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Kaetrena Davis Kendrick named 2019 ACRL Academic/ Research Librarian of the Year
CHICAGO — Kaetrena Davis Kendrick, associate librarian at the University of South Carolina-Lancaster Medford Library, is the 2019 Association of College and Research Libraries’ (ACRL) Academic/Research Librarian of the Year. The award, sponsored by GOBI...
2019 ACRL Excellence in Academic Libraries Award winners announced
CHICAGO — The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) announces the recipients of the 2019 Excellence in Academic Libraries Award – Swarthmore College Libraries, Swarthmore, Pa.; The College of Western Idaho Library, Nampa, Idaho; and Case...
Dr. Clara Chu receives 2019 EMIERT Distinguished Librarian Award
CHICAGO — Dr. Clara M. Chu, director of the Mortenson Center for International Library Programs, is the recipient of the 2019 91´«Ã½ Ethnic and Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table (EMIERT) Distinguished Librarian Award...
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 open for John Ames Humphry/OCLC/Forest Press Award
CHICAGO - The 91´«Ã½ is accepting nominations for the 2019 John Ames Humphry/OCLC/Forest Press Award for International Librarianship. The deadline for nominations is Jan. 10, 2019. The award consists of a prize of $1,000 and a...
Nominations open for 2019 91´«Ã½ Presidential Citation for Innovative International Library Projects
The International Relations Round Table (IRRT) invites you to submit a nomination for the 91´«Ã½ Presidential Citation for Innovative International Library Projects. The citation began as an 91´«Ã½ Presidential initiative of Dr. Loriene Roy, 91´«Ã½ president in...
Three public librarians recognized with 'I Love My Librarian' Awards
CHICAGO – Three outstanding public librarians, two of whom are Public Library Association (PLA) members, are 2018 'I Love My Librarian' Award winners. This award encourages library users to recognize the accomplishments of exceptional public, school...
Kathryn Greer Named a 2019 LITA Emerging Leader
The Library and Information Technology Association is proud to announce that Kathryn Greer has been selected as a 2019 LITA Emerging Leader. Greer is the Systems and Digital Content Librarian at Georgia Gwinnett College in Lawrenceville, Georgia, where...
Rachel Murdock Named a 2019 LITA Emerging Leader
The Library and Information Technology Association is proud to announce that Rachel Murdock has been selected as a 2019 LITA Emerging Leader. Murdock is the Innovative Librarian at Hedberg Public Library in Janesville, Wisconsin. At HPL she handles...
91´«Ã½ Trustee Citation nominations due Jan. 7
BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania — United for Libraries is accepting nominations for the 91´«Ã½ Trustee Citation through Jan. 7, 2019. The 91´«Ã½ Trustee Citation, established in 1941 to recognize public library Trustees for distinguished service to library...
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...
LITA Opens Call for Innovative LIS Student Writing
The Library and Information Technology Association (LITA), a division of the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½), is pleased to offer an award for the best unpublished manuscript submitted by a student or students enrolled in an 91´«Ã½-accredited graduate...
Nominate a Colleague Doing Cutting Edge Work in Tech Education for the LITA Library Hi Tech Award
Nominations are open for the 2019 LITA/Library Hi Tech Award, which is given each year to an individual or institution for outstanding achievement in educating the profession about cutting edge technology within the field of library and information...
GLBTRT seeks nominations for 2019 awards recognizing outstanding service to the LGBTQ community
CHICAGO - Every year, the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Round Table (GLBTRT) of the 91´«Ã½ seeks to honor librarians, library related organizations (including libraries, library staff, library boards, library friends), and...
Nominations open for 2019 IFRT John Phillip Immroth Memorial Award
The Intellectual Freedom Round Table (IFRT) is accepting nomination for the 2019 John Phillip Immroth Memorial Award. This award, presented annually, honors notable contributions to intellectual freedom and demonstrations of personal courage in defense of...
