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Longtime ALA Member Norman Horrocks Dies at 82
October 15, 2010
Pakistan Libraries Struggle with Image, Technology, Politics, and Disaster
October 12, 2010
Major Changes in Place for ALA Conference Services
October 4, 2010
Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernandez on Libraries (full interview)

Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernández and First Lady Margarita Cedeño de Fernández visited ALA October 1 in hopes of starting a relationship between the libraries and librarians of the two countries.
October 4, 2010
Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernandez on Libraries (edited)

Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernandez and First Lady Margarita Cedeno de Fernandez visited ALA October 1 in hopes of starting a relationship between the libraries and librarians of the two countries.
October 4, 2010
Rupert Grint’s Shocking Book Choice for Potter READ Poster
October 1, 2010
Saad Eskander, Iraq National Library and Archives Director: An Audio Interview from Baghdad

On September 13, American Libraries editor Leonard Kniffel spoke by phone with Saad Eskander, director of the Iraq National Library and Archives. The conversation, covering President Obama's announcement of the pullout of U.S. combat troops from Iraq, the progress made in rebuilding the library, and the mood of the people of Baghdad.
October 1, 2010
Dominican Republic President Consults with ALA on Library Development
October 1, 2010
Exhibitors Warned to Avoid Conference Housing Poachers
October 1, 2010
Advocacy Gets a Payday
September 29, 2010
Roberta Stevens at the Banned Books Read-Out

ALA President Roberta Stevens' opening remarks at the 2010 ALA Banned Books Read-Out, held September 25 at Chicago's Bughouse Square.
September 27, 2010
Banned Books Read-Aloud Draws Crowd to Chicago’s Historic Bughouse Square
September 27, 2010

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Angela Hursh writes: “Libraries have great stories to tell. But getting the media to listen isn’t always easy. Here are the top 10 practical tips that Leslie Marinelli, communications manager at Forsyth County (Ga.) Public Library; Ray Holley, communications manager at Sonoma County (Calif.) Library; and I shared [at a recent online panel] for getting your library into the news.”

Super Library Marketing, June 30
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Pranay Parab writes: “I’ve mostly been really happy with my M1 MacBook Air, which I’ve been using for nearly three years now. However, I regret not going for the variant with 16GB of RAM. The newer laptop still occasionally slows down when I open too many browser tabs. Luckily, I did some troubleshooting and fixed the problem, and I’m here to share what I’ve learned with you. So, if Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Safari or other browsers are slowing down on your computer, try some of these tips to nip that problem in the bud.”

Lifehacker, June 26
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Victoria Cox writes: “LaRue County (Ky.) Board of Education heard both criticism and praise last week when members were asked to remove 14 books from the high school library. Although the vote was split, the board ultimately refused to ban the books, citing the need to uphold the constitutional rights of students” by a 4–1 vote. Books the board considered include The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison, The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood; Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi; Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas, and The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini.

LaRue County (Ky.) Herald News, June 25
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Jennifer A. Keach, Jenne M. Klotz, and Galen J. Talis write: “Library leaders at all levels are well-placed to create opportunities for joy in their organizations and to model how to do so with nuance and balance. Toward that end, we explored the multidisciplinary literature and compiled an annotated bibliography for leaders who wish to support joy within groups, organizational change agents who want to create equitable conditions for joy in the workplace, and readers seeking to develop their personal practice of joy. We provide a guide exploring five themes: defining joy, finding individual joy, work and organizational joy, empowering change with joy, and joy-adjacent emotions.”

Library Leadership and Management, June 30
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David Vickers Loertscher and Michelle Young write: “This tutorial introduces school librarians to the use of data visualization tools for documenting and communicating their impact on teaching and learning. By leveraging accessible platforms like Google Forms and Google Sheets, the authors demonstrate how librarians can build dashboards and real-time visual reports to showcase co-teaching, instructional collaboration, and student engagement. The tutorial features real-world examples, highlights common data sources already available to librarians, and argues that dynamic visual storytelling is a powerful alternative to traditional library statistics.”

Learning Hub, June 25
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Robin Camille Davis writes: “It wasn’t until seven years into my career as a user experience librarian that I realized I’d been accidentally excluding a sizable segment of users from my user research. Interviews, surveys, and usability studies favor people who are gifted at oral and written communication. What about people who are more gifted at visual communication? In the context of user research, this participatory design invites participants to design their own response to a given prompt.”

Choice 360 LibTech Insights, June 30
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Stories from communities nationwide come to life on ALA’s new Show Up for Our Libraries interactive site map. The stories illustrate the real-life consequences of potential funding cuts to rural, research, city, state, and university library programs and, in turn, to the hundreds of millions of library users across the country. Services such as summer reading programs, telehealth resources, interlibrary loan, and ebooks have all been affected. ALA collected the stories in conversation with patrons, library professionals, and advocates across the country to better understand the impact of federal funding cuts since the President’s executive order to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

ALA Public Policy and Advocacy Office, June 25

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