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The 2018 guide to the Newbery and Caldecott awards
CHICAGO — Updated with the 2018 award and honor books, “ The Newbery and Caldecott Awards: A Guide to the Medal and Honor Books,” published by 91´«Ã½ Editions, gathers together the books deemed most distinguished in American children's literature and...
2018 Coretta Scott King Book Donation Grants Announced
CHICAGO — Art Aids Art and the eKhaya eKasi Art and Education Center in Khayelitsha, South Africa; the Athens Housing Authority, University of Georgia College of Education, and Parkview Community in Athens, GA; and the Uni Project in New York, NY have...
ALSC announces inaugural Notable Children’s Digital Media list
CHICAGO - The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½), and the Notable Children's Digital Media committee, formerly the Great Websites committee, is excited to announce its inaugural list of...
Selection Committee appointed for the 2019 Andrew Carnegie Medals
CHICAGO — The 2019 selection committee is starting work on picking the longlist for the prestigious Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction, now in their eighth year. The 2019 committee includes the following experts who work...
2018 RBMS Leab Exhibition Award winners
CHICAGO – The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS) has selected five winners for the 2018 Katharine Kyes Leab and Daniel J. Leab “American Book Prices Current” Exhibition Awards. The awards, funded...
ALSC names 2018 Notable Children's Books
CHICAGO — The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½), has selected its 2018 list of Notable Children’s Books. The list of titles includes fiction, nonfiction, poetry and picture books of...
ALSC announces 2018 Notable Children’s Recordings
CHICAGO — The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½), has selected its 2018 list of Notable Children’s Recordings. The list includes recordings for children 14 years of age and younger of...
Sue Halpern slated as featured speaker at Andrew Carnegie Medals ceremony
CHICAGO—Sue Halpern, who has written about butterflies and therapy dogs, as well as solitude and neuroscience, in both her warm and witty creative nonfiction and her incisive novels, is confirmed as the featured speaker for the Andrew Carnegie Medals for...
Booklist and AASL announce winners of Schools in Need Giveaway
CHICAGO — Booklist and the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) announce the completion of their Schools in Need Giveaway. Due to an overwhelming interest, 520 schools have been awarded year-long subscriptions to Booklist and Book Links, with...
Robert P. Doyle receives 2018 Eli M. Oboler Memorial Award for banned books resource guide
The Intellectual Freedom Round Table (IFRT) has awarded the 2018 Eli M. Oboler Memorial Award, which recognizes the best published work in the area of intellectual freedom. The 2018 award goes to Robert P. Doyle, for his work " Banned Books: Defending our...
LITA Announces Inaugural Excellence in Children's and Young Adult Science Fiction Notable Lists
The Library and Information Technology Association released its first Excellence in Children's and Young Adult Science Fiction Notable Lists at the 91´«Ã½'s Midwinter Meeting in Denver. The annotated Lists are designed to assist...
ALSC invites applications for 2019 Arbuthnot Lecture with Dr. Debbie Reese
CHICAGO - The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) and the 2019 May Hill Arbuthnot Lecture Committee are proud to announce the opening of the application to host the 2019 event featuring scholar, blogger, and advocate for indigenous peoples...
Swanson Best of LRTS Award to Neville and Henry
CHICAGO—Tina M. Neville and Deborah B. Henry, librarians at Nelson Poynter Memorial Library, University of South Florida St. Petersburg have been awarded the 2018 Edward Swanson Memorial Best of LRTS Award for the article, “ Repositories at Master’s...
Nuth and Blanchat book wins ALCTS Outstanding Publication Award
CHICAGO—The recipients of the 2018 Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) Outstanding Publication Award are Alana Nuth (publishing as Verminski) and Kelly Marie Blanchat for their volume, “ Fundamentals of Electronic Resources...
91´«Ã½ Video Round Table Notable Videos for Adults Committee releases 2018 list
DENVER – The 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) Video Round Table Notable Videos for Adults Committee has compiled its 2018 list of Notable Videos for Adults, a list of 15 outstanding films released on video within the past two years and suitable for all...
