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An #alaac26 panel discussed how librarians can become experts at recommending games as well as books. https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-scoop/players-advisory/

Librarians discussed approaches to responding to inappropriate calls that may not meet formal definitions of sexual harassment at an #alaac26 session. https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-scoop/the-creepy-caller-problem/

ALA members spoke about their pathways to Association leadership at the "Leading ALA into the Next 150 Years" #alaac26 session. https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-scoop/leading-from-where-you-are/

“We’re being told to accept things the way they are, take our dissent and bury it,” said civil rights scholar @kimberlecrenshaw.bsky.social at her #alaac26 presentation, but people should talk back to authoritarianism. https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-scoop/talking-back-to-injustice/