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Lewis wins 2019 MAE Award for Best Literature Program for Teens
CHICAGO — The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½), awarded Cicely Lewis, School Librarian at Meadowcreek High School in Lawrenceville, Georgia, the 2019 Margaret A. Edwards (MAE) Award for...
91´«Ã½ Council approves new Penguin Random House Library Award for Innovation Through Adversity
CHICAGO — The 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) Council, at a Sunday session during the 91´«Ã½ Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits, approved the new Penguin Random House Library Award for Innovation Through Adversity. The award, which 91´«Ã½ intends to present at its...
CHICAGO — The 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) and Dollar General Literacy Foundation have announced 16 U.S. public libraries to receive 2019 American Dream Literacy Initiative grants, $10,000 awards to expand services for adult English language...
Will Eisner Graphic Novel Grant deadline extended to February 8
The 91´«Ã½ Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table (GNCRT) is excited to announce a three week extension to the Will Eisner Graphic Novel Grant for Libraries — applications will now be due on February 8, 2019 (previous deadline: Jan 18...
50 public libraries selected for American Creed: Community Conversations programming grants
The 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½), in partnership with Citizen Film and the National Writing Project, has announced 50 U.S. public libraries selected to take part in American Creed: Community Conversations, a grant program that will invite audiences...
Public libraries invited to apply to host Thinking Money for Kids traveling exhibition
CHICAGO — The 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½), in partnership with the FINRA Investor Education Foundation, invites public libraries to apply to be part of a national tour of the traveling exhibition Thinking Money for Kids. Inspired by the success of...
CHICAGO — Seventy libraries have been selected to participate in the 91´«Ã½’s Great Stories Club series on Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT), a thematic reading and discussion program series that will engage underserved...
ALSC now accepting applications for 2019 Bookapalooza Program
CHICAGO — The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) and the Grants Administration Committee are now accepting online applications for the 2019 Bookapalooza Program. This program offers select libraries a collection of materials to be used in...
Nominations sought for 2019 Bogle Pratt International Travel Fund
The 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) is accepting nominations for the 2019 Bogle Pratt International Travel Fund, sponsored by the Bogle Memorial Fund and the Pratt Institute School of Information and Library Science. An award of $1,000 is given to an...
Call for proposals for 2019 IRRT Mission Enhancement Grant
CHICAGO—91´«Ã½ The International Relations Roundtable is calling for proposals for its 2019 IRRT Mission Enhancement Grant. This grant was established by the IRRT to fund member-initiated proposals for international activities and initiatives which...
Riko Fluchel named 2018-19 LITA/OCLC Spectrum Scholar
The Library and Information Technology Association and OCLC are funding Riko Fluchel’s participation in the 91´«Ã½ Spectrum Scholars program as part of their commitment to help diversify the library technology field. Fluchel is a second year at the...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today the 91´«Ã½’s (91´«Ã½) Libraries Ready to Code initiative, sponsored by Google, awarded 250 school and public libraries with $500 in microfunding each to help plan and implement coding activities during Computer...
LIS Students: Apply for the Larew Scholarship for Tuition Help
The Library and Information Technology Association (LITA) and Baker & Taylor are accepting applications for the LITA/Christian (Chris) Larew Memorial Scholarship for those who plan to follow a career in library and information technology, demonstrate...
ALSC now accepting applications for 2018 ALSC/Candlewick Press 'Light the Way' Grant
CHICAGO — The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) and the Library Service to Underserved Children and Their Caregivers Committee (LSUCTC) are now accepting online applications for the 2018 Light the Way: Library Outreach to the Underserved...
Coretta Scott King Book Awards Committee seeking applicants for Book Donation Grant
CHICAGO — Underfunded libraries, schools and non-traditional organizations that provide educational services to children are invited to apply to receive one of three Coretta Scott King Book Donation Grants. The Coretta Scott King Book Awards Donation...
