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Arlington Heights librarian receives I Love My Librarian Award
Maria Papanastassiou recognized with prestigious national public service honor CHICAGO – Maria Papanastassiou, Kids’ World assistant manager at the Arlington Heights Memorial Library, is a winner of this year’s I Love My Librarian Award. Recognized for...
Bertrand, Nebraska, librarian first in state to receive I Love My Librarian Award
Stephanie Dannehl recognized with prestigious national public service honor\ CHICAGO – Stephanie Dannehl, school librarian/tech integration specialist at Bertrand Community School, is one of only 10 librarians nationwide selected to receive an I Love My...
Dallas librarian receives I Love My Librarian Award
Tracie Walker-Reed Recognized with prestigious national public service honor CHICAGO –Tracie Walker-Reed, library media specialist at H. Grady Spruce High School in Dallas, is a winner of this year’s I Love My Librarian Award. Recognized for her...
Powhatan County, Virginia, librarian receives I Love My Librarian Award
Melissa Glanden recognized with prestigious national public service honor CHICAGO –Melissa Glanden, school librarian at Powhatan High School in Powhatan County, Virginia, is a winner of this year’s I Love My Librarian Award. Recognized for her leadership...
Memphis, Tennessee, librarian receives I Love My Librarian Award
Cathy Evans recognized with prestigious national public service honor CHICAGO –Cathy Evans, director of libraries at St. Mary's Episcopal School in Memphis, Tennessee, is a winner of this year’s I Love My Librarian Award. Recognized for her leadership and...
10 librarians receive coveted I Love My Librarian Award for life-changing public service
CHICAGO – Today the 91传媒 (91传媒) announced 10 winners of the prestigious I Love My Librarian Award. Recipients are dynamic librarians from academic, public and school libraries who were nominated by patrons nationwide for their...
Announcing Jessica Gilbert Redman as LITA Blog Editor
The Library and Information Technology Association is proud to announce that Jessica Gilbert Redman will be the new editor of the LITA Blog. Redman has been the web services librarian at the University of North Dakota for the past three years. She...
91传媒 announces sale of its headquarters buildings
CHICAGO - 91传媒 (91传媒) President Wanda Brown and Executive Director Mary W. Ghikas today announced that 91传媒 has sold its headquarters buildings at 50 E. Huron and 40 E. Huron in Chicago’s River North neighborhood. “We are thrilled...
Author, cultural critic Roxane Gay to serve as 2020 Preservation Week庐 Honorary Chair
CHICAGO — Bestselling author, educator and cultural critic Roxane Gay is teaming up with the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS), a division of the 91传媒 (91传媒), to share her years of experience as a...
Nominations will close Oct. 21 for the national I Love My Librarian Award
CHICAGO–Library users have until Monday, Oct. 21 to nominate superstar librarians for the 91传媒’s (91传媒) prestigious I Love My Librarian Award. Members of the public can submit nominations online for library professionals who have...
Public libraries across U.S. join 91传媒鈥檚 first 鈥渄igital book club鈥 with gripping new ebook
CHICAGO – Readers nationwide can now borrow and discuss the first ebook selection of the Libraries Transform Book Pick, a new digital reading program from the 91传媒 and Rakuten OverDrive. From Oct. 7-21, 2019, book lovers across the...
CHICAGO – The 91传媒 (91传媒) and Rakuten OverDrive have collaborated on a digital reading program – a national “digital book club” – which connects readers nationwide with simultaneous access to the same ebook through their public...
Library cards fuel academic achievement, lifelong opportunity
CHICAGO – September is Library Card Sign-up Month, when the 91传媒 (91传媒) joins libraries nationwide in reminding everyone that signing up for a library card is the first step on the path to academic success and lifelong learning...
GNCRT spotlights comic creators to #GetLibraryCarded for #LibraryCardSignUp Month
The Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table Presents: Comic Creators #GetLibraryCarded in Support of #LibraryCardSignUp Month The Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table (GNCRT) is happy to partner with comic creators in support of Library Card Sign-Up Month in...
Millar champions the value of evidence in new Archival Futures book
CHICAGO — The safeguarding of authentic facts is essential, especially in this disruptive Orwellian age, where digital technologies have opened the door to a post-truth world in which “alternative facts” can be so easily accepted as valid. And because...
