ALA News for October 10, 2017 NEWS FROM THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION ALA president calls for applicants to newly launched ALA Policy Corps American Library Association (ALA) President Jim Neal invites library advocates to apply for participation in the inaugural ALA Policy Corps<http://www.ala.org/advocacy/ala-policy-corps> initiative. “The ALA has significantly expanded its advocacy work and its political activism—building a wide network of library workers, trustees, corporate partners and friends who are influencing legislative action and government policy,” Neal said. “There is a need also to cultivate a group of practitioners and trustees who have deep and sustained knowledge of key policy issues of importance to the library community and who are able to intervene and participate in targeted advocacy work.” http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/10/ala-president-calls-applicants-n... PLA and United for Libraries to host Oct. 17 webinar on ‘Troubled Library Boards’ The Public Library Association (PLA) and United for Libraries are partnering to present a webinar designed to improve library boards of directors. The webinar, titled “Troubled Library Boards: Prevention and Survival” will be held at 2 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, Oct. 17. http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/10/pla-and-united-libraries-host-oc... AASL NATIONAL CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION Final week to secure AASL National Conference & Exhibition advance registration pricing http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/10/final-week-secure-aasl-national-... RUSA NEWS First open access issue of Reference and User Services Quarterly (RUSQ) now available http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/10/first-open-access-issue-referenc... SCHOOL LIBRARY RESEARCH Social influences on avid book readers examined in new School Library Research article http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/10/social-influences-avid-book-read... AWARDS AND GRANTS 2018 applications for the Will Eisner Graphic Novel Grants for Libraries now being accepted http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/10/2018-applications-will-eisner-gr... ACRL seeks nominations for 2018 awards recognizing outstanding achievements in academic librarianship http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/10/acrl-seeks-nominations-2018-awar... Apply now for 2018 ALCTS Midwinter Symposium registration grants http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/10/apply-now-2018-alcts-midwinter-s... ELEARNING Explore Reproducibility & Open Scholarship in a new LITA web course http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/10/explore-reproducibility-open-sch... Share your knowledge: Present an AASL webinar http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/10/share-your-knowledge-present-aas... How to Create New Revenue Streams for Your Library http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/10/free-webinar-how-create-new-r... Developing Effective Community Partnerships http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/10/new-workshop-developing-effectiv... LLAMA Webinar Explores Evidence-Based Advocacy for Public Libraries http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/10/llama-webinar-explores-evidence-...