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Below are the headlines from the January 29, 2021 - 📢 Nic News Weekly:

• Take ALA's Survey For a Chance to Win National Library Week Swag
• TeachingBooks' New Book & Author Chrome Extension
• Beanstack: New 2021 Challenges
• LAWDS Training on Use of Labor Market Indicator Tools
• ALA's Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Training Calendar

Below are the headlines from the January 22, 2021 - 📢 Nic News Weekly:

• New Mileage Reimbursement Rate for 2021
• Virtual Library Legislative Day: Registration Due TODAY
• Wild Wisconsin Winter Web Conference: January 27-28
• RIPL Data Boot Camp Series: January 27 - March 16
• Libraries Transforming Communities: Focus on Small and Rural Libraries Grant
• Check out the Libraries Transform Newsletter!
• Free, Ready-to-go Library Program: Understanding America's Longest War

From the Research Institute for Public Libraries (RIPL) Team:

"This free webinar series, which is open to anyone (not just RIPL alums), features five sessions from the 2020 event, remade into 90-minute live webinars and 60-minute follow-up recorded lessons for those who want to dive deeper into the topics. So, if you missed one of these sessions in December, now is your opportunity to take it in a live setting.

Similar to the RIPL 2020 event, these will NOT be webinars where you listen to a talking head the whole time; instead, please come ready to participate in a variety of interactive learning activities, some of which will occur in small groups in breakout rooms.

Here is the schedule – go to https://ripl.lrs.org/ripl-data-boot-camp/ to learn more about each webinar and register:

• January 27 (1:00-2:30 ET/10:00-11:30 PT): Observations: Data Hiding in Plain Sight
• February 2 (1:00-2:30 ET/10:00-11:30 PT): Can You Hear Me Now? Communicating Data to Stakeholders
• February 23 (1:00-2:30 ET/10:00-11:30 PT): Nothing for Us, Without Us: Getting Started with Culturally Responsive Evaluation
• March 2 (2:00-3:30 ET/11:00-12:30 PT): Meaningful Metrics for Your Organization
• March 16 (2:00-3:30 ET/11:00-12:30 PT): Evaluation + Culture = Change

All webinars will be recorded."

Below are the headlines from the January 8, 2021 - 📢 Nic News Weekly:

• Registration Open for Library Legislative Day
• Tools in Action Micro-grant Program
• CSLP Newsletter: December 2020