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Cleveland librarian selected for prestigious national public service honor
Kevin M. Ray recipient of the Carnegie Corporation of New York/ New York Times I Love My Librarian Award NEW YORK — Today, Kevin M. Ray, children’s librarian with Cleveland Public Library will receive the Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I...
Middletown, Del. librarian selected for prestigious national public service honor
Christine Payne recipient of the Carnegie Corporation of New York/ New York Times I Love My Librarian Award NEW YORK — Today, Christine Payne, librarian at Appoquinimink High School library in Middletown, Del., will receive the Carnegie Corporation of New...
Santa Ana, Calif. librarian selected for prestigious national public service honor
David Lopez recipient of the Carnegie Corporation of New York/ New York Times I Love My Librarian Award NEW YORK — Today, David Lopez, librarian at the Santa Ana (Calif.) Public Library, will receive the Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I...
Roanoke, Va. librarian selected for prestigious national public service honor
Lynn Hancock Hurt recipient of the Carnegie Corporation of New York/ New York Times I Love My Librarian Award NEW YORK — Today, Lynn Hancock Hurt, coordinator of Library Services for Brown Library at Virginia Western Community College, will receive the...
Frankfort, Ky. librarian selected for prestigious national public service honor
Jessica Elaine Holmes recipient of the Carnegie Corporation of New York/ New York Times I Love My Librarian Award NEW YORK — Today, Jessica Elaine Holmes, librarian at Westridge Elementary School Library Media Center in Frankfort, Ky., will receive the...
Oakland, Calif. librarian receives prestigious national public service honor
Michael Beller receives Carnegie Corporation of New York/ New York Times I Love My Librarian Award NEW YORK — Today, Michael Beller, head of reference and access services librarian at F.W. Olin Library, Mills College in Oakland, Calif., will receive the...
Apply to win $3,000 to promote your library
CHICAGO — Libraries seeking to share their stories and raise public awareness are encouraged to apply for the 2015 Scholastic Library Publishing National Library Week Grant. The library that develops the best public awareness campaign using the National...
Get Outside the Lines @ your library
CHICAGO — The Campaign for America’s Libraries supports the Outside the Lines initiative for providing a way for libraries and librarians to reach out to their communities and promote public awareness for today’s libraries. During the Outside the Lines...
New deadline: Sept. 24 NEW YORK — The nomination period for the 2014 Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I Love My Librarian award has been extended to better accommodate nominations for school, college, university and community college...
Promote Library Card Sign-up Month with free tools
CHICAGO — Celebrate Library Card Sign-up Month with new downloadable tools and public service announcements (PSAs) designed to promote the benefits of Library Card Sign-up Month to the public. Sample media tools are available to remind the public of all...
Comic book legend Stan Lee named Honorary Chair of Library Card Sign-up Month
CHICAGO – This September, Stan Lee, co-creator of Spider-Man, the Hulk, X-Men, Iron Man and the Fantastic Four, will encourage children to get the most important school supply of all: a library card. As the Honorary Chair of Library Card Sign-up Month...
NEW YORK – The 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) is now accepting nominations for the 2014 Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I Love My Librarian Award. The award invites library users nationwide to recognize the accomplishments of the...
91´«Ã½ releases 2014 State of America’s Libraries Report
Libraries continue to transform to meet society’s needs, but school libraries feel the pain of tight budgets CHICAGO — Libraries continue to transform to meet society’s changing needs, and more than 90 percent of the respondents in an independent national...
National Library Week, April 13-19, celebrates the role of libraries
CHICAGO – Libraries across the country are continually changing to adapt to the evolving needs and expectations of the communities they serve. Communities nationwide will celebrate the contributions of libraries and library workers during National Library...
Celebrate National Library Week with new promotions and tools
CHICAGO — Looking for ways to promote National Library Week (April 13-19, 2014)? The 91´«Ã½’s Campaign for America’s Libraries has a variety of tools and promotional ideas to help you promote the theme of Lives change @ your library...
