ALA News for February 7, 2017 ALA affirms support for NEH, NEA http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/02/ala-affirms-support-nea-neh ALA denounces recent FCC Lifeline revocations, report retractions http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/02/ala-denounces-recent-fcc-life... Dawes, Pelayo-Lozada, and Wong elected to ALA Executive Board http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/dawes-pelayo-lozada-and-wong-ele... Registration and housing open for the 2017 ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition in Chicago http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/registration-and-housing-open-20... New checklists provide practical steps to protect patron privacy http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/02/new-checklists-provide-practi... Tickets available for 2017 Arbuthnot Lecture featuring Jacqueline Woodson http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/02/tickets-available-2017-arbuth... Open Book Library awarded 2017 GLBTRT Newlen-Symons Award for Excellence in Serving the GLBT Community http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/02/open-book-library-awarded-201... K-8 school libraries invited to apply for ALA's 2017 Sara Jaffarian Award http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/k-8-school-libraries-invited-app... Two Friends groups win National Friends of Libraries Week Awards http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/02/two-friends-groups-win-nation... Public libraries invited to apply for the NASA@ My Library STEM initiative http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/public-libraries-invited-apply-n... ALSC recipient of 2017 GLBTRT Award for Political Activism http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/02/alsc-recipient-2017-glbtrt-aw... ALSC names 2017 Notable Children's Books http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/02/alsc-names-2017-notable-child... LITA offers Patron Privacy Checklists in support of Library Bill of Rights http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/lita-offers-patron-privacy-check... PLA now accepting proposals for PLA 2018 Conference http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/02/pla-now-accepting-proposals-p... Travel grants available for first-time AASL national conference attendees http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/travel-grants-available-first-ti... 2017 Teen Tech Week Grant Recipients announced http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/2017-teen-tech-week-grant-recipi... Call for Nominations: ASCLA's Achievement and Recognition Awards http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/call-nominations-asclas-achievem... AASL opens call for webinars http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/02/aasl-opens-call-webinars YALSA’s New Teen Book Finder Database announced http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/yalsa-s-new-teen-book-finder-dat... New AASL editorial board ready to get social http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/new-aasl-editorial-board-ready-g... Mark Sandler wins 2017 Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/02/mark-sandler-wins-2017-hugh-c... 2017 Charlemae Rollins President's Program on Families & Digital Technology http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/02/2017-charlemae-rollins-presid... Marsh and Austin win 2017 Baker & Taylor Collection Development Grants http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/marsh-and-austin-win-2017-baker-... Kim Lindskog wins a year of free AASL membership http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/kim-lindskog-wins-year-free-aasl... Dodds, Page, Gilmartin receive YALSA’s 2017 Conference Scholarship Grants http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/dodds-page-gilmartin-receive-yal... Sparks named YALSA’s 2017 Board Fellow http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/sparks-named-yalsa-s-2017-board-... ALCTS seeks ALCTS News Editor http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/alcts-seeks-alcts-news-editor RUSA Winter Online Learning http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/rusa-winter-online-learning Circulating Unusual Items Webinar by ASCLA http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/circulating-unusual-items-webina... What’s so super about supercomputing? A joint LITA and ACRL webinar http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/what-s-so-super-about-supercompu... ACRL releases Choosing to Lead: The Motivational Factors of Underrepresented Minority Librarians in Higher Education http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/acrl-releases-choosing-lead-moti... New eCourse: Cataloging with RDA http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/new-ecourse-cataloging-rda New eCourse: Using WebDewey and Understanding Dewey Decimal Classification http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/new-ecourse-using-webdewey-and-u... New eCourse: Web Design Basics for Librarians http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/new-ecourse-web-design-basics-li... International insights on engaging with records and archives http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/international-insights-engaging-... An updated special collections handbook http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/updated-special-collections-hand...