Experience Atlanta with Local Library Tours and Events During ALA Midwinter

The Georgia Library Association and Special Libraries Association - Georgia Chapter are pleased to announce a series of library tours being offered during the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Atlanta, January 20-24, 2017.

Conference attendees and local library professionals are invited to tour a selection of the city's new and unique libraries, including the CNN Library, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Gensler, and the Auburn Avenue Research Library.

RSVP for tours online at https://goo.gl/forms/eePbUl23bt3OGhou1

Midwinter attendees are also invited to visit area libraries and check out their public exhibits and programs.

A list of events, free and open to the public, can now be viewed online at https://goo.gl/mCvt7Q.

Print copies of this list will also be available at the GLA booth, #1100.

GLA will be at booth #1100 in the Exhibit Hall at ALA Atlanta Midwinter Meeting

GLA will be at booth #1100 in the Exhibit Hall at ALA Atlanta Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits, Jan. 20-23, 2017.
If you'll be attending ALA, please stop by the booth to learn more about GLA and its activities. There will be free giveaways for those who stop to chat, and also a GLA tumbler will be given to anyone who joins GLA at the booth.
Hope to see you there!

Call for Nominations for the John Phillip Immroth Memorial Award

[Editor's Note: Posted on behalf of Ann Hamilton, GLA's ALA Councilor. Please direct questions/nominations to Shumeca Pickett at the contact information below.]
 
The John Phillip Immroth Memorial Award honors intellectual freedom fighters in and outside the library profession who have demonstrated remarkable personal courage in resisting censorship. The award consists of $500 and a citation. Individuals, a group of individuals or an organization are eligible for the award.

Sponsor and Deadline

The John Phillip Immroth Memorial Award is sponsored by the Intellectual Freedom Round Table (IFRT) of the American Library Association (ALA). The deadline for nominations is February 17, 2013.

Nominations

Established in 1979, upon the death of John Phillip Immroth, this award honors the courage, dedication, and contribution of a living individual or group who has set the finest kind of example for the defense and furtherance of the principles of intellectual freedom. The award consists of a citation and a $500 prize.

John Phillip Immroth was a teacher, author, scholar, advocate, and defender of First Amendment rights. He was the founder and first Chair of the Intellectual Freedom Round Table in 1976. His impact on the ideal of intellectual freedom and its practice was great.

The Immroth nomination form is available from the Office for Intellectual Freedom, American Library Association, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611.

Nominations and supporting evidence should be sent to: Shumeca Pickett, ALA, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. Telephone: 312-280-4220 or 800-545-2433, ext. 4220. Fax: 312-280-4227. E-mail: spickett@ala.org

Past Immroth Recipients