ALA News for April 2, 2019 ALA President speaks at U.S. Census Bureau Press Conference <http://bit.ly/2YSZ6cq>On April 1, 2019, ALA President Loida Garcia-Febo delivered remarks at a public briefing held by the U.S. Census Bureau to mark the one year out milestone from the 2020 Census. “The Census results will have a tremendous impact on funding and representation for our communities,” said Garcia-Febo. “ALA is committed to helping our communities achieve a complete count because libraries serve everyone.” Read more<http://bit.ly/2YSZ6cq> ALA, FINRA Foundation announce 50 public libraries to host Thinking Money for Kids traveling exhibition<http://bit.ly/2TQrrwj> To kick off April as Financial Literacy Month, the American Library Association (ALA), in partnership with the FINRA Investor Education Foundation, today announced 50 U.S. public libraries selected to be part of a national tour of the traveling exhibition Thinking Money for Kids. Read more<http://bit.ly/2TQrrwj> ALA, Library Copyright Alliance applauds appointment of Karyn A. Temple as Register of Copyrights <http://bit.ly/2TTuDXU>The American Library Association, a member of the Library Copyright Alliance, congratulates Karyn Temple on her appointment to Register of Copyrights by Dr. Carla Hayden, Librarian of Congress. Read more<http://bit.ly/2TTuDXU> ALA names James Neal senior policy fellow <http://bit.ly/2TQS43Z>The American Library Association (ALA) has appointed Immediate Past President James G. (Jim) Neal as a senior policy fellow. Neal will advise the ALA Public Policy & Advocacy Unit (Washington Office) on copyright and licensing matters and provide leadership on selected priority initiatives, including the ALA Policy Corps established in 2017 as one of his presidential initiatives. Read more<http://bit.ly/2TQS43Z> Wayne and Shirley Wiegand receive 2019 Gleason Book Award for history of integration of Southern public libraries <http://bit.ly/2YJ50wC>The Eliza Atkins Gleason Book Award Committee of the American Library Association (ALA) Library History Round Table (LHRT) is pleased to present the 2019 Gleason Book Award to Wayne A. Wiegand, F. William Summers Professor of Library and Information Studies Emeritus and professor of American Studies at Florida State University, and Shirley A. Wiegand, professor Emerita of Law at Marquette University, for The Desegregation of Public Libraries in the Jim Crow South: Civil Rights and Local Activism (Louisiana State University Press, 2018). Read more<http://bit.ly/2YJ50wC> Humble Bundle and No Starch Press launch charity promotion to benefit the Freedom to Read Foundation <http://bit.ly/2TRcV7a>No Starch Press, an independent tech publishing company, has partnered with Humble Bundle to launch a Coder’s Bookshelf promotion to benefit the Freedom to Read Foundation. The bookshelf features the ebooks “The Rust Programming Language,” “The Principles of Object-Oriented JavaScript,” “Python Playground,” and more. The Humble Bundle: Coder’s Bookshelf will be available for purchase until April 8, 2019. Read more<http://bit.ly/2TRcV7a> Applications now open for ‘AASL District Kits for the National School Library Standards’ <http://bit.ly/2TQXWKz>The American Association of School Librarians (AASL), with the support of Bound To Stay Bound Books, will create and distribute 100 “AASL District Kits for the National School Library Standards” to support nationwide implementation of the association’s National School Library Standards for Learners, School Librarians, and School Libraries. Fifty kits will be available in 2019 and fifty kits will be distributed in 2020 through an application process. Read more<http://bit.ly/2TQXWKz> ALA 2019 ANNUAL CONFERENCE LITA AvramCamp 2019, an ALA Annual Preconference<http://bit.ly/2TTwBY5> ALCTS preconference focuses on managing change in libraries<http://bit.ly/2TNjp7i> ALCTS preconference explores networking as a tool for disaster response and recovery<http://bit.ly/2TRfcPK> AWARDS AND GRANTS Carolyn Foote receives AASL Collaborative School Library Award<http://bit.ly/2TSicvx> Kruse wins 2019 ACRL WGSS Career Achievement Award<http://bit.ly/2YF8MXT> Chou and Pho win 2019 ACRL WGSS Significant Achievement Award<http://bit.ly/2YT33hg> NCSU Libraries receives 2019 LITA/Library Hi Tech Award<http://bit.ly/2YLNCqT> Judi Moreillon wins the Scholastic Library Publishing Award<http://bit.ly/2YJHOyk> ALA PUBLISHING A guide to successful community technology projects<http://bit.ly/2YCYU0C> Reboot your book club with the help of ALA’s Public Programs Office<http://bit.ly/2TTuWSy> Focus on improvement, not punishment, with Hakala-Ausperk’s ‘Dynamic Discipline’<http://bit.ly/2YGzkbj> WEBINARS Free webinar on mid-career options in April<http://bit.ly/2TR5GfH> Multimedia Instruction: Connecting through Course Integration – a LITA web course<http://bit.ly/2TTy5BD> ALA CopyTalk webinar with Ty Turley Trejo to focus on film copyright and libraries<http://bit.ly/2YIHfoe>