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It’s been an exciting summer for the Libraries Transform campaign! The ALA Executive Board extended the campaign for another three
years during ALA’s 2017 Annual Conference—we look forward to continuing our work with libraries and library advocates like you over the coming years. Thanks so much to everyone who has made the campaign such a success so far!
ALA Executive Board Extends Libraries Transform
Because of your success, the ALA Executive Board voted to extend its commitment to the campaign for another three years (through Aug. 31, 2020).
“The Executive Board is thrilled to extend the vital work of the Libraries Transform Campaign, which has become an essential part of the ALA’s efforts to
showcase the value and impact of libraries and library workers,” said Jim Neal, 2017-2018 ALA president and university librarian emeritus at Columbia University.
Spanish Because Statements
Did you know the Libraries Transform toolkit includes a variety of
Spanish-language Because statements for download? You can download graphics for posters, postcards and social media images with some of our most popular statements translated into Spanish.
Is your library using Libraries Transform to connect with Spanish speakers in your community? Share your story—or ideas for new multilingual campaign tools—with us at
campaign@ala.org.
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Leveling
the Field: Libraries and Income Inequality
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Confronting
inequality is integral to the history of libraries and remains at the heart of library service today. The same materials, programs and services are available to anyone who walks through the library’s doors, no matter the size (or existence) of their wallet.
Yet librarians’ commitment to equity requires greater action, particularly during a sustained period of rising income inequality as we are experiencing in the United States. Across the country, in libraries of all types, librarians are taking that
extra step.
Read
more about how libraries are confronting income inequality.
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Free
Webinar Coming Soon
Join
ALA and Biblioboard on Wednesday, August 2, from 1 – 2:00 p.m. CT during the webinar: “Transforming Libraries, Impacting the Classroom.” During this free webinar panelists will explore an innovative program in Minnesota which re-envisions how public and school
libraries collaborate in order to provide DRM-free eBooks to the community.
Register today!
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I Love My Librarian 2017 Award
In case you missed it, nominations are now open for the
2017 I Love My Librarian Award! Ten exceptional public, school, college, community college and university librarians will be selected to win $5,000 cash award, a plaque and a travel stipend to attend the awards ceremony hosted by Carnegie Corporation of
New York.
Nominations are open until September 18; if you’d like to help spread the word, promotional tools including graphics, social media content and sample press release copy are
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Library Card Sign-Up Month Artwork Now Available
The only thing more powerful than a Teen Titan is a library card! You can promote Library Card Sign-Up Month this
September with free artwork featuring our honorary chairs, DC Comics superheroes the Teen Titans.
Library card and billboard artwork are now
available for download online, along with other promotional tools including posters, social media content and a sample press release. |
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Health Literacy Month Is Coming Up
October is Health Literacy Month. The American Library Association (ALA) and the National Network of Libraries
of Medicine are collaborating on a Health Literacy Month toolkit for the Libraries Transform campaign that will be available in September.
The toolkit will include key messages, data, and marketing materials to help you promote health literacy at your library—anyone signed up for the campaign at the
Libraries Transform website will have access. |
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Your Favorite New Because Statement
Earlier this summer, we asked you to share ideas for new Libraries Transform Because statements—thanks to everyone
who participated!
There were a lot of great Because statements, but there was a clear winner after all the votes were tallied: “Because building a better world starts with literacy,” submitted by Kristen Craig from the Hebron Branch at the Licking County Library in Ohio. Congratulations,
Kristen!
Additional Because statement ideas are always welcome; feel free to email us at campaign@ala.org any time. |
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New Banners and Cling Sets
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New banners and cling sets are now available at the ALA Store.
Window
cling set includes four 11” x 17”
clings:
- Because libraries make leaders.
- Because access equals opportunity.
- Because fake news has real-world consequences.
- Because adding Minecraft to the curriculum may inspire more future engineers than mathematics alone.
Banners are
30" x 50" and suitable for indoor/outdoor use. The
set of four includes:
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More than 7,200 libraries
and library advocates have joined the Libraries Transform campaign!
Because of you, Libraries Transform!
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