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Two groups win United for Libraries’ Baker & Taylor Awards
BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania — The Williamsburg (Va.) Regional Library Foundation and the Friends of Smyrna (Tenn.) Library have been recognized with United for Libraries’ Baker & Taylor Awards for outstanding efforts to support their library. Each group...
CHICAGO — The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) announced that the 2018 May Hill Arbuthnot Committee has selected the Western Washington University and Whatcom County Library System to serve as the host site for the 2018 May Hill...
Amed Demirhan receives 2017 John Ames Humphry/OCLC/Forest Press Award
CHICAGO — Amed Demirhan has been named the 2017 recipient of the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) International Relations Committee’s John Ames Humphry/OCLC/Forest Press Award, given to a librarian or person who has made significant contributions to...
CHICAGO — Pilot Mountain Elementary School, a public school in Pilot Mountain, N.C., has been recognized by the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) for Everybody Has a Story, a library program that taught third-graders about cultural and historic...
Nominate a librarian for 2017 I Love My Librarian Award
CHICAGO – The 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) is now accepting nominations for the 2017 I Love My Librarian Award, which recognizes the public service contributions that librarians make in transforming lives and communities through education and...
Ellyssa Kroski Receives 2017 LITA/Library Hi Tech Award
Ellyssa Kroski has been named the winner of the 2017 LITA/Library Hi Tech Award for Outstanding Communication in Library and Information Technology. The Library and Information Technology Association (LITA) and Emerald Group Publishing sponsor the Award...
AASL President recognizes Emily Sheketoff’s "ceaseless efforts" with Crystal Apple Award
CHICAGO – Emily Sheketoff, executive director of the 91´«Ã½’s (91´«Ã½) Washington Office, has been selected as the recipient of the 2017 Crystal Apple by American Association of School Librarians (AASL) President Audrey Church. The...
2017 PR XChange Award winners announced
CHICAGO — The PR XChange Committee is delighted to announce the winners of this year’s PR XChange Awards Competition, under the direction of the Public Relations and Marketing Community of Practice, Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA)...
United for Libraries presents Public Service Award to Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On May 1, United for Libraries Executive Director Sally Reed presented Sen. Jack Reed (D.-R.I.) with United for Libraries’ Public Service Award for his support of libraries during a special reception in the Hart Senate office building...
Megan Ozeran wins 2017 LITA/Ex Libris Student Writing Award
Megan Ozeran has been selected as the winner of the 2017 Student Writing Award sponsored by Ex Libris Group and the Library and Information Technology Association (LITA) for her paper titled "Managing Metadata for Philatelic Materials." Ozeran is a MLIS...
Announcing the 2017 John Cotton Dana Library Public Relations Award winners
CHICAGO — After many hours of deliberation the judges for this year’s John Cotton Dana Library Public Relations Awards competition announced eight winners. Each winning library will receive a $10,000 award from the HW Wilson Foundation. The following...
Mark Miller named 91´«Ã½ Trustee Citation recipient
BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania – The 91´«Ã½ and United for Libraries has named Mark Miller, chair of the Loudoun County (Va.) Library Board of Trustees, a recipient of the 91´«Ã½ Trustee Citation. The 91´«Ã½ Trustee Citation, established in 1941...
Satia Marshall Orange recipient of 2017 EMIERT Distinguished Librarian Award
CHICAGO — Satia Marshall Orange, former director of the Office for Literacy and Outreach Services (OLOS), is the recipient of the 2017 91´«Ã½ Ethnic and Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table (EMIERT) Distinguished Librarian...
Lesley Farmer receives AASL Distinguished Service Award
CHICAGO – Lesley Farmer, professor of library media at California State University Long Beach, is the recipient of the 2017 American Association of School Librarians’ (AASL) Distinguished Service Award. Sponsored by Follett, the $3,000 award recognizes an...
Beth Nawalinski named United for Libraries executive director
CHICAGO – Today the 91´«Ã½ announced Beth Nawalinski as the new executive director of United for Libraries, effective July 31, 2017. Nawalinski currently serves as deputy executive director of United for Libraries. Following a...
