ALA News for January 16, 2018 NEWS FROM THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION Sally Yates announced as opening session speaker at PLA 2018 Conference Former U.S. Deputy Attorney General Sally Q. Yates will join the lineup of speakers at the PLA 2018 Conference, the Public Library Association announced today. She will headline the conference's Opening Session, taking place on Wednesday, March 21. Yates served as deputy attorney general in the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) under President Barack Obama from January 2015 through January 2017, and then briefly as acting attorney general. http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2018/01/sally-yates-announced-opening... Abron to serve as new Teen HQ member manager The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) has selected Dawn Abron, creative space/teen services coordinator at the Zion-Benton Public Library in Zion, Illinois, as the new member manager for its teen programming database, Teen Programming HQ. Abron will serve a one-year term now through January 2019. http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2018/01/abron-serve-new-teen-hq-member-m... YALSA names 2018 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults The 2018 Amazing Audiobooks list, comprised of fiction and nonfiction titles, features recordings that cover a wide range of interests for young adults from historical fiction, to fantasy, to realistic fiction. http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2018/01/yalsa-names-2018-amazing-audiobo... Join ASCLA for literary and history tour of Ireland The Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) is hosting a tour of Ireland on May 10-17. http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2018/01/grand-literary-history-tour-irel... PLA 2018 Conference Member discount for PLA 2018 Conference expires Jan. 19 http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2018/01/member-discount-pla-2018-confere... PLA & NNLM award stipends for public library workers to attend March workshop http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2018/01/pla-nnlm-award-stipends-public-l... AWARDS AND GRANTS YALSA’s 2018 Volunteer of the Year Award http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2018/01/recipients-yalsa-s-2018-voluntee... Nominations open for the Elizabeth Futas Catalyst for Change Award http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2018/01/nominations-open-elizabeth-fu... ALA recognizes public library administrators with Ernest A. DiMattia, Jr. Award http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2018/01/ala-recognizes-public-library... ALA PUBLISHING Homelessness and the library: an empathy-drive approach http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2018/01/homelessness-and-library-empathy... ECOURSES Online Privacy & Security: Best Practices for Librarians http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2018/01/new-ecourse-online-privacy-secur... Introduction to Critical Information Literacy: Promoting Social Justice through Librarianship http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2018/01/new-iteration-introduction-criti... Basic Reference Skills for Non-Reference Librarians http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2018/01/new-iteration-basic-reference-sk... Adult Programming: Planning for Success http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2018/01/new-iteration-adult-programming-...