The Scoop

Top Ten Tweets–Monday (Day 4)
By Crystal Carrazco | February 13, 2018
Bill Nye the Author Guy

Closing Session speakers Nye and Gregory Mone see reading and science as empowerment
By Terra Dankowski | February 13, 2018
Stories of Sustainability

Librarians explore different strategies for a changing world
By Terra Dankowski | February 13, 2018
Making Video Content Accessible

ALCTS Forum focuses on captions and transcripts
By George M. Eberhart | February 13, 2018
ALA President Issues Statement on White House Budget
February 13, 2018
“The Change Starts With Us”

How Denver Public Library is meeting the needs of a changing community
By Miranda Doran-Myers | February 12, 2018
Teaching Patrons Dollars and Sense

Librarians get programming and partnership tips for Money Smart Week
By Terra Dankowski | February 12, 2018
Council II Discusses ALA Reorganization Ideas
By Amy Carlton | February 12, 2018
Top Ten Tweets–Sunday (Day 3)
By Crystal Carrazco | February 12, 2018
Are Libraries Neutral?

President’s Program tackles heavy subject from multiple angles
By Amy Carlton | February 12, 2018
“Every Person Matters”

Criminal justice reformer keynotes King Sunrise Celebration
By Sanhita SinhaRoy | February 12, 2018
“Millennials Aren’t Better, Just Different!”

Millennial library managers discuss how new leadership is changing libraries
By Miranda Doran-Myers | February 12, 2018

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Andy Peters writes: “A recent trend in mixed-use developments is to center the project on a distinctive property to provide a sense of character and place, be it a sports stadium or a historic structure. One Texas town is taking a different page from that book. In the growing Austin, Texas, suburb of Cedar Park, city leaders and their private development partner chose a new library as its central focus. Other cities are considering whether to make a library a central point in redevelopment efforts.”

CoStar News, Dec. 31
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The US District Court for the Western District of Arkansas declared Arkansas Act 372 unconstitutional December 23 in an opinion indicating that the law is overbroad and void for vagueness. The law would have subjected librarians and bookstore owners to criminal prosecution for making materials available on library and bookstore shelves that could be deemed harmful to younger minors, and mandated a procedure in public libraries whereby individuals may challenge books based on “appropriateness” (an undefined term). The ruling came in response to a lawsuit filed by a coalition that included Arkansas libraries, ALA’s Freedom to Read Foundation, authors, publishers, booksellers, librarians, and readers. Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin said he will appeal the ruling.

ALA Public Policy and Advocacy Office, Dec. 23; Associated Press, Dec. 23
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Cindy Hohl writes: “A tradition of many Native American tribes is to observe the winter count—a visual record that depicts the important events of the year. An elder acts as a historian, chosen by the people to act as the recorder of the year’s activities as they select the top memory that will tell the story of their people. We as library workers may also recall the many special memories experienced by our staff members and patrons. What favorite memory—personal or professional—would you add to the list?”

American Libraries column, Jan./Feb.
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As 2024 comes to a close and we look ahead, Call Number with American Libraries reflects on the important work of librarians and our beloved institutions. In Episode 99, the Call Number team presents exclusive clips from conversations with authors we interviewed this past year, including Hanif Abdurraqib, Kwame Alexander, Connie Chung, Kate DiCamillo, Max Greenfield, Vashti Harrison, Maggie Nichols, and Jesús Trejo. They each talked to us about the role that books, libraries, and library workers have played in their lives.

AL: The Scoop, Dec. 18
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American Libraries’ annual roundup looks back at the news that affected libraries and the library profession in 2024. State bans on book bans, the Internet Archive’s copyright lawsuit, artificial intelligence, cyberattacks targeting several library systems, and ALA’s newly revised Core Values are among the most significant issues and events identified by AL editors in the past twelve months.

American Libraries feature, Jan./Feb.
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Year-end “best of” lists are a common phenomenon, and many libraries have created lists of staff or patron picks of their favorite reads of the year. See staff picks from Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Seattle Public Library, Kent (Mich.) District Library, Los Angeles Public Library, New York Public Library, Chicago Public Library, Farmington (Conn.) Libraries, and King County (Wash.) Library System. Seattle Public Library and Kent (Mich.) District Library have also released lists of patron favorites

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Dec. 11; Seattle Public Library; Kent (Mich.) District Library, Nov. 20, Dec. 13; Los Angeles Public Library, Dec. 16; New York Public Library, Nov. 26; Chicago Public Library, Nov. 18; Farmington (Conn.) Libraries, Dec. 6; King County (Wash.) Library System; Seattle Times, Dec. 17
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The Library of Congress announced 25 additions to the National Film Registry December 17. The new selections date back nearly 130 years and include a diverse group of films, filmmakers, and Hollywood landmarks. The selections range from Annabelle Serpentine Dance, a silent film created to entice audiences at the dawn of cinema in 1895 to the 2010 film The Social Network. Films are selected for their cultural, historic, or aesthetic importance, and this year’s selections bring the number of films in the registry to 900.

Library of Congress, Dec. 17