There is a whole world of news happening across the profession. Below are a few links to get you started with some of the exciting things happening in the world of Library Science!

• She arrived in 1927 and then disappeared. What happened to Minnesota’s friendship doll?
• Research Study: Academic Librarians: Article Publishing Practices, Support, and Motivations
• Final Call for Proposals: The Innovative Library Classroom, May 2018 in Radford, VA
• Storytime Can Be Social Justice Time, by Natasha Forrester Campbell is a Youth Librarian at the Multnomah County Library
• Call for Proposals: Wrangling Library Data: Analytics, Dashboards, and Spreadsheets
• ALCTS webinar: Update on the RDA 3R Project
• Knowledge Unlatched, scholarly content added to Ebooks Minnesota
• Volunteer for the New ACRL Task Force to Develop Project Outcome for Academic Libraries by November 21
• Stop Sexual Harassment in Your Library: Protecting librarians from inappropriate patrons
• Leading the Green Revolution: Libraries inspire their communities through green initiatives
• Gathering in the Clouds: Libraries and cloud storage
• By the Numbers: Native American Heritage Month Stats about tribal librarianship and service populations
• Qatar opens new state-of-the-art ‘noisy’ library
• Academic journal publishing is headed for a day of reckoning
• We mapped it so you don’t have to: Comparing online data mapping platforms
• A Day in the Life of a Rock ‘n’ Roll Librarian: It’s not all finding secret notes from Keith Richards… but some of it is
• Call for proposals – WILU 2018 “Information Into Action
• Apply Now: ‘Stand Up for Health’ Workshop Stipend for PLA 2018
• Call for Proposals: Makerspaces for Innovation and Research in Academics Conference
• Opportunity to Submit Comments to Department of Education Supporting Libraries
• World Health Organization’s International Clinical Trial Registry Platform (ICTRP) – Survey
• Got a Great Writing Program Idea? In honor of NaNoWriMo, YALSA’s Teen Programming HQ is looking for your best writing programs ideas for the month of November. Do you have any writing programs that you want the HQ to highlight? Head over to the HQ to submit your program. If you need ideas for writing programs, be sure to check out the wonderful programs that are already on the HQ.
• Give a gift of free art books to a friend and help the D.U.C. reach our distribution goal!
• Free Webinar: Using Data to Understand Your Community & Measure Impact
• Planning, Conducting, and Communicating Library Assessment: An Overview (Free Online Program)
• ACRL 2019 Conference Call for Participation
• Apply for the LITA/Library Hi Tech Award for Cutting Edge Tech Education!
• Ready, set… 30 days to go! SLA advocacy conference, Belgrade, Serbia
• CALL: Library Instruction West 2018 Session Proposals

There is a whole world of news happening across the profession. Below are a few links to get you started with some of the exciting things happening in the world of Library Science!

• Libraries Fill the App Gap Encouraging computer science education with the Congressional App Challenge
• Library of Congress Announces Librarians-in-Residence Pilot Program
• Eudora Welty Library reopens to awaiting public
• Handwriting of Martin Luther discovered in Emory’s Pitts Library
• CAF Red Tail Squadron Launches Virtual Museum to Honor Tuskegee Airmen
• Invercargill Library goes viral with Kardashian-inspired photo
• Do you know or could you be the next recipient of the Routledge Distance Learning Librarianship Conference Sponsorship Award? Win an award? Eat beignets? Would $1200 help you or a colleague travel to ALA 2018?
• Scholarships for 2018 Library Technology Conference
• ALA files comments to Department of Homeland Security Concerning Collection of Social Media Data from Immigrants
• Please consider applying for the “Autism Welcome Here: Library Programs, Services and More” grant. Applications are now being accepted through December 1, 2017.
• Help a library doctoral student! Academic Liaison Librarian Survey – Invitation to Participate
• PRIMO: Peer-Reviewed Instruction Materials Online
• RUSA Award for Excellence in Reference and Adult Services: Call for Nominations
• ECRL staff gather to recharge and learn at All Staff Development Day 2017
• Intellectual Freedom News
• Policy Corps: A New Generation of Advocacy
• Why did Biloxi pull ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ from the 8th grade lesson plan?
• How one local librarian made all the difference to a 6-year-old recovering from a concussion
• Vermont Librarian Sues Equifax Over Massive Data Breach
• Library and WGBH Celebrate 50 Years of Preserving Public TV and Radio
• Internet Archive: Books from 1923 to 1941 Now Liberated!
• GCPL & SJSU Announce New Innovative Librarians Award

 There is a whole world of news happening across the profession. Below are a few links to get you started with some of the exciting things happening in the world of Library Science!

• Oregon Library Association Quarterly journal (latest edition)
• Calling all Minnesota library employees! “We are seeking poetry, short fiction, or art created by Minnesota library employees to publish a Pressbook anthology of creative works by our Minnesota library community. All public, academic, special, and K-12 library employees are welcome to submit their work.”
• Indianapolis Public Library reveals contents from a 100-year-old time capsule
• Now rescue N.Y.’s library branches
• At Boston Public Library, a new outreach position for the homeless
• UW-Parkside library named Wisconsin ‘Library of the year’
• Revamped Colorado College Library Packs a Sustainability Wallop
• College library hosts reading during Banned Books Week
• 85-year-old cycles from home to library every day
• Delbarton man, teen set fire in old Burch High School library
• Social-media ‘evangelist’ named school librarian of the year
• Social influences on avid book readers examined in new School Library Research article
• New workshop: Developing Effective Community Partnerships
• PLA and United for Libraries to host Oct. 17 webinar on ‘Troubled Library Boards’
• ACRL seeks nominations for 2018 awards recognizing outstanding achievements in academic librarianship
• LLAMA Webinar Explores Evidence-Based Advocacy for Public Libraries
• Public libraries highlight cyber security awareness in October
• ‘Friend Your Library’ materials now available at no cost to United for Libraries statewide group members
• Get ready to celebrate International Games Week 2017 – October 29 – November 4, 2017
• Small/rural public libraries invited to apply for stipends for dialogue and deliberation workshop at 2018 ALA Annual Conference
• Mainland Libraries Aid Maria Victims with Money, Mapathons
• New Article by Two University of Georgia Librarians Provides a Comparison of Online Data Mapping Platforms
• Library Freedom Institute to Launch Train-the-Trainers Course on Internet Privacy, Security
• How Design Can Tell Your Unique Story
• Engaging Reluctant Readers in Your Library
• Navigating Research: How Academic Users Understand, Discover, and Utilize Reference Resources

There is a whole world of news happening across the profession. Below are a few links to get you started with some of the exciting things happening in the world of Library Science!

• The Tiny Welsh Town Of A Million Books
• ALA Intellectual Freedom News 9/29/2017
• Rebuilding Communities after Disasters: How libraries are connecting patrons to support, aid, resources
• Acceptance and Inclusion: A library transforming community in Canada
• Wichita district not buying transgender novel for elementary schools
• Immigrant rights event canceled after threats to Arlington Heights library
• Emerging Leader update: Three service challenges as an early-career librarian
• Lights On Afterschool Library-Afterschool Partnerships
• Academic Outreach Online Roundtable Discussions: Library Outreach in Civic Engagement
• Why Do Comics Get Challenged?
• Hate crime victims can use new free web application to get help
• Hacking Parenthood in Library School: When You’re New to Parenting
• PLA in Africa: Collaborating on global library leadership training

• Man banned from Cincinnati Library shows up at news conference announcing apology, receives apology

• Books Behind Bars

• Call for Nominations: Miriam Dudley Instruction Librarian of the Year Award
• National Information Standards Organization (NISO) announces the publication of a new Technical Report, NISO TR-06-2017, Issues in Vocabulary Management
• ER&L Pre-Conference Workshop: From Stumbling Blocks to Building Blocks: Scholarly Communication Essentials
• Survey on Generational Stereotypes in Academic Libraries
• Designing for Digital 2018 Call for Proposals Open
• Librarians report: Dungeons and Dragons in the Library
• Marvel Studios STEM Challenge
• Samsung STEAM Competition
• LLAMA Webinar Explores 21st Century Library Ethics
• ALSC Notable Children’s Recordings – 2017
• Code4Lib 2018 Call for Proposals
• Order Minitex Promotional Materials

There is a whole world of news happening across the profession. Below are a few links to get you started with some of the exciting things happening in the world of Library Science!

• After 7 years without a library, Detroit school gets one with Pistons’ help
• American librarians explore the profession 90 miles from US shores 
• ALA Intellectual Freedom News 9/22/2017
• Project Welcome: Libraries planning for resettlement and integration of refugees
• Your Efforts Are Helping to #saveIMLS
• Disaster Recovery for School Libraries
• Keeping Up With… The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
• In Foxboro, library exhibit on censorship is censored
• Jefferson County administrators consider banning classic novel
• ALA will accept donations to support library relief efforts in the Caribbean islands, Mexico and Puerto Rico
• Additional information regarding local funds established for Florida and Texas libraries is available
• Registration is open for #TIES17 “What’s Your Story?”
• 3D Printing technology comes of age
• Librarian’s Journey Raises Money for Refugee Library
• Library Launches labs.loc.gov: New Online Space Designed to Empower Exploration and Discovery of Digital Collections
• The Librarian as Educational Leader: New outlooks for school library success
• Paul McCartney dances with a librarian!
• New Teen Literacies Toolkit!
• 2018 Summer Learning Program Grants
• Registration is now open for the 2017 Public Innovators Lab for Libraries, an intensive training from ALA and The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation to help libraries lead positive change in their communities
• For a comprehensive listing of Association of Library Collections and Technical Services continuing education offerings, view the ALCTS Online Learning Calendar
• Will You Join Us? Annual Minnetonka Site Visits Oct. 27 & Apr. 5Register today!
• Journal of New Librarianship vol2#1 is published