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• ALA Marginalia (blog) - "What you will find here: a conversation about the American Library Association, how it works, and why it works the way it does. We’ll also be highlighting new and/or useful ALA products and services that you might not have seen highlighted elsewhere or might not even known about."

   

• Civic Engagement (blog) - "Nationwide, libraries are undertaking a vast array of innovative, creative approaches that engage communities and assist them in meeting today's most pressing civic challenges. They are: convening groups to consider local issues and teach civic skills; building community information literacy partnerships; hosting community-wide One Book/One Community reading clubs in cities like Seattle, Rochester, Chicago, and New York, creating digital neighborhood directories that link residents and services; enhancing civic literacy, and partnering with local museums and public broadcasting stations. These new services increase social capital — the glue that holds people together and enables them to build bridges to others."

   

• Do You ALA? (blog) - "The Young Librarians Working Group is an American Library Association Presidential Task Force charged with the identifying strategies and actions for ALA, its offices, committees, divisions and round tables to be more responsive to the young librarians who will be its members and future leaders with a goal of increasing retention rates. This blog is a place where we'd like to solicit feedback on our work, gather ideas, and generally engage in discourse."

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