For immediate release | April 4, 2017

2017 Carnegie-Whitney Grant winners announced

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CHICAGO — The Carnegie-Whitney Grant provides grants for the preparation, either in print and/or electronically, of popular or scholarly reading lists, webliographies, indexes and other guides to library resources that will be useful to users of all types of libraries in the United States.

The 91´«Ã½ Publishing Committee is proud to announce the 2017 Carnegie-Whitney Award winners, whose proposed projects promote reading or the use of library resources.

  • Alejandro Cesarco: "Key Themes for Reading Contemporary Art: A Bibliographic Resource by the D.U.C Library Program"
  • Nicole Cooke: "The Interracial Books for Children Bulletin: A Bibliography of Diverse Books"
  • Wenli Gao and Lindita Camaj: "Storytelling with Data: A Resource Guide for Data Journalism"
  • Tina Hefty and Jenifer Fisher: "Graphic Novels & the Humanity of Mental Illness: An Annotated Bibliography"
  • Sandra Hughes-Hassell and Casey Rawson: "Creating Equitable & Inclusive Libraries for Youth: A Professional Development Resource"
  • Hayley Johnson and Sarah Simms: "Through an Extended Lens: Louisiana, Internment, and the Geography of Chance"
  • Janalyn Moss and Jennifer Hootman: "Return with Honor: A Bibliography of Personal Accounts of American Prisoners of War"
  • Kristine Shrauger: DIVerse Families: "Growth in Family Diversity A Comprehensive Bibliography PK-12 (a continuation)"
  • Talya Sokoll: "Bibliography for Queer Teens"
  • Fred Stoss: "Environmental ICE: Information, Communication, Education - Volume 1 - Resources for Sustainable Communities"

You can view the list of on the 91´«Ã½ website.

Applications for the next cycle must be received by November 3, 2017. Recipients will be notified by the end of February 2018.

are available on the 91´«Ã½ website or by contacting Mary Jo Bolduc, Grant Administrator, 91´«Ã½, 50 E. Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611; Fax (312) 280-5275; email: .

Contact:

Mary Jo Bolduc

Grant Administrator

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mbolduc@ala.org

312-280-5416