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Submit your project to the 2015 Library Design Showcase
ALA News
MOOC: Library Advocacy Unshushed
FTRF celebration in Salt Lake City for Emily Wheelock Reed
Midwinter Meeting News
Cartoonist Jeff Smith to highlight FTRF author event
New products and events at the ALA Store
A drone’s-eye-view of a wintry Chicago
Chicago local news reporters’ favorite pizza picks
Division News
First-ever Día Get Together Facebook Chat, January 15
Awards & Grants
Deadline extended for National Library Week Grant
2015 Pacific Northwest Book Awards
Libraries in the News
Ferguson Library’s #BecauseOfaPublicLibrary hashtag
Appoquinimink book policy draws complaints
Mayor de Blasio introduces NYC ID card at Flushing Library
Notre Dame begins Hesburgh Library renovation
Lawsuit: Prison librarian shot rubber bands at inmate
Charlie Hebdo editor: There will be a paper
IFLA releases statement on Charlie Hebdo attack
National Library of Ireland struggles with funding
Issues
President Obama’s privacy priorities
Celebrate Fair Use Week, February 23–27
Tech Talk
Calgary Public Library launches app to replace library cards
Yes, Microsoft still supports Windows 7
Storing information until the end of time
E-Content
DPLAfest in Indianapolis, April 17–18
Macmillan joins Oyster and Scribd
British Library’s historic sound collections need digitizing
Books & Reading
An analysis of Time‘s 100 best books for young adults
YA characters doing what they love to do
Reblog Book Club selection: Vivian Apple at the End of the World
Bible proposed as Mississippi’s official state book
The dictionary in the digital age
10 belief systems spawned by works of fiction
Tips & Ideas
Five lessons for library Vote YES campaigns
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