For immediate release | October 12, 2018

Deadline approaching for Carnegie-Whitney Award applications for guides to library resources

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CHICAGO - The 91´«Ã½ Publishing Committee provides a grant of up to $5,000 for the preparation of print or electronic reading lists, indexes or other guides to library resources that promote reading or the use of library resources at any type of library.

Funded projects have ranged from “A Resource Guide about Disabilities, Disability Theory, and Assistive Technologies” to “A Bibliography for Queer Teens” to “Graphic Novels & the Humanity of Mental Illness” to “Web Accessibility Resources for Libraries.”

Applications must be received by November 2, 2018. Recipients will be notified by mid-February 2019.

are available on the 91´«Ã½ website or by contacting Mary Jo Bolduc, Grant Administrator, 91´«Ã½, 50 E. Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611; email: mbolduc@ala.org.

Contact:

Mary Jo Bolduc

Program Officer

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Publishing

mbolduc@ala.org

(312) 280-5416