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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">News from the American Library Association.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Andalus","serif";color:#0070C0">or on our Mobile Site at</span><span style="font-family:"Andalus","serif";color:#1E1EE0">
</span><span style="font-family:"Andalus","serif";color:#E36C0A"><a href="http://m.akronlibrary.org/"><span style="color:#E36C0A">http://m.akronlibrary.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Andalus","serif";color:#E36C0A">The Akron-Summit County Public Library provides resources for learning and leisure, information services, meeting spaces, and programs for all ages that support, improve, and enrich
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Michael Dowling [mailto:mdowling@ala.org]
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, June 01, 2015 11:34 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> ALACro-l@lists.ala.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [alacro-l] June is GLBT Book Month<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:#7B219F">June is GLBT Book Month</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#101010">June is here and we are inviting librarians, booksellers, community advocates and ally organization to get involved. </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#386EFF"> Visit
our new website </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#101010">established specifically for </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1C70C7">GLBT Book Month: <a href="http://www.ala.org/GLBTBookMonth">http://www.ala.org/GLBTBookMonth</a>. </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#101010">This
site will contain suggestions for ways to celebrate GLBT Book Month in your community, links to awards list of GLBT materials, listings of GLBT-themed events at ALA conferences, as well as highlight what we are doing. The site is new, so check back often for
new information and resources as they are added.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#151515">To begin with a bang, ALA Graphics has both posters and bookmarks for sale featuring artwork from <i>“This Day in June” </i>written
by Gayle E. Pitman, illustrated by Kristyna Litten, and published by Magination Press, an imprint of the American Psychological Association. Pitman’s book about gay pride is the 2015 winner of the Stonewall Book Award, Mike Morgan and Larry Romans Children’s
and Young Adult Literature Award.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#151515">We wish to thank Publishing Triangle for beginning GLBT Book Month in the early 1990’s. As we take the torch from them, we hope to continue to spread the influence
of this initiative for years to come!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#151515">Spreading the word about this event is one of our top priorities at the moment. Please share this information with your friends,
and colleagues, so that everyone knows that June is GLBT Book Month. We see this as an opportunity to highlight the<s> </s>phenomenal work that is being done in GLBT literature.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#151515">If you have any questions put them on the GLBT Book Month page and/or contact ALA’s Public Information Office.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#151515">Ann K. Symons</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#151515">Chair, American Library Association Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Round Table</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto"><a href="http://www.ala.org/glbtrt/"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#386EFF;text-decoration:none">http://www.ala.org/glbtrt/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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