponsorship Award winner http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/blicher-named-2017-routledge-dis... McElroy and Pagowsky receive 2017 ACRL Instruction Section Ilene F. Rockman Publication of the Year Award http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/mcelroy-and-pagowsky-receive-201... MacDonald wins 2017 ACRL/IS Miriam Dudley Instruction Librarian Award http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/macdonald-wins-2017-acrlis-miria... Accepting Employer Participants for ACRL Placement Center Open House http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/accepting-employer-participants-... New Workshop: Building Effective Relationships with Schools http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/new-workshop-building-effective-... New eCourse: Adult Programming - Planning for Success http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/new-ecourse-adult-programming-pl...