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TLA 2020 in Houston Canceled
Due to the World Health Organization’s declaration of a global pandemic, and the disaster declaration in Harris County, we are unable to perform to the high standards expected for a […]
Read MoreBetween the Lines: March Member Spotlight
Shannon Adams, Library Manager Paul Laurence Dunbar Lancaster-Kiest Branch, Dallas Public Library System What inspired you to become a librarian? It was not a book that inspired me to become […]
Read MoreTLA 2020 Information on COVID-19
The coronavirus outbreak is a constantly changing and evolving public health situation. Based on information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Texas Department of State Health Services and […]
Read MoreBetween the Lines: February Member Spotlight
Alison Poage Booher Library Director, Seminary of the Southwest What inspired you to become a librarian? When I was thirteen, I volunteered as a summer reading club “listener.” Meeting children […]
Read MoreThe 2020 Texas Bluebonnet Award Winner Is…
Thousands of children voted and the results are in: the winner of the 2020 Texas Bluebonnet Award is El Chupacabras, by Adam Rubin and Crash McCreery. This whimsical and comic […]
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2020 2X2 Reading List Announced
Drumroll please…the 2020 2X2 Reading List is here! These lovely, instructive and quite often laugh-out-loud volumes are the best of recent books meant for children aged two to grade two. […]
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2020-2021 Tejas Star Reading List Announced
The Texas Library Association is pleased to announce the 2020-2021 Tejas Star Reading List. This carefully curated list of Spanish and bilingual titles is designed to encourage children ages 5 […]
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Edward Smith, Abilene Library Consortium Director, Appointed to Gov. Broadband Council
Edward Smith, director of the Abilene Library Consortium (ALC), and long-time Texas Library Association member (TLA), has been appointed by Governor Greg Abbott to serve on the newly formed Governor’s […]
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