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The main stage at #ALAAC23 ...
05:14 PM - Jun 23, 2023
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Looking good, Lessa!

And yay...captions! This helps me with auditory processing... #ALAAC23 #accessibility
05:20 PM - Jun 23, 2023 (Edited)
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ALA gave Dolly Parton its highest honor this year: An honorary (lifetime) ALA membership for her Imaginary Library. #ALAAC23
05:39 PM - Jun 23, 2023
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The ALA, according to FCC chair Jessica Rosenworcel isn't afraid to make some noise, despite stereotypes of librarians. She indulges in library tourism wherever she is. ;)

She stresses how we provide for our communities. How we bridge the digital divide. #ALAAC23
05:48 PM - Jun 23, 2023
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The FCC chair also talks about the E-Rate program, supporting broadband access and commectivity. This is expanding to support outside the school and library buildings (e.g. school buses. Permanent hotspot lending support). #ALAAC23
05:55 PM - Jun 23, 2023 (Edited)
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Looking good, Tracie!

And yes...."All of us are silenced when BIPOC books and communities are silenced." #ALAAC23
06:04 PM - Jun 23, 2023
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Tracie also outlined the Community of Care program at #ALAAC23 , including therapists, mental health workers, and massage therapists... There will be a space for this here.

(Paraphrased) Libraries and library workers are in need of care now more than ever.
06:11 PM - Jun 23, 2023 (Edited)
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The Illinois Secretary of State is on stage right now talking about this legislation signed in Illinois just last week.

"Authoritarians ban books, not democracies..."
#ALAAC23
06:18 PM - Jun 23, 2023
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He is also letting us know about http://banbookbans.com .
(I get it, so easy to trip over the website address when talking about it...) #ALAAC23
06:22 PM - Jun 23, 2023
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Leading into the conversation with Judy Blume, Chicago's Poet Laureate shares a poem he wrote about her. #ALAAC23
06:30 PM - Jun 23, 2023
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Judy Blume relates on how she and her daughter would imagine/play librarian.

She really likes the movie adaptation of her "Are You There, God? It's, Me, Margaret" (She had to teach the girls how to do the exercises...) #ALAAC23
06:37 PM - Jun 23, 2023
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This book has been the target of quite a few book bans over the years. Judy talks further about book bans (Referencing "And Tango Makes Three").

On these bans: "They don't want kids to think. They don't want them to be curious..." #ALAAC23

GIF ID: Three penguins
06:43 PM - Jun 23, 2023
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Moderator: I'm on stage talking with Judy Blume about female pleasure.
Blume: It's totally normal. #ALAAC23

GIF ID: Picture of Blume to the right, text to the left: "Fear is often disguised as moral outrage."
06:54 PM - Jun 23, 2023
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Blume's last statement: "What are you afraid of?" #ALAAC23

GIF ID : Blume waving to the audience before an interview.
06:58 PM - Jun 23, 2023 (Edited)
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Imagination library.* Bah
07:49 PM - Jun 23, 2023
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Long opening Session but worth I'm every minute. Now off to dinner and checking into my Air B&B. Not worrying about the exhibits opening given it's usually crowded. #ALAAC23

GIF ID: Sloth nomming a hibiscus...
08:37 PM - Jun 23, 2023
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