ALA News for March 20, 2018 NEWS FROM THE AMERICAN LIBRARIAN ASSOCIATION ALA Hails Marrakesh Treaty Implementation Act as Possible 'Turning Point' The following statement was issued by American Library Association (ALA) President Jim Neal upon the introduction of the Marrakesh Treaty Implementation Act (S. 2559) by the bipartisan leadership of the Senate Judiciary and Foreign Relations Committees, Chairmen Grassley and Corker and Ranking Members Feinstein and Menendez, along with Senators Harris, Hatch and Leahy. The Marrakesh Treaty Implementation Act amends the U.S. Copyright Act to ensure compliance with the Marrakesh Treaty. Adopted by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in 2013, the Marrakesh Treaty requires countries to enact copyright exceptions that allow the creation and distribution of accessible format copies such as braille, audiobooks or digital files. Neal stated, “The Marrakesh Treaty was a monumental accomplishment five years ago, and libraries were central to its architecture. The Treaty’s ratification by the U.S. Senate and adoption of the Treaty Implementation Act will be a turning point in global information access: it will allow U.S. libraries to create and share accessible format copies of books and other materials across borders to persons with print disabilities – something that 36 other countries are already able to do." http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2018/03/ala-hails-marrakesh-treaty-im... ALA names Hayden honorary member Carla D. Hayden was elected to honorary membership in the American Library Association (ALA) in action taken by the ALA Council on Sunday, February 11, during the Midwinter Meeting in Denver. Honorary membership, ALA’s highest honor, is conferred in recognition of outstanding contributions of lasting importance to libraries and librarianship. Hayden was nominated in recognition of her passionate dedication to equity of access and her historic appointment as the first woman and first African American to the post of Librarian of Congress. Prior to this historic appointment, Hayden served as director of the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore for 23 years. There she transformed the deteriorating library system into a vital community service agency. She ensured that the city’s libraries offered a broad array of services to assist residents from all walks of life, providing them with access to the internet and digital collections. http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2018/03/ala-names-honorary-member Intellectual freedom breakfast at ALA Annual Conference welcomes New Orleans journalist The ALA Intellectual Freedom Round Table (IFRT) will host an Awards Recognition and Fundraising Breakfast from 7:30 a.m. – 9 a.m. on Saturday, June 23, 2018, at the 2018 ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans. The breakfast will celebrate IFRT award winners and raise funds to support the awards, which recognize intellectual freedom heroes and contributions. Three awards will be presented: the Gerald Hodges Intellectual Freedom Chapter Relations Award, the John Philip Immroth Award and the Eli M. Oboler Award. The breakfast will also feature a presentation by John Pope, author of “Getting Off at Elysian Fields: Obituaries from the New Orleans Times-Picayune,” a collection of 123 mini-biographies that mark the deaths of Crescent City society scions, artists, authors, moguls, politicians, doctors, scoundrels and assorted characters. http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2018/03/intellectual-freedom-breakfast-a... Robert P. Doyle receives 2018 Eli M. Oboler Memorial Award for banned books resource guide The Intellectual Freedom Round Table (IFRT) has awarded the 2018 Eli M. Oboler Memorial Award, which recognizes the best published work in the area of intellectual freedom. The 2018 award goes to Robert P. Doyle, for his work "Banned Books: Defending our Freedom to Read," published in 2017 by the Office for Intellectual Freedom of the American Library Association. http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2018/03/robert-p-doyle-receives-2018-eli... AMERICAN LIBRARIES LIVE 12 Keys to Successful Digital Content Promotion: An American Libraries Live webcast http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2018/03/12-keys-successful-digital-co... AWARDS AND GRANTS Dysert named 2018 ACRL ESS De Gruyter Grant winner http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2018/03/dysert-named-2018-acrl-ess-de-gr... Deb Sondall Saetveit receives AASL Frances Henne Award http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2018/03/deb-sondall-saetveit-receives... Scotts Ridge Middle School project receives AASL Collaborative School Library Award http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2018/03/scotts-ridge-middle-school-pr... Margaret Hung’s library history dissertation wins the 2017 Dain Award http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2018/03/margaret-hung-s-library-histo... Williams receives ACRL CLS Innovation in College Librarianship Award http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2018/03/williams-receives-acrl-cls-innov... Alabama School Library Association awarded AASL ABC-CLIO Leadership Grant http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2018/03/alabama-school-library-associ... Rapchak named 2018 Routledge Distance Learning Librarianship Conference Sponsorship Award winner http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2018/03/rapchak-named-2018-routledge-dis... AASL announces members of first Induction Program cohort http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2018/03/aasl-announces-members-first-... Apply for the Friends of ALSC Institute Scholarship http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2018/03/apply-friends-alsc-institute-sch... Booklist and AASL announce winners of Schools in Need Giveaway http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2018/03/booklist-and-aasl-announce-wi... ONLINE LEARNING Cataloging Video Resources with RDA workshop http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2018/03/new-session-cataloging-video-res... Developing Good Privacy Policies, a free LITA webinar http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2018/03/developing-good-privacy-policies... Rethinking Digital Literacy to Serve Library Staff and Users eCourse http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2018/03/new-iteration-rethinking-digital...