ALA News for April 5, 2017 Take Action for Libraries Day to launch during National Library Week http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/03/take-action-libraries-day-lau... ALA and ACRL join higher education, library groups to urge FCC and Congress to uphold net neutrality http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/03/ala-and-acrl-join-higher-educ... ACRL 2017 continues record breaking paid attendance trend http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/04/acrl-2017-continues-record-br... Gene Luen Yang, National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, is Auditorium Speaker at 2017 ALA Annual Conference http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/gene-luen-yang-national-ambassad... SRRT, SustainRT, AILA, APALA welcome Bill McKibben to ALA Annual Conference http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/04/srrt-sustainrt-aila-apala-wel... ALA, ProLiteracy introduce online course to promote adult literacy services http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/04/ala-proliteracy-introduce-onl... Applications close next week for 2017 ALA Leadership Institute http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/04/applications-close-next-week-201... DC’s Teen Titans to champion Library Card Sign-up Month http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/04/dc-s-teen-titans-champion-lib... Public libraries play vital role in advancing health literacy http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/04/public-libraries-play-vital-role... Winners of the 2017 Will Eisner Graphic Novel Grants for Libraries announced http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/04/winners-2017-will-eisner-grap... Barbara A. B. Gubbin winner of the Ernest A. DiMattia Award for Innovation and Service to Community and Profession http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/04/barbara-b-gubbin-winner-ernes... Kippur wins United for Libraries/SAGE Academic Friend Conference Grant http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/04/kippur-wins-united-librariess... 2017 Carnegie-Whitney Grant winners announced http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/04/2017-carnegie-whitney-grant-w... Timothy Cole Wins 2017 LITA/OCLC Kilgour Research Award http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/04/timothy-cole-wins-2017-litaoclc-... Apply now for the 2017 Teens’ Top Ten Book Giveaway http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/apply-now-2017-teens-top-ten-boo... New AASL standards take the stage at national conference http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/03/new-aasl-standards-take-stage... Global education evangelist Jaime Casap to present AASL national conference opening keynote http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/03/global-education-evangelist-j... New publication offers practical ideas to help libraries engage families in learning and development http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/04/new-publication-offers-practi... 2017 ACRL STS Oberly Award goes to Scholze and Witt http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/2017-acrl-sts-oberly-award-goes-... School Library Research volume 20 opens with two new studies http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/03/school-library-research-volume-2... RUSA Spring Online Learning http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/04/rusa-spring-online-learning