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Acclaimed author, ballerina Misty Copeland to serve as 2018 National Library Week honorary chair
CHICAGO – Bestselling author and American Ballet Theatre Principal Dancer Misty Copeland will lend her support to advocate for our nation’s libraries as honorary chair of National Library Week, April 8 – 14, 2018. Like librarians and library workers...
Two L.A. librarians receive national public service honor
NEW YORK – Today Julie Bill with the Musicians Institute College of Contemporary Music in Los Angeles and Annie Cipolla with the Los Angeles Public Library were named winners of this year’s I Love My Librarian Award. Bill and Cipolla are being recognized...
Rochester, N.Y. librarian receives national public service honor
NEW YORK – Today Timothy Ryan, young adult services librarian/circulation supervisor at the Rochester Public Library in New York, was named a winner of this year’s I Love My Librarian Award. Ryan is being recognized for his leadership in transforming...
St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin librarian receives national public service honor
NEW YORK – Today Rita Platt, teacher-librarian at St. Croix Falls Elementary in St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin, was named a winner of this year’s I Love My Librarian Award. Platt is being recognized for her leadership in transforming lives and communities...
Decatur, Georgia librarian receives national public service honor
NEW YORK – Today Marcia Kochel, teacher librarian at Druid Hills Middle School in Decatur, Georgia, was named a winner of this year’s I Love My Librarian Award. Kochel is being recognized for her leadership in transforming lives and communities through...
Corvallis, Oregon librarian receives national public service honor
NEW YORK – Today Natalia Fernández, curator and archivist of the Oregon Multicultural Archives and OSU Queer Archives at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon, was named a winner of this year’s I Love My Librarian Award. Fernández is being...
Savannah, Georgia librarian receives national public service honor
NEW YORK – Today Mary Jo Fayoyin, dean of library and media services at Savannah State University in Georgia, was named a winner of this year’s I Love My Librarian Award. Fayoyin is being recognized for her leadership in transforming lives and communities...
Strafford, Pennsylvania librarian receives national public service honor
NEW YORK – Today Laurie Doan, young adult librarian at the Tredyffrin Public Library in Strafford, Pennsylvania, was named a winner of this year’s I Love My Librarian Award. Doan is being recognized for her leadership in transforming lives and communities...
Warwick, N. Y. librarian receives national public service honor
NEW YORK – Today Rosemary Cooper, director of the Albert Wisner Public Library in Warwick, New York, was named a winner of this year’s I Love My Librarian Award. Cooper is being recognized for her leadership in transforming lives and communities through...
Columbiana, Alabama librarian receives national public service honor
NEW YORK – Today Sheikla Blount, library media specialist at Columbiana Middle School in Columbiana, Alabama, was named a winner of this year’s I Love My Librarian Award. Blount is being recognized for her leadership in transforming lives and communities...
91´«Ã½ announces winners of the 2017 I Love My Librarian Award
NEW YORK – Today 10 librarians were honored with the prestigious 2017 I Love My Librarian Award for their outstanding public service contributions. Selected from more than 1,100 nominations submitted by library users nationwide, including educators and...
Anonymous donor to match up to $100,000 of 91´«Ã½ Annual Fund contributions
CHICAGO – As the season for gift giving is in full swing, the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) has an exciting opportunity! An anonymous donor is matching gifts made to the 91´«Ã½ Annual Fund as of Nov. 1, 2017. Donations are tax-deductible and gifts from...
PLA, Gail Borden Public Library team up to expand DigitalLearn.org training resources
CHICAGO — DigitalLearn.org, the Public Library Association’s (PLA) website designed to help consumers increase their digital literacy skills, now includes a robust suite of resources and tools for library staff and other educators to use when conducting...
91´«Ã½ unveils shortlist for 2018 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction
CHICAGO – The 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) today announced six books shortlisted for the esteemed Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction, awarded for the previous year's best fiction and nonfiction books written for adult...
Podcast investigates the A1 Mystery of Avon Lake
CHICAGO — Whodunit? That’s the question many are asking as they anticipate the Oct. 25 episode of Dewey Decibel, the monthly podcast of American Libraries magazine. In early 2017 dozens of A1 Sauce bottles began mysteriously appearing in the stacks at...
