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Freedom to Read Foundation announces five recipients of 2019 Banned Books Week event grants
The Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF) awarded five $1000 grants to nonprofit institutions in support of 2019 Banned Books Week events (September 22-28, 2019) an annual event celebrating the Freedom to Read. The grants, a project of FTRF’s Judith F. Krug...
Ruth Mahaffy Awarded 2019 LITA/Christian Larew Memorial Scholarship
Ruth Mahaffy has been selected to receive the 2019 LITA/Christian Larew Memorial Scholarship ($3,000) sponsored by the Library and Information Technology Association (LITA) and Baker & Taylor. Mahaffy will graduate from Emporia State University's School...
ALSC announces winners of 2019 Bound to Stay Bound, Melcher Scholarships
CHICAGO – The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) announced six scholarship winners for the 2019-2020 academic year. Four winners were awarded the Bound to Stay Bound Books scholarship, which is made possible by Bound to Stay Bound Books...
EXTON, Pennsylvania — The Bozeman (Montana) Public Library Foundation and the Friends of Keene (Nebraska) Memorial Library have been recognized with United for Libraries’ Baker & Taylor Awards for outstanding efforts to support their library. Each group...
Thirty AASL members receive Bound To Stay Bound grants to attend first national conference
CHICAGO – Thirty American Association of School Librarians (AASL) members have been awarded $750 travel grants to attend their first AASL national conference. Generously sponsored by Bound To Stay Bound Books, Inc. (BTSB), the grants will allow recipients...
2019 ACRL Academic Library Impact Research Grant recipients
CHICAGO - The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) is pleased to announce the recipients of its Academic Library Impact Research Grants in 2019. These grants of up to $3,000 each support new research on library contributions to student...
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) and the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) Public Programs Office invite libraries to apply to host Americans and the Holocaust, a traveling exhibition that examines the motives, pressures and fears that...
Jones County Schools awarded AASL Inspire Disaster Recovery Grant
CHICAGO – Jones County Schools in North Carolina has been awarded $7,060 as part of the American Association of School Librarians' (AASL) Inspire Disaster Recovery Grant program. The grant program, sponsored by AASL member and retired middle school...
Libraries invited to apply for Great Stories Club grants on Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation
CHICAGO — Library workers are invited to apply for the 91´«Ã½’s Great Stories Club series on Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT), a thematic reading and discussion program that engages underserved teens through literature...
Jennifer Sturge receives AASL Ruth Toor Grant for Strong Public School Libraries
CHICAGO – Jennifer Sturge, specialist for school libraries and digital learning for Calvert County Public Schools in Prince Frederick, Maryland, is the recipient of the 2019 American Association of School Librarians' (AASL) Ruth Toor Grant for Strong...
CHICAGO -- Today the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) and Public Library Association (PLA) announced the names of another 36 libraries across five states, which have been selected to receive funding from Libraries Lead with Digital Skills, an initiative...
Winners of the 2019 Will Eisner Graphic Novel Grants for Libraries Announced
The 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) and the Will and Ann Eisner Family Foundation will honor the three winners of the 2019 Will Eisner Graphic Novel Grants for Libraries at the 91´«Ã½ 2019 Annual Conference in Washington, DC, on Saturday, June 22, 2019...
Author Ann Patchett to speak at 2019 PLA Member Welcome Breakfast
CHICAGO -- The New York Times bestselling author Ann Patchett will be the special guest speaker, courtesy of HarperCollins, at the Public Library Association's (PLA) Member Welcome Breakfast at the 2019 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) Annual Conference...
2019 Coretta Scott King Book Donation Grants announced
CHICAGO – The Kane County Juvenile Justice Center (Illinois), Main Street Academy (North Carolina) and the NIA Community Services Network (New York) have been selected to receive books as part of the 2019 Coretta Scott King Book Awards Donation Grant...
Today the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) and Public Library Association (PLA) announced the names of 20 libraries* in Pennsylvania selected to receive funding from Libraries Lead with Digital Skills, an initiative of 91´«Ã½ and PLA, sponsored by Grow...
