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ALA Executive Board decision on LibLearnX  

CHICAGO - After careful evaluation and analysis of financial and other critical factors, the American Library Association Executive Board ha

End of an era. ALA Midwinter, rebranded as LibLearnX, will be discontinued after 2025. Will the book award ceremonies be moved to the summer conference? The press release says:

As ALA looks ahead, efforts are underway to determine how best to present some of the most beloved celebratory events traditionally held at the January conference: the I Love My Librarian Awards; the RUSA Book & Media Awards, which features the Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction; the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Sunrise Celebration; and the Youth Media Awards.  

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Tips for Finding and Tabling at Library Hosted Conventions

Art tutorials, supply reviews, and convention recaps for comic artists.

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Prepub Alert reporting in the week that the American Library Association convenes for its annual convention is always given over to a guide to the best titles attendees can find on the show floor. Though LJ could not do a full-scale galley guide this year, this roundup of 75 top titles, plus key signings, should help.

Going to ALA Annual this week? Start planning your galleys-to-pick-up list now.  #alaac18 #ala18 #ala2018

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Sue Macy’s Motor Girls, YA authors dishing about YA, gender stereotypes in YA romance, a World War II fighter pilot sharing his story, and more are poppin’ up at the PopTop stage or at Chapter 1.

Summer ALA also means authors and celebrities like Colson Whitehead, Andy Weir, and Hillary Clinton. Don't miss these great events.

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The American Library Association’s (ALA) annual conference returns to San Francisco for the first time since 2001, this June 25–30, with an array of programming that lives up to its colorful surroundings. Innovations this year include a LITA preconference, Learn To Teach Coding and Mentor Technology Newbies, presented in cooperation with Black Girls Code, and a series of sessions offered by ALA’s recently launched Center for the Future of Libraries.

Tumblarians, who’s going to ALA?  Since annual’s total program is far too comprehensive for us to present here, we’ve chosen to highlight, as we have done for the past two years, those panels and events that particularly caught the eye of members of the LJ editorial staff. For the complete program listing, visit alaac15.ala.org/scheduler.