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Library Group Launches Accessibility Grant Program 

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The American Library Association’s $7 million fund is designed to support libraries in small and rural communities. The American Library Association has adapted one of its long-running programs to support accessibility needs at small-town and rural libraries. Among the recipients are a library in Bessemer, Penn.,

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Private-Public Collaborative Group Advocates for Library Funding

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Through the Corporate Committee for Library Investment, organizations and businesses are banding together to help protect and secure federal funding for America’s libraries. Libraries are thus very much critical national infrastructure: ubiquitous, indispensable, and economically essential.”.

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Library Groups Say LinkedIn Policy Changes Could Violate Users’ Privacy

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Library patrons have long had access to resources from Lynda.com, now known as LinkedIn Learning. But library organizations warn that a platform policy change could violate both patrons’ privacy and librarians’ ethics code. Until now, library patrons could access the courses with only a library card number, according to ZDNet.

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Conference Circuit: American Association of Law Libraries

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The American Association of Law Libraries’ 2019 Annual Meeting & Conference begins this weekend in Washington, DC. Organization: American Association of Law Libraries. Attendees have the chance to tour local library institutions during their time in DC. Rundown Attendees: 1,400. Exhibitors: 80 plus. Sessions: 70.

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Higher Logic Acquires Kavi: Powerful Collaboration for Thriving Communities

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It has the capability to improve long-term document collaboration for any committee, working group, task force, or organization, and this tool is a natural fit for Higher Logic’s already strong community platform offering. Community and Collaboration.

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ASAE Research Foundation Announces 2022 Recipient of Sal Martino Grant for DEI Research

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The 2022 selection committee congratulates Dr. AbouAssi as the recipient of this year’s Sal Martino Grant for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Research,” said Gary Roebuck, CAE, Scholarly Research Grant Program (STGP) Steering Committee Chair and Deputy Executive Director, Association of Research Libraries.

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What Race for Relevance Inadvertently Taught Me About Committees

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What Race for Relevance Inadvertently Taught Me About Committees. Strong post from association executive Eric Lanke (on his own blog) about how committees can and should be used in a modern, progressive, professional association. Association for Rural and Small Libraries. Chief Officers of State Library Agencies.