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August 14, 2018 200 × 300 Future Strategies

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Patrons of the Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Public Library will soon have access to tools and resources toward living a healthier lifestyle as part of a new pilot program. A $50,000 grant to the Iowa Department of Health from Telligen Community Initiative is funding a “Harnessing the Power of Iowa Libraries” program. Cedar Rapids is one of the first libraries where it will be tested. Library Director Dara Schmidt said they are looking at integrating a social or community health worker into library hours, offering cooking and nutrition classes, and lending wellness equipment.
KCRG-TV, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Jan. 22
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Jamie Gregory writes: “It’s certainly nothing new for a sex education book to be challenged in school and public library systems. It’s Perfectly Normal by Robie Harris and Michael Emberley has been on the hit list for almost two decades. But the underlying problems parents and politicians have with sex ed in public schools is concerning when incongruously paired with a growing emphasis on educating students against disinformation. This past summer, the Arizona Department of Education met to discuss some proposed changes to sex-ed instruction, which is already pretty vague in that state.”
Intellectual Freedom Blog, Jan. 20
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John E. Ulmschneider, dean of libraries and university librarian at Virginia Commonwealth University, is the 2020 ACRL Academic/Research Librarian of the Year. The award, sponsored by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO, recognizes an outstanding member of the library profession who has made a significant national or international contribution to academic or research librarianship and library development. Ulmschneider will receive a $5,000 award on June 27 during the ACRL President’s Program at the 2020 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago.
ACRL Insider, Jan. 22
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ALSC has awarded its 2020 Maureen Hayes Author/Illustrator Visit Award to the Algonquin Area (Ill.) Public Library. The award, sponsored by Simon and Schuster Children’s Publishing, is designed to provide up to $4,000 to an ALSC member’s library to fund a visit from an author or illustrator who will speak to children who might otherwise not have had the opportunity to hear one. The library will be celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2020, and they are planning to bring in Bob Shea, who has written and illustrated more than 20 picture books including Dinosaur vs. Bedtime and Unicorn Thinks He’s Pretty Great,
ALSC, Jan. 22
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ALA has issued an updated Libraries’ Guide to the 2020 Census, the premier resource to prepare libraries for the decennial count of every person living in the United States. With support from ALA’s 2020 Census Library Outreach and Education Task Force, ALA teamed with the Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality to develop the guide, which includes an expanded list of frequently asked questions and a timeline of key Census dates. To download other resources and subscribe to ALA’s 2020 Census newsletter, visit ALA’s 2020 Census web page.
ALA Public Policy and Advocacy Office, Jan. 21
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The United for Libraries Institute: Friends, Foundations, and Trustees event will be livestreamed on January 25 during the 2020 ALA Midwinter Meeting. New York Times bestselling author and podcaster Gretchen Rubin (The Four Tendencies, “Happier with Gretchen Rubin”) will deliver the keynote address. In-person event registration begins at 12:30 p.m. Eastern; livestreaming will be 1–4 p.m. Registration to join the livestream is free. Download the agenda for the institute online.
United for Libraries, Jan. 21
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ALA released a statement on January 21 regarding the National Archive’s efforts to alter photographs that include protest signs unflattering to our current administration. Such an act is a violation of the Library Bill of Rights. The Interpretation on Expurgation of Library Resources defines this specific violation as any deletion, excision, alteration, editing, or obliteration of any part of a library resource by administrators, employees, governing authorities, parent institutions, or third-party vendors when done for the purposes of censorship.
ALA Communications and Marketing Office, Jan. 21

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