AASL introduces the Ruth Toor Grant for Strong Public School Libraries
CHICAGO — In recognition of her service to and influence on the profession, the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) is proud to announce its newest award, The Ruth Toor Grant for Strong...
View ArticleAbigail Flanigan awarded Jan Merrill-Oldham Professional Development Grant
CHICAGO – Abigail Flanigan, a student in the Masters of Library Science Program at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, has been awarded the 2015 Jan Merrill-Oldham Professional Development...
View ArticleFirst Step Award to Emily Cable
CHICAGO — The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) congratulates Emily Cable, serials and e-resource librarian at the Salem Public Library in Salem, Oregon, as the...
View ArticleArizona, California libraries win 2015 Bookapalooza Program
CHICAGO — The Association for Library Services to Children (ALSC) has awarded the 2015 Bookapalooza Program to three libraries: Maricopa Public Library, Maricopa, Arizona; Pinetop-Lakeside Public...
View ArticleRare Shakespeare First Folio to visit all 50 states, DC and Puerto Rico in 2016
Washington, D.C. — The Folger Shakespeare Library, in partnership with the American Library Association (ALA) and Cincinnati Museum Center, has announced the tour sites for its 2016 national traveling...
View ArticleRUSA’s Business Reference and Services Section selects achievement award and...
CHICAGO — The Business Reference and Services Section (BRASS) of RUSA has selected the winners of the 2015 achievement awards, research and travel grants that recognize the profession’s most...
View ArticleALA announces 10 public libraries to offer ‘StoryCorps @ your library’ programs
CHICAGO – The American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office, in partnership with StoryCorps, has announced 10 public libraries will participate in the StoryCorps @ your library...
View ArticleChandler named 2015 ACRL WESS-SEES De Gruyter Grant winner
CHICAGO — Katharine C. Chandler, reference librarian at the Free Library of Philadelphia Rare Book Department, has been selected to receive the 2015 Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)...
View ArticleTravel grants available for first-time AASL national conference attendees
CHICAGO — The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) is offering 30 grants for travel to its 17th National Conference & Exhibition. The conference, themed “Experience Education...
View ArticleREFORMA conference program explores ‘Latino Americans: 500 Years of History’...
CHICAGO — Attendees at the REFORMA National Conference V will receive information and advice about applying for Latino Americans: 500 Years of History, a grant opportunity offered by the National...
View ArticleApplications open for 2015 FTRF Conable Conference Scholarship
CHICAGO — Applications are now open for the 2015 Gordon M. Conable Conference Scholarship, sponsored by the Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF). The Conable Conference Scholarship provides funding for an...
View ArticleNEH grants ALA $350,000 for book clubs for at-risk youth
CHICAGO — The American Library Association (ALA) has been granted $350,000 by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) for the Great Stories Club, a reading and discussion program for at-risk...
View ArticleSchools, Internship Center selected to receive 2015 Coretta Scott King Book...
CHICAGO – Noble Elementary-Middle School in Detroit, Minnesota Internship Center in Minneapolis and Townson School in Rochester, New York have been selected to receive the 2015 Coretta Scott King Book...
View ArticleMurphy and Hart win United for Libraries/SAGE Academic Friend Conference Grants
BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania -- United for Libraries has awarded the 2015 United for Libraries/SAGE Academic Friend Conference Grants to Heather Murphy, associate director of advancement for publications...
View ArticleArlen Kimmelman to build agents of change with inaugural Ruth Toor Grant
CHICAGO – Arlen Kimmelman, school librarian at Clearview Regional High School in Mullica Hill, N.J., is the recipient of the inaugural Ruth Toor Grant for Strong Public School Libraries. Sponsored by...
View ArticleClarice Marchena receives AASL Innovative Reading Grant to implement...
CHICAGO — Clarice Marchena, school librarian at Dos Puentes Elementary School, in Manhattan, New York, is the recipient of the 2015 American Association of School Librarian’s (AASL) Innovative Reading...
View ArticleNew Mexico receives AASL ABC-CLIO Leadership Grant to extend professional...
CHICAGO – The Advocacy for School Libraries Special Interest Group in New Mexico (ASL-SIG) is the recipient of the 2015 American Association of School Librarians’ (AASL) ABC-CLIO Leadership Grant....
View ArticleFTRF names Amy Steinbauer and Gretchen LeCheminant as Conable Scholarship...
CHICAGO — The Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF) has selected Amy Steinbauer and Gretchen LeCheminant as recipients of Gordon M. Conable Conference Scholarships. The Conable Scholarships will provide...
View ArticleALSC announces winners of 2015 Bound to Stay Bound Books, Melcher Scholarships
CHICAGO — The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) announced six scholarship winners for the 2015-2016 academic year.Four winners were awarded the Bound to Stay Bound Books Scholarship,...
View ArticleMore than 200 grants nationwide announced for ‘Latino Americans: 500 Years of...
For inquiries or an interview with the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), contact Theola DeBose, Director of Communications, at tdebose@neh.gov or 202-606-8255.CHICAGO — The National...
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