SRRT seeks applications for 2019 Herb Biblo Travel Grants
CHICAGO - The Social Responsibilities Round Table of the American Library Association (SRRT) is pleased to announce the first annual Herb Biblo Conference Travel Grants to help finance up to two SRRT...
View ArticlePublic libraries invited to apply for $10,000 American Dream grants for adult...
CHICAGO – The American Library Association (ALA) and Dollar General Literacy Foundation invite public libraries to apply for grants to expand services for adult English language learners or adults in...
View ArticleWill Eisner Graphic Novel Grants for Libraries add a third grant starting in...
CHICAGO — The American Library Association (ALA) and the Will and Ann Eisner Family Foundation are now accepting applications for the 2019 Will Eisner Graphic Novel Grants for Libraries, which...
View ArticleCoretta Scott King Book Awards Committee seeking applicants for Book Donation...
CHICAGO — Underfunded libraries, schools and non-traditional organizations that provide educational services to children are invited to apply to receive one of three Coretta Scott King Book Donation...
View ArticleALSC now accepting applications for 2018 ALSC/Candlewick Press 'Light the...
CHICAGO — The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) and the Library Service to Underserved Children and Their Caregivers Committee (LSUCTC) are now accepting online applications for the...
View ArticleLIS Students: Apply for the Larew Scholarship for Tuition Help
The Library and Information Technology Association (LITA) and Baker & Taylor are accepting applications for the LITA/Christian (Chris) Larew Memorial Scholarship for those who plan to follow a...
View ArticleRiko Fluchel named 2018-19 LITA/OCLC Spectrum Scholar
The Library and Information Technology Association and OCLC are funding Riko Fluchel’s participation in the ALA Spectrum Scholars program as part of their commitment to help diversify the library...
View ArticleALSC now accepting applications for 2019 Bookapalooza Program
CHICAGO — The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) and the Grants Administration Committee are now accepting online applications for the 2019 Bookapalooza Program. This program offers...
View Article70 libraries named for ALA’s Great Stories Club series on Truth, Racial...
CHICAGO — Seventy libraries have been selected to participate in the American Library Association’s Great Stories Club series on Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT), a thematic reading...
View ArticlePublic libraries invited to apply to host Thinking Money for Kids traveling...
CHICAGO — The American Library Association (ALA), in partnership with the FINRA Investor Education Foundation, invites public libraries to apply to be part of a national tour of the traveling...
View Article50 public libraries selected for American Creed: Community Conversations...
The American Library Association (ALA), in partnership with Citizen Film and the National Writing Project, has announced 50 U.S. public libraries selected to take part in American Creed: Community...
View ArticleWill Eisner Graphic Novel Grant deadline extended to February 8
The American Library Association Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table (GNCRT) is excited to announce a three week extension to the Will Eisner Graphic Novel Grant for Libraries — applications will...
View ArticleALA, Dollar General Literacy Foundation announce 16 public libraries...
CHICAGO — The American Library Association (ALA) and Dollar General Literacy Foundation have announced 16 U.S.
View ArticleALA Council approves new Penguin Random House Library Award for Innovation...
CHICAGO — The American Library Association (ALA) Council, at a Sunday session during the ALA Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits, approved the new Penguin Random House Library Award for Innovation Through...
View ArticleALA announces participants in Racial Healing Circle workshop with AAC&U
Forty-two library workers and educators have been selected to participate in a two-day workshop to learn how to lead Racial Healing Circles, a transformative facilitation process, championed by the...
View ArticleLewis wins 2019 MAE Award for Best Literature Program for Teens
CHICAGO — The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), awarded Cicely Lewis, School Librarian at Meadowcreek High School in Lawrenceville,...
View ArticleTracy Drake and Kate Adler named inaugural recipients of SRRT Herb Biblo...
CHICAGO - The American Library Association's Social Responsibilities Round Table (SRRT) is pleased to announced that it has awarded its first annual conference travel grants to Tracy Drake,...
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