Pattuelli and Lopatovska win the 2013 Carroll Preston Baber Research Grant
CHICAGO - M. Cristina Pattuelli and Irene Lopatovska are the winners of the 2013 American Library Association (ALA) Carroll Preston Baber Research Grant for the project entitled “E-reading in the...
View ArticleTwo school library research projects awarded AASL Research Grants
CHICAGO— Two school library-related research projects, “The Principals’ Perspectives on the Value of School Librarians in Teaching and Learning Case Study” and "Bark If You R.E.A.D. in School...
View ArticleNorth Carolina School Library Media Association fosters emerging leaders with...
CHICAGO– The North Carolina School Library Media Association (NCSLMA) is the recipient of the 2013 American Association of School Librarians' (AASL
View ArticleBoettcher receives 2013 RUSA BRASS Emerald Research Grant for business...
CHICAGO— Jennifer Boettcher, business librarian at Georgetown University, is this year’s recipient of the Reference and User Services Association’s (RUSA) BRASS Emerald Research Grant Award.
View ArticleLITA announces scholarship winners for 2013
CHICAGO — The Library and Information Technology Association (LITA), a division of the American Library Association, has announced the winners of annual scholarships it sponsors jointly with three...
View ArticleAASL Innovative Reading Grant recipient can be 'Found in Translation'
CHICAGO — PanagiotisStathopoulos’s project, “Found in ‘Translation’: Reading, Writing, Critical Thinking, and Metaphrasis,” is the 2013 recipient of the American Association of School Librarians'...
View ArticleEight librarians receive literacy scholarship and $1,000 to attend PLA 2014
CHICAGO – Eight public librarians who demonstrated their involvement in exceptional literacy programs have received the Innovations in Literacy Scholarship from the Public Library Association (PLA)....
View ArticleRUSA Awards Reception at ALA Annual Conference honors top professionals and...
CHICAGO — Celebrate this year’s winners of the Reference and User Services Association’s (RUSA) achievement awards in adult reference and library services at the RUSA Awards Reception and Volunteer...
View ArticleJennifer Gallant receives Norman Horrocks-Scarecrow Press Annual Conference...
CHICAGO — The ALA Retired Members Round Table (RMRT) is pleased to announce that Jennifer Gallant has been chosen to receive the Norman Horrocks-Scarecrow Press Annual Conference Award. The $1,000...
View ArticleThirty AASL members receive grants to attend first national conference
CHICAGO – Thirty members of the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) have been awarded a $750 travel grant in order to attend their first AASL national conference. Generously sponsored by...
View ArticleALSC announces winners of Bound to Stay Bound Books, Melcher Scholarships
CHICAGO — The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) announced six scholarship winners for the 2013-2014 academic year.Four winners were awarded the Bound to Stay Bound Books Scholarship...
View ArticleFriends of ALSC Preconference Scholarship winners announced
CHICAGO — The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) and the Friends of ALSC have awarded two scholarships to the 2013 ALSC Preconference, A Wild Ride: 75 Years of the Caldecott Medal. The...
View ArticleLindsey wins United for Libraries/Gale Outstanding Trustee Conference Grant
PHILADELPHIA — Dot Lindsey, a member of the board of trustees of the Rangeview Library District (Thornton, Colo.), is the winner of the 2013 United for Libraries/Gale Outstanding Trustee Conference...
View ArticleTwo schools receive $50,000 grants from AASL Beyond Words and the Dollar...
CHICAGO — Herald Whitaker Middle School in Salyersville, Ky., and Joplin High School, in Joplin, Mo. are the recipients of the first catastrophic disaster relief grants offered as part of the American...
View Article2013 ALA scholarship recipients announced
CHICAGO — The American Library Association (ALA) Scholarship Program is announcing the scholarship recipients for 2013-2014. Recipients were selected for the following categories: General, Support...
View ArticleALSC now accepting applications for 2014 Penguin Young Readers Group Award
CHICAGO — The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) and the Grants Administration Committee are now accepting online applications for the 2014 Penguin Young Readers Group Awards. This...
View ArticleHonor the best in the profession with an AASL award
CHICAGO – Applications for the American Association of School Librarians’ (AASL) 2014 awards season are now available using AASL’s online awards database. AASL members are encouraged to nominate a...
View ArticleIowa high school students learn how to check facts in opinion columns through...
CHICAGO - America is rich in opinions. This is especially true when it comes to its politics.Between newspaper and magazine columns and television and radio commentary, it is always easy to find...
View ArticleKrahnke, Rérat awarded Books for Teens Grants
CHICAGO — Jodi Krahnke, young adult librarian at the Ypsilanti District Library’s Michigan Avenue Branch in Michigan and Cari Rérat, teen librarian at the Joplin Public Library in Missouri, were each...
View ArticleALA announces 'Changing America: The Emancipation Proclamation, 1863 and the...
CHICAGO — The American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office, in collaboration with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) and National Museum of...
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