President's Message
Libraries – The Oasis in the Desert
Here we are in the middle of summer in Arizona, having just survived record-breaking heat throughout the state.
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Reports
In January 2016, Sarah Kortemeier, Library Specialist at the University of Arizona Poetry Center, traveled to Japan to complete a special project for the Horner Fellowship Program.
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Reports
Arizona Library Leader’s Summit
I had the privilege of attending the Arizona Library Leaders’ Summit in Flagstaff on June 6-7.
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Reports
A Glimpse of the 2016 ALA Annual Conference
In June, I was able to attend the ALA Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida, because I was awarded an LSTA grant by the State Library of Arizona.
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Editorial
Libraries Are and Should Forever Be Safe Places for All Teens
I got into teen services almost by accident. I was 16 and in the library after school one day, when a librarian walked up to me and attempted to convince me to join the Teen Library Council.
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Help! We Need Your Old AzLA Newsletters
Do you have PDF copies of AzLA newsletters from years past, before it went online? If so, we’d love to add them to our growing AzLA newsletter archive.
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Opportunities
Call for Nominations: AzLA Service Awards
The deadline to nominate a colleague for one of the AzLA Service Awards is August 19!
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