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CHICAGO – The 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) has announced that Emmy Award-winning journalist and author Michele Norris will open the 2024 LibLearnX: The Library Learning Experience (LLX) in Baltimore, January 19–22, 2024. Michele Norris i s one of...
91´«Ã½ opens registration for the 2024 LibLearnX: The Library Learning Experience in Baltimore
CHICAGO – Registration opened today for the 2024 LibLearnX: The Library Learning Experience (LLX), to be held January 19–22, 2024, in Baltimore. LibLearnX is a four-day learning conference that invites 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) members and non...
91´«Ã½ seeks proposals for 2024 LibLearnX education program
CHICAGO — Share your work and creative problem solving with your peers by submitting an education program proposal for the 2024 LibLearnX: The Library Learning Experience (LLX), taking place in Baltimore, Maryland, on January 19–22, 2024. The Submission...
NEW ORLEANS — The 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) selects “The Swimmers,” by Julie Otsuka, published by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, as the winner of the 2023 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, and "An Immense...
91´«Ã½ to host first in-person LibLearnX January 27-30 in New Orleans
CHICAGO — The 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) has announced its final call for registration for LibLearnX, a four-day in-person and virtual event that will bring together thousands of library professionals from throughout the country (both 91´«Ã½ members...
91´«Ã½ Store at 91´«Ã½â€™s 2023 LibLearnX in New Orleans
Located in the LLX Marketplace at Booth #719, the 91´«Ã½ Store will offer a variety of posters, bookmarks, clothing, gift books, and more. Store hours are: Saturday, January 28: 10:00am – 5:00pm Sunday, January 29: 12:00pm – 5:00pm Monday, January 30: 9:00am...
Ten Honorees Set to Receive Prestigious I Love My Librarian Award for Outstanding Public Service
CHICAGO — Today the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) announced 10 recipients of the coveted I Love My Librarian Award. Honorees are exceptional librarians from academic, public and school libraries who were nominated by patrons nationwide for their...
YALSA announces 2023 William C. Morris finalists
CHICAGO – The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½), selected five books as finalists for the 2023 William C. Morris Award, which honors the year’s best books written for young adults by a...
YALSA Announces 2023 Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award finalists
CHICAGO - The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½), selected five books as finalists for the 2023 Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award, which awards the best in nonfiction...
Karleen Delaurier-Lyle Named a 2023 Core Emerging Leader
CHICAGO—Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures is pleased to announce that Karleen Delaurier-Lyle has been selected as a Core Emerging Leader (EL). Delaurier-Lyle serves as the Information Services Librarian at The University of British Columbia...
Rachel Wells Selected as a 2023 Core Emerging Leader
CHICAGO—Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures is pleased to announce that Rachel Wells has been chosen as a Core Emerging Leader (EL). Wells works as the Reference Librarian at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York...
Alexander Dodd Chosen as a 2023 Core Emerging Leader
CHICAGO—Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures is pleased to announce that Alexander Dodd has been named as a Core Emerging Leader (EL). Currently working as the Continuing Resources Librarian at the University Libraries at the University of Maryland...
91´«Ã½ to Host Inaugural Governance Institute at 2023 LibLearnX
CHICAGO — The 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) will host its first-ever 91´«Ã½ Governance Institute during the 2023 LibLearnX (LLX) in New Orleans, La. Held on Friday, January 27 from 8 a.m. to noon, this new program will provide insights into critical...
91´«Ã½ President Pelayo-Lozada announces travel grant for LibLearnX 2023
91´«Ã½ President Lessa Kanani’opua Pelayo-Lozada announces a travel grant for underemployed library workers to attend the Library Learning Experience (LibLearnX) on January 27-30, 2023, in New Orleans, LA. The grant will cover the expenses of two...
91´«Ã½ Conference Services accepting LibLearnX education program proposals
CHICAGO — 91´«Ã½ Conference Services will begin accepting program proposals on July 8, 2022, for 2023 LibLearnX: The Library Learning Experience (LLX), taking place in New Orleans, L.A. on January 27-30, 2023. Please use this Submission Site. For guide use...
