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Public Library Association announces next phase of health initiative focused on insurance literacy 4 days ago

ALA, Grow with Google kick off economic opportunity initiative in public libraries nationwide 2 weeks ago

ALA announces 2019 Policy Corps members 3 weeks ago

ALA’s Libraries Ready to Code awards 10 "Promising Practice" libraries for broadening participation and diversity in CS Ed programs 3 weeks ago

PLA develops early childhood literacy activity calendars 4 weeks ago

The Drawbacks of Two-Factor Authentication 1 day ago

Eugenia Kim on Capturing the Emotional Impact of Family Stories 3 days ago

PLA 2019 Early Literacy Activities Calendar 1 week ago

New Podcast! Whole Person Librarianship 2 weeks ago

Libraries Lead with Digital Skills 2 weeks ago

Grow with Google is coming to a library near you 2 months ago

Encouraging library patrons to participate in democracy through being poll workers 4 months ago

Subcommittee calls for FY2019 library funding increases 5 months ago

Evolution in the library ebook market 5 months ago

Encourage youth at your library to register for the 2018 Congressional App Challenge 5 months ago