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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...
Phillips receives 2021 Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award
CHICAGO — Mark E. Phillips, associate dean for digital libraries at the University of North Texas (UNT), has been named the 2021 recipient of the Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award. Phillips will receive a cash award and plaque and will be recognized at a...
Booth receives YALSA鈥檚 2021 Frances Henne Research Grant
CHICAGO — The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) has named Emily Booth, PhD candidate and research assistant at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, the recipient of its 2021 Frances Henne Research...
Cawthon named YALSA鈥檚 2021 MAE Award winner
CHICAGO — The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) has awarded Amanda Cawthon, Youth Services Librarian at Pflugerville (Texas) Public Library its 2021 Margaret A. Edwards (MAE) Award for Best Literature Program for Teens for her DiversiTeen...
CHICAGO — The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) has named Belfast (Maine) Area High School; Franklin Township Public Library in Somerset, NJ; and Townsend Harris High School in Flushing, NY, as recipients of its 2021 Great Books Giveaway...
Bilton and Mazzoni receive 2021 YALSA Collection Development Grants
CHICAGO — The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) has selected Karen Bilton and Emily Mazzoni as the recipients of its 2021 Baker & Taylor Collection Development Grant. Both recipients will receive $1,000, funded generously by Baker & Taylor...
Julia M. Gelfand named 2021 ACRL Academic/Research Librarian of the Year
CHICAGO - Julia M. Gelfand, applied sciences and engineering librarian at the University of California (UC)-Irvine, is the 2021 Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Academic/Research Librarian of the Year. The award, sponsored by GOBI...
2021 ACRL Excellence in Academic Libraries Award recipients announced
CHICAGO – The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) announces the recipients of the 2021 Excellence in Academic Libraries Awards – Davidson College E.H. Little Library, Davidson, North Carolina; Tulsa Community College Library, Tulsa...
