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MAY 2017 PREVIEW

COGNOTES

The ALA Exhibits floor

Office for Information Technology
Policy (OITP) Talks Copyright and
Coding at Annual Conference

f technology and copyright are your
areas of interest, don't miss these exciting tracks offered by the Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP) at the
Annual Conference and Exhibition:
OITP Copyright Track
You Make the Call!
The copyright game show
Sunday, June 25, 1:00 - 2:30 p.m.
In a gameshow format, expert panelists
will make arguments for and against fair
use. The audience will vote-fair use or
not? Who wins? You decide! (Spoiler alert:
everyone wins when they better understand
copyright and fair use.)
Another report from the swamp: Copyright
policy developments in Washington
Monday, June 26, 10:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Three copyright policy experts will share
the latest news on the congressional review
of copyright law, developments for people
with print disabilities and the status of the
U.S. Copyright Office under the Library of
Congress. Additional topics will be discussed
if there is late-breaking news.
OITP Coding Track
Get your library #ReadytoCode
Sunday, June 25, 1:00 - 2:30 p.m.

Join a discussion with library staff from
a variety of backgrounds and experiences,
where you can learn about OITP's Libraries
Ready to Code initiative, how to get started
and how to facilitate activities that foster
computational thinking skills.
Talking tech with Google
Libraries Ready to Code collaborators
from Google offer valuable resources and
insight related to technology and digital
literacy in three different sessions:
Free computer science and coding resources
Saturday, June 24, 1:00 - 2:30 p.m.
Get an overview of free resources to support librarians facilitating computer science
activities for youth.
Implicit bias in tech: What libraries can do
to shift this dynamic
Saturday, June 24, 3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Biases clearly impact who pursues computer science and coding in education or as
a career. Presenters will discuss some of their
recent efforts to address bias and explore ways
libraries can be positive agents of change.
Tech education in libraries: Google's support for digital literacy and inclusion
Sunday, June 25, 10:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Presenters will share a range of resources
to help libraries promote digital literacy.

Check out the ALA Lounge

hile at the ALA Conference
in Chicago, Stop by the ALA
Lounge - brought to you by
ALA Membership, where you can learn how
membership can enhance your career, connect with colleagues, and get information
to help you improve library services to your

community. For our newest members, meet
colleagues who will help you find ways to get
more involved in the association, supporting
your career and the rest of the profession.
ALA staff and Ambassadors are on hand,
ready to help answer your questions about
your membership, the conference, the public
awareness campaign Libraries Transform™,
ALA's strategic directions, and the many
things happening at ALA.
New at the Lounge this year is "Meet
Your ALA." We'll have representatives in the
ALA Lounge from some of our acronyms
rotating every few hours, doing short "meet
& greets" about their division, roundtable,
or office! "Meet Your ALA" will be open
throughout conference during regular ALA
Lounge hours.

Saujani
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how to code, but this book has inspired me to
learn," said Malala Yousafzai, Student, Nobel
Peace Prize Laureate and Co-Founder of the
Malala Fund. The Friendship Code, a fictional
title, will be published by Penguin Young
Readers at the same time as Girls Who Code.
Saujani has been named one of Fortune's
40 under 40, a WSJ Magazine Innovator
of the Year, one of the 50 Most Powerful
Women in New York by the New York Daily
News, Forbes's Most Powerful Women Changing the World, Business Insider's 50 Women
Who Are Changing the World, and an AOL/
PBS Next MAKER. You can listen to her
TED Talk "Teach girls bravery, not perfection" to learn more about her passions and
philosophy. Her appearance is sponsored by

Carnegie

The 2017 finalists
in nonfiction
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were The Firebrand
and the First Lady: Portrait of a Friendship:
Pauli Murray, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the
Struggle for Social Justice by Patricia Bell-Scott
and Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in
America by Patrick Phillips. The finalists in
fiction were Moonglow by Michael Chabon,
and Swing Time by Zadie Smith.
The Andrew Carnegie Medals were established in 2012 by the American Library
Association and Carnegie Corporation of
New York to recognize the best fiction and
nonfiction books written for adult readers

Penguin Young Readers, booth #3711.
Get details and add to your schedule now.
and published in the U.S. in the previous year.
They are the first single-book awards for adult
titles given by ALA and are cosponsored and
administered by Booklist and RUSA. For more
information and to see past longlists, shortlists,
and winners, visit Andrew Carnegie Medals for
Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction.
The Michael L. Printz Program and Reception, the Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction celebration,
and the Newbery-Caldecott-Wilder Banquet
are held on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday evening respectively, allowing Annual Conference
attendees to enjoy all three without conflicts.
Get details and add to your schedule now.

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