Purchase your tickets now for the #ALA_Carnegie Awards on Saturday, June 29 at 7 p.m. PDT during #ALAAC24 ! The event will kick off with keynote speaker Richard Blanco followed by speeches from winners #AmandaPeters & Roxanna Asgarian, and a book signing🏅📚: bit.ly/3UPuPtM

A few more days to vote for LibraryReads for June; here are a few suggestions:

Happy LibraryReads Day!

To kick off #NationalLibraryWeek , ALA OIF released its annual #BannedBooksList . Find out which books were the most challenged in 2023 and help raise awareness about the freedom to read. bit.ly/ALA-Top10
#UniteAgainstBookBans

Our favorite week of the year starts today!
➡️ Learn more about #NationalLibraryWeek and how you can participate at: ilovelibraries.org/national-libra…
Ready, Set, Celebrate!

Ep is up!

Do you dare join us for the second installment of our 2024 Summer Scares is at @summerscares.bsky.social panel series? Things are getting even spookier as we talk with YA authors Kendare Blake, Sara Farizan (is here once a week), & Gretchen McNeil
during this free webinar TOMORROW (3/21). Register now: bit.ly/48N490u

Hooray! LibraryReads Day!

Tomorrow! Free!

Need Readers' Advisory help? Join us 3/14 for a series of FREE workshops focused on building RA skills! Experts in the field will discuss how genres relate to each other, how to talk to patrons about their leisure reading, and more! Register: bit.ly/3SlMt7q

Becky's right! New Corner Shelf newsletter dropped this week!

LibraryReads Day! Woo!

CONGRATULATIONS to all of the authors!

Holllyyyyyyy hell.

This is a PUBLIC LIBRARY.

Autauga-Prattville Library Board banned any books with sexual or LGBTQ content for children 17 and younger, prompting one board member to resign.

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As the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers gear up for Super Bowl LVIII this Sunday, their respective city libraries are teaming up to help protect the freedom to read as part of the Tackle Censorship campaign. #SuperBowlLVIII #bannedbooks bit.ly/3SD2SDp

🚨RESOURCE ALERT🚨Register now for our free readers' advisory workshop on 3/14 to learn from experts in the field about how genres relate to each other, how to talk to patrons about their leisure reading, & how to write an effective book annotation. RSVP: bit.ly/3SlMt7q

New pod just dropped!

It's almost FEBRUARY! Which means it's almost time to vote for the MARCH LibraryReads list. Wowee. Here are a few gentle suggestions.

Heading to #LibLearnX24 ? Then join ALA_Booklist editor Susan Maguire for an Ideas Xchange about how to use BOOKLIST & BOOKLIST READER to help staff keep up with publishing trends & readers’ advisory techniques on Sun. (1/21) at 12:15 p.m. ET! More info➡️bit.ly/4aQSEra

Ready to head to Baltimore for ALA's #LibLearnX24 conference? Ep. 91 explores the city's bites and sights w/ H3irloom Baltimore and Maryland Humanities. Plus, hear Maryland school librarians share their favorite parts about B'more culture and history. | bit.ly/CN-Epi91