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Because of Miss Bridgerton by Julia Quinn

Julia Quinn, famed romance author to speak at RUSA's Literary Tastes at Annual Conference

CHICAGO—Famed romance author, Julia Quinn, ( Because of Miss Bridgerton, HarperCollins) is slated to speak at this year’s Literary Tastes event at 91´«Ã½’s Annual Conference in June. Literary Tastes, celebrating the best reading of the year, is one of the...

Dion Graham, narrator of Evicted

Dion Graham, award-winning narrator and actor to speak at Annual Conference

CHICAGO-- Dion Graham, multi-award-winning audiobook narrator, and actor, is confirmed to speak at RUSA’s signature Annual Conference event, Literary Tastes: Celebrating the Best Reading of the Year. Graham, the narrator of Matthew Desmond’s multi-award...

Sara Paretsky

Sara Paretsky confirmed as featured speaker of Andrew Carnegie Medals Ceremony at 2017 91´«Ã½ Annual Conference

CHICAGO --Sara Paretsky, famed novelist of the V.I. Warshawski mystery series (HarperCollins) and Chicago resident, is confirmed as the featured speaker of the Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction Ceremony. The event, sponsored...

Naomi Shihab Nye

ALSC invites applications for 2018 Arbuthnot Lecture with Naomi Shihab Nye

CHICAGO — The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) and the 2018 May Hill Arbuthnot Lecture Committee are proud to announce the opening of the application to host the 2018 event featuring National Book Award winning author, Naomi Shihab Nye...

Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, 91´«Ã½

2018 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction Selection Committee announced

The 2018 committee is starting work on selecting titles for the longlist for the prestigious Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction, now in their seventh year. The 2018 committee includes the following experts who work closely...

Kelly J. Thompson

Swanson Best of LRTS Award to Kelly J. Thompson

CHICAGO—Kelly J. Thompson, metadata analyst librarian at the University of Minnesota Libraries, has been awarded the 2017 Edward Swanson Memorial Best of LRTS Award for the article, “ More Than a Name: A Content Analysis of Name Authority Records for...

Dawn Hale

Hale monograph wins ALCTS Outstanding Publication Award

CHICAGO—The recipient of the 2017 Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) Outstanding Publication Award is Dawn Hale for her edited volume, “ Shared Collections: Collaborative Stewardship“ (91´«Ã½ Editions, 2016). The Outstanding...

ALSC announces 2017 Notable Children's Videos

CHICAGO — The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½), has selected its 2017 list of Notable Children’s Videos. The list includes videos for children 14 years of age and younger that exhibit...

ALSC announces 2017 Notable Children’s Recordings

CHICAGO — The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½), has selected its 2017 list of Notable Children’s Recordings. The list includes recordings for children 14 years of age and younger of...

2017 Notable Videos for Adults announced

ATLANTA – The 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) Video Round Table Notable Videos for Adults Committee has compiled its 2017 list of Notable Videos for Adults, a list of 15 outstanding films released on video within the past two years and suitable for all...

Congratulations to the winners The Underground Railroad for Fiction and Evicted for Nonfiction

'The Underground Railroad,' 'Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City,' receive 2017 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction

ATLANTA - The 91´«Ã½ selects “The Underground Railroad,” by Colson Whitehead, published by Doubleday, Penguin Random House LLC, as the winner of the 2017 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, and “Evicted: Poverty and...

Left to right:Sarah Hill, YALSA President; Andrew Medlar, Past President Association for Library Service to Children;  91´«Ã½ President Julie Todaro; Selina Gomez-Beloz, REFORMA President; Dr. Pauletta Brown Bracy, Chair Coretta Scott King Book Award Committee

91´«Ã½ announces 2017 youth media award winners

ATLANTA - The 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) today announced the top books, video and audio books for children and young adults – including the Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery and Printz awards – at its Midwinter Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia. A...

2017 Schneider Family Book Awards recipients named

ATLANTA–The 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2017 Schneider Family Book Awards, which honor an author or illustrator for the artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences...

2017 Amelia Bloomer List highlights feminist books for young readers

ATLANTA – The Amelia Bloomer Project, a product of the 91´«Ã½ Social Responsibilities Round Table’s (SRRT) Feminist Taskforce, announced the 2017 Amelia Bloomer List at 91´«Ã½’s Midwinter Meeting and Exhibits in Atlanta, held Jan. 20- 24, 2017. The bibliography...

2017 Stonewall Book Awards Announced

ATLANTA - The 2017 Stonewall Book Awards were announced Monday, January 23 by the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Round Table (GLBTRT) of the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½), during the 91´«Ã½ Midwinter Meeting and Exhibits, held Jan. 20-24 in...