September/October 2019
THE MAGAZINE OF THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
2019 LIBRARY DESIGN SHOWCASE p. 32
Self-Service Libraries p. 48 Construction Case Studies p. 42
PLUS: Firefighting Librarian, ALA Award Winners, The Buzz on Beekeeping
September/October 2019
American Libraries | Volume 50 #9/10 | ISSN 0002-9769
COVER STORY 32 2019 Library Design Showcase Our annual celebration of new and renovated libraries BY Phil Morehart
42 FEATURES 24 2019 ALA Award Winners Honoring excellence and leadership in the profession 40 ALA/AIA Library 24 Building Awards A look at the 2019 winners 42 How to Build a Library From funding to architects to civic buy-in, what it takes to complete a new construction project BY Terra Dankowski 48 Automatic for the People Are self-service libraries a threat to 52 the profession or an opportunity to better serve patrons? BY Claire Zulkey 52 Up to the Challenge Dealing with school library book challenges before they happen 48 BY Mona Kerby
ON THE COVER: Richland Library Main in Columbia, South Carolina. Photo: Garrett Rowland 20 18
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UP FRONT TRENDS PERSPECTIVES 3 From the 14 File under Bee IN PRACTICE Editor Libraries open up to beekeeping 56 Process Matters in Design Breaking BY Rachel Chance BY Meredith Farkas New Ground 18 Lending a Hand DISPATCHES BY Sanhita SinhaRoy Libraries take the lead 57 Preservation as 6 From Our in teaching cursive Risk Management Readers BY Marcus Banks BY Erin Baucom
SPOTLIGHT YOUTH MATTERS ALA 20 Tiny but Mighty 58 Empower Student Voices A 320-square-foot library is having 4 From the BY Joquetta Johnson a big impact on early literacy President BY Macey Snelson ON MY MIND Inclusive by Design 59 Keeping History Alive BY Wanda Kay Brown NEWSMAKER BY Lisa Rand 22 Raina Telgemeier 5 From the Graphic novelist’s Guts-y new Executive SOLUTIONS memoir addresses anxiety in kids Director BY Alison Marcotte 60 Bringing Book Clubs Online Future Destinations Resources for digital book clubs BY Mary Ghikas PLUS 8 Update 15 By the Numbers PEOPLE 17 Global Reach What’s happening 62 Announcements at ALA 23 Noted & Quoted THE BOOKEND 22 64 Sparking a Love for Learning
Connectrac Cover 4 | Edinburgh University Press 55 | Finegold Alexander Architects 35 | MSR: Meyer, Scherer, and Rockcastle 37 | Scannx 11 | San José State University 19 | University of Nebraska 21 American Library Association American Association of School Librarians Cover 3 | American Libraries 55 | Booklist 13 eLearning Solutions 39 | Graphics 16 | JobLIST 31 | Young Adult Library Services Association Cover 2 THE MAGAZINE OF THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
Address: 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611-2795 Website: americanlibrariesmagazine.org Breaking New Ground Email: [email protected] Phone: 800-545-2433 plus extension Career Ads: JobLIST.ala.org n our annual architectural issue, we celebrate bold EDITOR AND PUBLISHER Sanhita SinhaRoy controlled and innovative design. From our cover story (“2019 Describe [email protected] | x4219 chaos Library Design Showcase,” p. 32) to the winners of n MANAGING EDITOR your desig this year’s Library Building Awards (“ALA/AIA Library aesthetic. Terra Dankowski IKEA meets [email protected] | x5282 I Target Building Awards,” p. 40), it’s clear that architecture and SENIOR EDITORS design significantly shape the way communities come Amy Carlton thrifted [email protected] | x5105 mixtape together and interact. Googie George M. Eberhart In “How to Build a Library” (p. 42), Managing Editor [email protected] | x4212 Terra Dankowski profiles three public libraries serv- Phil Morehart Addams [email protected] | x4218 Family ing municipalities of varying sizes, each of which has Sanhita SinhaRoy travel-inspired ASSOCIATE EDITOR opened a new facility within the past three years. These Sallyann Price [email protected] | x4213 libraries are now centerpieces of their communities. EDITOR-AT-LARGE Considering construction? Start here. uninformed yet Anne Ford The debate over self-serve libraries has been around enthusiastic [email protected] mid-century for a few years. What’s new is the foothold these EDITORIAL INTERN Diana Panuncial modern libraries appear to be gaining in the US, as well as [email protected] | x2157 the ongoing question of whether these services will EDITORIAL AND ADVERTISING ASSISTANT eliminate or complement existing staff. In “Automatic Carrie Smith [email protected] | x4216 practical but for the People” (p. 48), Claire Zulkey talks with several disorganized ART DIRECTOR librarians about the pros and cons of these services. warm Rebecca Lomax simplicity [email protected] | x4217 happy Among the many deserving individuals and institu- modern ADVERTISING tions profiled in our annual ALA Awards feature (p. 24), Michael Stack [email protected] | 847-367-7120 one especially stands out: Tyler Magill, stacks liaison at Acceptance of advertising does not constitute endorsement. ALA reserves the right to refuse advertising. University of Virginia’s Alderman Library, who suffered eclectic PUBLISHING DEPARTMENT a stroke after he was struck during the nonviolent Mary Mackay, Associate Executive Director counter protest against the white supremacist rally in Mary Jo Bolduc, Rights, Permissions, Reprints | x5416 From Charlottesville two years ago. Congrats to Magill for MEMBERSHIP repurposed Melissa Kay Walling, Director inspiring winning the biannual Paul Howard Award for Courage. ADVISORY COMMITTEE As school librarians head back to their educational Susan H. Polos (Chair), Helen Ruth Adams, Salvador Avila, ideas to institutions this fall, some will need to equip themselves Crystal Chen, Sonja Eyler, Janie L. Hermann, Jasmina Jusic, Sigrid Kelsey. Committee associate: Rachel Beth Wykle nuts-and- with tools to face book challenges. In “Up to the Chal- Editorial policy: ALA Policy Manual, section A.8.2 lenge” (p. 52), Mona Kerby provides tips to help prevent INDEXED bolts tips, challenges before they happen. The article is an excerpt Available full text from ProQuest, EBSCO Publishing, H. W. Wilson, from An Introduction to Collection Development for LexisNexis, Information Access, JSTOR. our annual SUBSCRIBE School Librarians (ALA Editions/American Association Libraries and other institutions: $74/year, 6 issues, US, Canada, and architectural of School Librarians, 2019). Mexico; foreign: $84. Subscription price for individuals included in ALA membership dues. 800-545-2433 x5108, email membership@ issue has Another school librarian showing heroism: Dinah ala.org, or visit ala.org. Claim missing issues: ALA Member and Wade, who doubles as a volunteer firefighter (Bookend, Customer Service. Allow six weeks. Single issues $7.50, with 30% discount for five or more; contact Carrie Smith, 800-545-2433 x4216 something p. 64). Not only that, but Wade brings fire safety pro- or [email protected] gramming into her library during Fire Prevention Week PUBLISHED for every American Libraries (ISSN 0002-9769) is published 6 times yearly and visits local schools throughout the year, sparking with occasional supplements by the American Library Association design need. partnerships along the way. It’s a perfect match. (ALA). Printed in USA. Periodicals postage paid at Chicago, Illinois, and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Personal members: Send address changes to American Libraries, c/o Membership Records, ALA, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611-2795. ©2019 American Library Association. All rights reserved. No portion of this magazine may be reproduced or republished without written permission from the publisher.
americanlibrariesmagazine.org | September/October 2019 3 from the PRESIDENT
Inclusive by Design Reevaluating physical and virtual spaces to address inequity
n 2017, when librarian J. J. Pionke was eval- This especially resonates with me as I think uating the messages the architecture at the about a chief goal of my presidential year: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to understand the library’s role in addressing Ilibrary sent to students, he realized that social and economic inequity. Is there some wayfinding signage was deeply lacking. This, barrier to access that is preventing the most he understood, could be a possible barrier to vulnerable communities from benefiting from entry for groups that were less likely to use the the resources in our libraries? library, such as students who use wheelchairs Sonja Ervin at Multnomah County (Oreg.) or have social anxiety. Library urges us to consider if the people “When you can navigate a space, whatever who greet our patrons—the librarians and Wanda Kay Brown that space may look like, and you don’t have to library workers—reflect the demographics ask for help and you can do it independently, of the community. When patrons see people that’s confidence-building,” he says. like themselves reflected in the library staff, When we think of some of the foremost she says, the apprehension about using the goals of our profession—advocating for the library can disappear: “Patrons feel like value of libraries, librarians, and library maybe this is a place for me, and they can workers as well as promoting equity, diver- connect with somebody who may have a sity, and inclusion—we often frame them similar experience.” as issues to be addressed by people. But Modern design and architecture make buildings can be influential messengers too, for beautiful photographs, but the work of and the design and architecture of our phys- libraries happens in all kinds of spaces—even ical spaces can send powerful messages to virtual spaces. In Forsyth County, North patrons and the community about the values Carolina, where I live, libraries logged more The housed within. than 1.3 million online visitors in 2017–2018, design and It’s not always easy, especially for those compared with the 1.2 million visitors who of us who work on campuses full of historic entered a physical building. architecture but often unapproachable buildings. And not Digital inclusion—giving people the tools of libraries’ every system has a budget for a new building to not only access technology but to use it—is or renovation project. But there are ways to an increasingly important part of our work physical view any space though a lens of improvement. and an area where librarians and library spaces Indeed, we should always look to evolve to workers can demonstrate enduring value to meet the needs of our communities. their patrons. can send It’s simple enough to ask, “Is my library No matter what small-minded detractors powerful inclusive?” But it’s a hard question to answer may say, libraries have a central place in our honestly. communities and our culture. As long as they messages Pionke recommends doing an accessibil- remain those cornerstones, let’s make sure our about ity walkthrough. “When I do those, I think physical and virtual spaces send welcoming about: What does this space look like for signals to everyone. the values someone who’s four feet tall? What does this space look like for someone who doesn’t have housed WANDA KAY BROWN is director of library ser- any hands? What is this space like for some- vices at C. G. O’Kelly Library at Winston-Salem within. one who can’t see it?” (N.C.) State University.
4 September/October 2019 | americanlibrariesmagazine.org from the EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Future Destinations With the start of the fiscal year, let’s both reflect and look ahead
appy new year! The American Library and the Library Bill of Rights (bit.ly/LibBill)— Association’s (ALA) fiscal year begins define where we want to go and what we want to every September 1, overlapping several be. They are the “why” for ALA’s use of resources: Hother “new years”: the governance year, commitment, time, organizational structure, pro- which begins at the conclusion of Annual Con- cedures, ideas, and, of course, dollars. ference; the calendar year; and, of course, your Collectively, these represent an organizational personal membership year. So why is a new fiscal touchstone as we go about the challenging and year so significant? necessary work of organizational change. They As in our personal lives, a new year is a time also represent a yardstick by which to measure for reflection. We look back at the surprises, effective use of all types of resources. Mary Ghikas successes, and disappointments. We look at how ■ Are we having an impact? we performed inside the Association—and, even ■ How could we accomplish our mission more important, at our impact on libraries, on more effectively? the people who make both the Association and ■ Are we focusing where we ought to? libraries work, and on all the communities served ■ Are we measuring the right things? by libraries. We look at how we use resources to ■ Will the work of change—for staff and further our mission and strategic directions—and members—move us closer to achieving to support our members in the work they do. our mission? In June, we explored questions about the work ■ Are we creating new capabilities— of change going on at ALA, with impacts on the and possibilities? present and future life of the Association. We Each of us brings unique perspectives and thought about the values of persistence; conver- questions to this reflection. sation and context; difference and discovery; and In FY2020, we enter the second year of a three- engagement. These aspects of association life are year investment cycle approved by the ALA Execu- As we reflect important because they help us fulfill our mission tive Board. These investments have been designed and key action areas (bit.ly/AboutALA): to help develop new resources and capabilities to at the start ■ provide collective leadership for the develop- address ALA’s mission and goals. The ALA Budget of this fiscal ment, promotion, and continuous improve- Analysis and Review Committee (BARC), led by ment of libraries of all types in all communities former chair and current ALA Treasurer Maggie year, we ■ develop and nurture a diverse body of library Farrell and former treasurer Susan Hildreth, can each workers, trustees, Friends, and advocates who undertook the task of reviewing metrics. This will make up the living heart of libraries and tie continue in FY2020 with Peter Hepburn as BARC bring unique libraries to communities chair and Farrell as treasurer. perspectives ■ lead the fight for equitable access to informa- This is a collective journey toward a shared tion and for enhanced learning for everyone, mission. As we begin the new fiscal year, it is crit- and questions at every age, with every ability ical that we ask important, sometimes difficult that help us To help achieve this, ALA’s leadership defined questions and seek answers together—respectful four strategic directions, or areas of focus: of one another and our past contributions, and move toward advocacy; information policy; professional and focused on future destinations. our shared leadership development; and equity, diversity, and inclusion. These, along with other framework MARY GHIKAS is executive director of the American mission. policies—such as the Core Values of Librarianship Library Association.
americanlibrariesmagazine.org | September/October 2019 5 from our READERS
Best job title Vocal Support I’ve heard maybe for Assistants ever: “lunar I enjoyed reading “Your Library librarian.” Needs to Speak to You” (June, @LIBRARYATNIGHT p. 34). I was a computer scientist in response to “News- at Adobe. My first real job was maker: Paul Jones” working in the corporate library (AL Online, July 16) of Bell-Northern Research, a telecommunications research and development company. Libraries, I have been working on a voice space, and assistant I call the Library Patron history—three Agent, which has been a labor of my very of love. My prototypes currently work with Alexa, and I am start- favorite things. ing support for Google Assistant. @CHRISTANYC in I have operational versions that response to “To Space can query due dates and renew understand the anger, frustration, secret, its behind-the-scenes Education … and Beyond” booking. I still have far to go and and exhaustion that librarians are pressuring of publishers to (AL Online, July 8) much to learn, but I can tell the feeling in response to the recent reduce library access remains a ability to talk to one’s library changes to models for library largely untouched subject in the system is a wonderful benefit! lending (“The Future of Ebook mainstream press. I can vouch, too, that building Pricing,” The Scoop, July 9). Though publishers have the voice assistants is no trivial or Libraries are the beating heart right to set their own lending simple endeavor. The lack of of the reading ecosystem; as models, they should not have to standards involving patron-facing institutions that grow readers bend to the will of a company APIs makes building assistants and teach people from all walks with unchecked power. Their more difficult. With their expe- of life how to use information relationship with libraries should rience across various cataloging well, they should be able to pur- be allowed to evolve organi- systems, such as the Library of chase popular digital materials in cally, with input from libraries Congress Subject Headings and step with the consumer market themselves and from the library the Dublin Core Metadata Initia- that they help sustain. vendors that partner with them. tive, libraries are well equipped to Publishers as well as agents “What can we do?” is a ques- get into the business of building and writers have heard from tion I have been hearing a lot intent models. Amazon that library lending since ALA’s Annual Conference Andrew Francis is bad for business. The only in Washington, D.C. My answer is Montreal way we will improve access this: Educate yourself and your and fairness for all parties patrons; have frank discussions Market Shift involved—libraries, authors, about how Kindle compatibility is Rattles Industry agents, publishers, readers, feeding a data monster; network I have worked at the intersec- and vendors—is through a true with writers in your community tion of libraries, publishing, public dialogue. While Amazon’s so they understand what’s at and content for 20 years, and I monopolistic behaviors are no stake; and consider joining the
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Association of American Pub- If this change doesn’t benefit What You’re Reading lishers (AAP) in its movement to libraries, whom does it benefit? spark federal intervention. AAP’s I surmise the arguments in favor Battling Information Illiteracy See how criticisms of Amazon’s modus are financial, since writer royalties misinformation affects the future of policy in operandi in its recent Federal increase with sales. Do higher 1 this ALA Editions excerpt. bit.ly/AL-misinfo Trade Commission filing should prices for libraries translate into Newsmaker: George Takei The actor, author, be required reading for directors higher royalties for authors? If and activist shares lessons from a childhood and librarians in the trenches. so, this should drive more library spent in WWII internment camps. bit.ly/AL-Takei Heather McCormack sales, not less. 2 St. Paul, Minnesota Delaying access to libraries will International Innovators Read about the The latest news about the future only result in fewer purchases, four forward-thinking global libraries that of digital items in libraries made and since libraries are some of won this year’s ALA Presidential Citation. me go on a Twitter rant, thinking the biggest promoters of 3 bit.ly/ALAinnovators19 about how the approaches over mid- and backlist titles, it would the last few years have still not be better to end embargoes resulted in an equitable balance of new materials and leverage in library pricing. Over time, libraries’ position as advocates In Case You Missed It publishers have played with dif- for reading. Libraries hold the Dewey Decibel Podcast: 50 Years of the ferent models, making changes long tail in introducing con- Coretta Scott King (CSK) Book Awards Our in pricing and length of licensing, sumers to authors and their panel discussion with five past CSK winners and hon- and even preventing sales to works—why block that? orees, recorded live at ALA’s 2019 Annual Conference libraries outright. This constricts As a librarian and a reader, and Exhibition in Washington, D.C. bit.ly/AL-CSKpodcast access for libraries and impedes I love being able to access my collection development at a time favorite authors and publishers Possible Threat to the E-Rate Program The when digital materials are as in from my library. Hopefully we Federal Communications Commission may cap the demand as print. Also, it leaves can reinvigorate conversations on Universal Service Fund, which supports E-Rate and us in the awkward position of access to digital materials with other programs that provide affordable internet access having to communicate these ALA back in the ring. to low-income and rural areas. bit.ly/AL-ERateThreat changes to patrons. Kristi Chadwick Florence, Massachusetts Newsmaker: Mo Rocca The jour- Publishers’ ebook leasing models nalist and author talks obituaries, ref- Fascinating story are a direct threat to libraries. erence books, and his most formative on an unlikely role for They are a barrier to access and job. bit.ly/AL-Rocca a #library: “When difficult to explain to our users. ALA’s plans to reestablish a work- Newsmaker: Linda Holmes NPR’s podcast host Andrew Chanse, ing group to address these issues and first-time novelist discusses storytelling, genre, executive director of is a good start. and the role of librarians in the cultural conversation. bit.ly/AL-Holmes Spokane (Wash.) Public I hope ALA and publish- ers can come to some sort of Library, got a phone a compromise or at least be call in 2013 requesting willing to experiment with new Coming Soon leasing models. Librarians want Check The Scoop for coverage of YALSA’s 2019 that his library host to connect authors with new Young Adult Services Symposium (Nov. 1–3 in Mem- a community court, audiences, but the restrictions phis, Tennessee) and AASL’s National Conference publishers have placed on ebook he wasn’t sure what and Exhibition (Nov. 14–16 in Louisville, Kentucky). access are making this fiscally to think.” impossible. @TECHSOUP4LIBS in response to Erin Shea “Courting Libraries” (June, p. 16) Stamford, Connecticut AMERICANLIBRARIESMAGAZINE.ORG
americanlibrariesmagazine.org | September/October 2019 7 ALA Welcomes Supreme Court Ruling on Census Citizenship Question n June 27, the Supreme Court issued a 5–4 ruling in addition of the question on the 2020 Census form, as most Department of Commerce v. New York, temporarily recently argued in ALA’s amicus curiae brief in this case.” Oblocking the Commerce Department from adding ALA will continue to work in partnership with civil and a citizenship question to the 2020 Census. The court ruled human rights organizations to review the implications of the that the reasoning the government provided for adding the case and actively advocate for a fair, accurate, and inclusive question was pretextual—it did not match the Department of census, Brown said. Commerce’s reasoning at the time the decision was made to On July 11, President Trump announced that his administra- include a citizenship question. tion would no longer pursue adding a citizenship question to “We welcome the Supreme Court’s decision to at least the 2020 Census. temporarily block the addition of the question,” said Ameri- Updated and expanded information about libraries and can Library Association (ALA) President Wanda Kay Brown in the census, including ALA’s free Libraries’ Guide to the 2020 a concurrent statement. “ALA has consistently opposed the Census, is available at ala.org/census. •
Deadline for Committee E-Rate and other programs that provide 2019 Accreditation Decisions Volunteers Nears affordable internet access to low-income ALA’s Committee on Accreditation has Members interested in volunteering and rural areas. announced accreditation actions taken on ALA, Council, and joint commit- In its comments to the FCC, ALA at the 2019 ALA Annual Conference and tees for the 2020–2022 term—which opposed placing a funding cap on USF Exhibition in Washington, D.C. begins July 1, 2020—must com- out of concern that it could result in a Continued accreditation status was plete and submit the form at bit.ly/ future funding deficiency and force USF granted to the following programs, with ALACommitteeVol by September 30. programs to compete with each other. the next comprehensive review visit Forms received after this date will be The FCC is likely to make a ruling in the scheduled for spring 2026: considered for the following term. next several months. ALA will follow this ■ master of information science and ALA President-Elect Julius C. Jefferson issue closely and continue to advocate for master of library science at Indiana Jr. will make committee appointments predictable and adequate funding for the University, Bloomington in consultation with the Committee E-Rate program, according to a July 28 ■ master of library science at Indi- on Appointments and the Committee press release. ana University–Purdue University, on Committees. Appointments will be Indianapolis completed by the 2020 ALA Midwinter 2020 ALA Annual Program ■ master of library and information Meeting & Exhibits in Philadelphia, with Proposals Due science at University of Southern appointees notified in spring 2020. ALA Conference Services is accepting Mississippi program proposals for the 2020 ALA Initial accreditation status was ALA Opposes Potential Annual Conference and Exhibition in granted to the master of science in library E-Rate Funding Cap Chicago. Proposals for all ALA divisions, and information science at Chicago State On July 28, ALA submitted comments round tables, committees, and offices will University, with the next review visit to to the Federal Communications Com- be accepted through September 10 with take place in spring 2026. mission (FCC) on its May 31 Notice of final decisions made in early December. The master of library and informa- Proposed Rulemaking that seeks infor- For more information and to submit a tion science program at Louisiana State mation about placing an overall funding proposal, visit bit.ly/ALAAC20-propose. University’s status was changed from cap on the Universal Service Fund ALA account information is required to continued to conditional, with the next (USF). USF is the fund that supports access the submission site. review visit scheduled for spring 2022.
8 September/October 2019 | americanlibrariesmagazine.org SEPT. Library Card Sign-Up Month ALA Releases Findings from ala.org/librarycardsignup SEPT. 22–28 Public Programming Study Banned Books Week LA has released “National Impact of Library ala.org/bbooks Public Programs Assessment (NILPPA), SEPT. 25 APhase 1: A White Paper on the Dimensions Banned Websites of Library Programs and the Skills and Training for Awareness Day Library Program Professionals.” The report outlines the ala.org/aasl/advocacy/bwad
findings of a two-year, Institute of Museum and Library OCT. 20–26 Services–funded research study that explored the National Friends of characteristics, audiences, outcomes, and value of US Libraries Week library programming and the competencies required bit.ly/alafolweek to succeed in the field. OCT. 21–27 In collaboration with social science think tank New Knowledge Organiza- Open Access Week tion, researchers studied the current landscape of library public programming, openaccessweek.org including program types, topics, formats, audiences, and partner relationships, and identified the skills required to create effective and excellent programs. The NOV. 1–3 research also explores existing pathways to programming competencies for YALSA’s Young Adult Services library workers, as well as opportunities that may exist in formal and informal Symposium | Memphis, Tennessee skills acquisition. ala.org/yalsa/yasymposium The first half of the white paper introduces a library program categorization NOV. 3–9 framework that identifies the four primary dimensions and further subdimen- International Games Week sions of library programs. The second half of the report names nine core library games.ala.org programming competency areas—knowledge of the community, interpersonal NOV. 14–16 skills, creativity, content knowledge, evaluation, financial skills, outreach and AASL National Conference and marketing, event planning, and organizational skills—that encompass the skill Exhibition | Louisville, Kentucky set required of library programming professionals. national.aasl.org Library professionals and others are invited to read and share feedback on the white paper at nilppa.org. JAN. 24–28 • ALA Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits | Philadelphia alamidwinter.org
Candidacy status was granted to the of librarians working in public, school, FEB. 25–29 master of arts in library and information college, community college, or univer- Public Library Association studies program at University College sity libraries. Conference | Nashville, Tennessee London, with a comprehensive review Ten librarians will receive $5,000, a placonference.org visit scheduled for spring 2022. plaque, and a travel stipend to attend the APR. A complete list of programs and I Love My Librarian Award ceremony on School Library Month degrees accredited by ALA can be found January 25 during the 2020 ALA Midwin- ala.org/aasl/slm at bit.ly/ALA-accredited. ter Meeting & Exhibits in Philadelphia. Nominations are being accepted APR. 4–11 I Love My Librarian Award at ilovelibraries.org/lovemylibrarian Money Smart Week Nominations Open through October 21. To be eligible, moneysmartweek.org Library users can now nominate their nominees must hold a master’s degree JUNE 25–30 favorite librarians for the I Love My in library and information studies from 2020 ALA Annual Conference Librarian Award, which recognizes an ALA-accredited program or a master’s and Exhibition | Chicago outstanding public service contributions degree with a specialty in school library bit.ly/ALAUpcomingConfs
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media from a program accredited by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education. Nominees must New Macmillan Lending also work in a public library, a library at an accredited two- or four-year college Model Denounced by ALA or university, or at an accredited K–12 n July 25, Macmillan Publishers announced a new library ebook lend- school in the United States. ing model, in which a library may purchase one copy upon release of a Onew title in ebook format, and the publisher will impose an eight-week Lois Ann Gregory-Wood embargo on additional copies of that title sold to libraries. Fellowship Program Launches “Macmillan Publishers’ new model for library ebook lending will make it difficult ALA has opened applications for its for libraries to fulfill our central mission: ensuring access to information for all,” inaugural Lois Ann Gregory-Wood said ALA President Wanda Kay Brown in a concurrent statement. “When a library Fellows Program. During the first year serving many thousands has only a single copy of a new title in ebook format, it’s of the award, one individual will receive the library—not the publisher—that feels the heat. $2,500 to cover costs of attending the “ALA urges Macmillan to cancel the embargo,” Brown added. 2020 ALA Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits The new Macmillan lending model is an expansion of a policy that went into in Philadelphia and the 2020 Annual effect in July 2018, when the company issued a four-month embargo on titles Conference and Exhibition in Chicago. from the company’s Tor imprint. At the time, ALA stated that the delay would The fellow will work with a mentor and hurt readers, authors, and libraries. attend various governance meetings Macmillan will decrease its price to $30 for the single initial copy of an ebook during the conferences. which, unlike those from the other Big Five Publishers, will still come with per- Lois Ann Gregory-Wood worked at petual access. After the embargo period, additional copies will be available for ALA for 50 years and served as ALA $60 per copy for two years of access. Council secretariat for 27 years. The “This new embargo is the latest evidence of a troubling trend in the publish- fellows program celebrates her leader- ing industry,” said Brown, adding that ALA is developing a strategy to address ship and accomplishments and seeks to this trend following the model of ALA’s former Digital Content Working Group. encourage understanding and participa- ALA will explore possible avenues to ensure that libraries can provide access to tion in the ALA governance process. information for all, without limitations that undermine libraries’ abilities to serve Each applicant must be an ALA their communities. • member for at least two years and a practicing librarian, full-time library staff member, library trustee or Friend, or board member for at least five years. revised guide provides libraries with a These resources are for community Applicants must also have attended at set of tips about practice and procedures members to share on social media, show least one ALA Annual Conference or regarding service animals in a library. to their boards, include in new-hire train- Midwinter Meeting. ing, and use as general advocacy tools to The deadline for applications is New Videos Explain help ensure that library ideals are upheld. September 30. More information can be Intellectual Freedom Basics found at bit.ly/ALA-lagwf19. ALA’s Intellectual Freedom Round Teens’ Top 10 Giveaway Table (IFRT) has published four videos Recipients Announced ASGCLA Updates Service to engage nonlibrarians in the fight to Sixty libraries will receive a set of Animals Tip Sheet protect intellectual freedom, available at the 2019 Teens’ Top 10 nominee The Association of Specialized, Govern- bit.ly/IFRT-vids19. The brief explainer books, announced by the Young Adult ment, and Cooperative Library Agencies’ videos cover the basics of intellectual Library Services Association (YALSA), (ASGCLA) Accessibility Assembly has freedom, censorship, and privacy for a through funding from the Dollar revised its Service Animals Tipsheet nonlibrary audience, providing key defi- General Literacy Foundation. A full (bit. ly/ASGCLA-sa19). The resource nitions and using everyday language. list of recipients is available at bit.ly/ focuses on the definitions and expecta- The videos were created as part of the YALSATTTgiveaway19. tions of service animals identified in the 2019 Emerging Leaders project spon- This year’s Teens’ Top 10 nominees Americans with Disabilities Act and notes sored by IFRT and showcased at the ALA include 25 teen-acclaimed young adult the differences between support and Annual Conference and Exhibition in titles from many genres. The Top 10 is service animals and their purposes. The Washington, D.C. a teen choice list; teens nominate and
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choose their favorite books from the School Leader Collaborative and a 200th birthday. The dedication cere- previous year. cadre of state-level leaders to facilitate mony took place as part of the Berkshire Nominations are announced during the initiative. AASL leaders and K–12 County Historical Society’s third annual National Library Week in April, and teens administrators will share advocacy Moby Dick Marathon, a four-day event at across the country vote for their favorite plans for school librarians that can be Herman Melville’s home, Arrowhead. titles each year between August 15 and implemented at building, district, state, The Literary Landmark program is the third week of October. and national levels. Administrators will administered by United for Libraries, For ideas and resources on how provide feedback, messaging, and advice and any library or group may apply. to incorporate the Teens’ Top 10 into on strategies. More information is available at bit.ly/ summer learning programs, download the State-level leaders will serve as points LitLandmarks. free toolkit at bit.ly/TeensTopTenToolkit. of contact to initiate activities developed by the school leader collaborative and dis- Bill Morris Seminar AASL Launches School tribute resources the group creates. Lead- Applications Open Administrator Collaborative ers will also identify school librarians in The Association for Library Service to To strengthen its collaboration with their state to present at state or regional Children (ALSC) seeks applications for school administrators, the American school administrator conferences. its seventh biennial “Bill Morris Seminar: Association of School Librarians (AASL) Book Evaluation Training,” to be held is launching a two-year initiative, “AASL Berkshire Athenaeum Gains January 24 during the ALA Midwinter School Leader Collaborative: Administra- Literary Landmark Status Meeting & Exhibits in Philadelphia. tors and School Librarians Transforming On August 1, United for Libraries This invitational seminar, facilitated by Teaching and Learning.” dedicated the Berkshire Athenaeum in members who have served on ALSC’s With support from OverDrive Edu- Pittsfield, Massachusetts, as a Literary media evaluation committees, will train cation, AASL will convene an AASL Landmark in honor of Herman Melville’s new ALSC members as well as those
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