YALSA announces new, month-long teen celebration, TeenTober
TeenTober is a new, nationwide celebration hosted by libraries every October and aims to celebrate teens, promote year-round teen services and the innovative ways teen services help teens learn new skills and fuel their passions in and outside the library. TeenTober replaces YALSA’s previous Teen Read Week™ and Teen Tech Week™ celebrations, allowing libraries the flexibility to choose what to celebrate (digital literacy, reading, technology, writing, etc) and the length of time for each celebration. Read more
Call for applications for inaugural year of the Lois Ann Gregory-Wood Fellows Program
The American Library Association reminds members of its call for applications for its inaugural year of the Lois Ann Gregory-Wood Fellows Program.
Lois Ann Gregory-Wood worked at ALA for 50 years, and for 27 of those years, served as the ALA Council Secretariat. For thousands of ALA members, she was the face of ALA Council and governance. The Fellows Program celebrates her leadership and accomplishments, as well as seeking to encourage understanding and participation in the ALA governance processes.
During this first year of the award, one individual will be selected to receive a grant totaling $2,500 to cover costs of attending two conferences: the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia and Annual Conference in Chicago. The Fellow will work with a mentor and attend various governance meetings over the course of the conferences to observe and to learn. Read more
AASL announces Best Digital Tools recognition
In 2020, the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) will launch a new recognition, the AASL Best Digital Tools for Teaching & Learning. The new list will combine AASL's annual Best Apps for Teaching & Learning and Best Websites for Teaching & Learning into one comprehensive list. The application for the new recognition will open Sept. 2, 2019, at www.ala.org/aasl/awards/best.
"Like its predecessors, the inaugural list of Best Digital Tools will be a great resource for educators and school librarians," said AASL President Mary Keeling. "The list will continue to support
the 2018 AASL 'National School Library Standards' as each recognized digital tool will be tagged with the Shared Foundations it supports. School librarians can then easily choose apps or websites that facilitate the development of learner competencies."
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RUSA offers course on Mastering Emotional Intelligence
The instructor, Debra Lucas-Alfieri, has been the head of reference and interlibrary loan at D'Youville College in Buffalo, New York since 2002. She is the author of “Marketing the
21st Century Library: the Time is Now,” published by Chandos, an imprint of Elsevier. She has been an online instructor in library studies since 2012.
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