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The 2021 John Cotton Dana Awards Selected
~ Eight Libraries Awarded $10,000 Grants from H.W. Wilson Foundation ~ The 2021 John Cotton Dana (JCD) Award winners, recognized for their strategic communications efforts, have been selected. The John Cotton Dana Awards provide up to eight grants for...
Virginia Beach Library Foundation Awarded 2021 Maureen Hayes Author/Illustrator Visit Award
The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) has awarded the 2021 Maureen Hayes Author/Illustrator Visit Award to the Virginia Beach Library Foundation on behalf of the Virginia Beach Public Library in Virginia Beach, VA. The award, sponsored by...
Nominations are now open for the I Love My Librarian Award
CHICAGO – The 91传媒 (91传媒) invites all library users to nominate their favorite librarians for the prestigious I Love My Librarian Award. The national award recognizes librarians working in public, school, college, community college...
Dr. Trevor Owens Wins 2021 Core/OCLC Kilgour Research Award
Dr. Trevor Owens has been selected as the recipient of the 2021 Frederick G. Kilgour Award for Research in Library and Information Technology, sponsored by OCLC and Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures. He is the Head of Digital Content Management at...
Maryland Association of School Librarians receives AASL Chapter of the Year Award
CHICAGO – The Maryland Association of School Librarians (MASL) is the recipient of the 2021 American Association of School Librarians’ (AASL) Chapter of the Year Award. The $1,000 award recognizes the AASL Chapter most active and dynamic in achieving the...
Calvert County Public Schools named National School Library of the Year
CHICAGO – Calvert County Public Schools, located in Prince Frederick, Maryland, is the recipient of the American Association of School Librarians’ (AASL) 2021 National School Library of the Year (NSLY) Award. Sponsored by Follett, the NSLY Award annually...
Amanda Hurley receives AASL Collaborative School Library Award
CHICAGO – Amanda Hurley, library media specialist for Fayette County Public Schools in Lexington, Kentucky, is the recipient of the 2021 American Association of School Librarians’ (AASL) Collaborative School Library Award. Sponsored by Scholastic Book...
Carnegie Whitney Grant 2021 Award winners
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...
Will Shorter named 2021 91传媒 Trustee Citation recipient
91传媒 and United for Libraries have named William A. Shorter, Jr., Anne Arundel County Public Library (Md.) Board of Trustees Chair, a recipient of the 91传媒 Trustee Citation. The 91传媒 Trustee Citation, established in 1941 to recognize public library...
Maria Frederick receives AASL Frances Henne Award
CHICAGO – Maria Frederick, library media specialist at John Read Middle School in Redding, Connecticut, is the recipient of the 2021 American Association of School Librarians’ (AASL) Frances Henne Award. Sponsored by Libraries Unlimited, the $1,250 award...
CHICAGO – The “Empowering A Diverse Community of Learners Through Biographies” project from Gwin Elementary School in Hoover, Alabama, is the recipient of the 2021 American Association of School Librarians’ (AASL) Roald Dahl's Miss Honey Social Justice...
Dr. April Grace receives AASL Distinguished School Administrator Award
CHICAGO – Dr. April Grace, Superintendent of Shawnee Public Schools, is the recipient of the 2021 American Association of School Librarians’ (AASL) Distinguished School Administrator Award. Sponsored by ProQuest, the $2,000 award recognizes and honors a...
The Intellectual Freedom Round Table of the 91传媒 is pleased to announce that the Missouri Library Association (MLA) is the 2021 recipient of the Gerald Hodges Intellectual Freedom Chapter Relations Award. Proposed Missouri House...
2021 ACRL section award recipients announced
CHICAGO - The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2021 section awards. Made possible by generous corporate support, the annual presentation of ACRL’s awards and grants enables ACRL to honor the...
McChesney Named Recipient of ALSC鈥檚 2021 Distinguished Service Award
Elizabeth (Liz) McChesney is the 2021 recipient of the Association for Library Service to Children’s (ALSC) Distinguished Service Award. This prestigious award honors an individual who has made significant contributions to library service to children and...
