The Arizona Library Association (AzLA), the Teacher Librarian Division of AzLA, and EveryLibrary are partnering to support Arizona Ballot Proposition 208: The Invest in Education Act. It is time for Arizona library lovers and school library stakeholders to help fix the funding for every public school in our state, and increase student and educator equitable access to the work of state-certified school librarians and effective school library programs. The Invest in Education Act proposes an increase in public school funding in Arizona through a 3.5% state income tax surcharge on the wealthiest taxpayers in Arizona. When passed, school districts will have the power to use these funds to hire more school librarians who can create and sustain effective school library programs for students across Arizona. “If Proposition 208 passes, 50% of the funding will go directly to hiring and increasing salaries for classroom teachers and instructional support personnel, including school librarians,

 

 

💓 Has a librarian made a difference in your life or gone above and beyond to serve your community? The I Love My Librarian Award invites library users like you to recognize the accomplishments of exceptional public, school, college, community college, or university librarians. Each year, 10 librarians are selected to receive a $5,000 cash award in recognition of their outstanding public service. NOMINATE A LIBRARIAN! RESUBMIT A NOMINATION FROM A PREVIOUS YEAR HELP SPREAD THE WORD! Each nominee must be a librarian with a master’s degree from a program accredited by the American Library Association in library and information studies or a master’s degree with a specialty in school library media from an educational unit accredited by the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation. Nominees must be currently working in the United States in a public library, a library at an accredited two- or four-year college or university, or a library at an accredited K-12 school, or have been

AzLA PD Monthly Webinar Series Please join us for the September webinar, Developing Community-Driven Archival Collections with Jessica Salow and Alana Varner. Register at https://attendee.gotowebinar. com/register/ 8603352340960995084 After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. Program Description: Latinx, Black, Asian & Pacific Islander and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ+) communities currently make up over 42% of Arizona's population, but each of these communities are only represented in 0-2% of known archival collections. In order to address this inequity and erasure of these marginalized communities, Arizona State University (ASU) Library, with the support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, which provided funding for a three-year project starting in 2017, designed an initiative to co-develop authentic and inclusive community-driven archival collections in Arizona. This initiative wh