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CHICAGO — Cathy Langer, lead buyer for the independent Tattered Cover Bookstores in Denver, Colorado, joins the 2016 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction selection committee. She was chosen by the American Booksellers...
2015 Carnegie Whitney Grant winners announced
CHICAGO — The Carnegie-Whitney Grant provides grants for the preparation, either in print and/or electronically, of popular or scholarly reading lists, webliographies, indexes and other guides to library resources that will be useful to users of all types...
Berger’s Rare Books and Special Collections wins 2015 ABC-CLIO Publishing Award
CHICAGO — The 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) proudly acknowledges Sidney E. Berger as winner of the 2015 ABC-CLIO Award for the Best Book in Library Literature for "Rare Books and Special Collections," published by 91´«Ã½ Neal-Schuman. This award...
Swanson Best of LRTS Award to Christine Turner
CHICAGO—Christine N. Turner, electronic resources librarian at University of Massachusetts Amherst, has been awarded the 2015 Edward Swanson Memorial Best of LRTS Award for the article, "E-Resource Acquisitions in Academic Library Consortia," published in...
ALSC invites applications for 2016 Arbuthnot Lecture with Pat Mora
CHICAGO - The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) and the 2016 May Hill Arbuthnot Lecture Committee are proud to announce the opening of the application to host the 2016 event featuring award-winning children’s book author and pioneering...
Maxwell's 'Handbook' wins ALCTS Outstanding Publication Award
CHICAGO — The recipient of the 2015 Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) Outstanding Publication Award is Robert L. Maxwell for his book Maxwell’s Handbook for RDA: Explaining and Illustrating RDA: Resource Description and...
ALSC names 2015 Notable Children's Books
CHICAGO — The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½), has selected its 2015 list of Notable Children’s Books. The list of titles includes fiction, nonfiction, poetry and picture books of...
ALSC announces 2015 Notable Children's Recordings
CHICAGO — The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½), has selected its 2015 list of Notable Children’s Recordings. The list includes recordings for children 14 years of age and younger of...
ALSC announces 2015 Notable Children's Videos
CHICAGO — The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½), has selected its 2015 list of Notable Children’s Videos. The list includes videos for children 14 years of age and younger that exhibit...
Tickets available for 2015 Arbuthnot Lecture featuring Brian Selznick
CHICAGO — The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) and the DC Public Library announced that tickets for the 2015 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture featuring Brian Selznick are now available. The lecture, titled "Love Is a Dangerous Angel...
In the Margins Book Award lists released
CHICAGO — The In the Margins Book Award and Selection Committee, (ITM) a committee under the umbrella of the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies, (ASCLA), Library Services for Youth in Custody (LYSC) selected its top non-fiction...
Longlist for 2015 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction announced
CHICAGO — Forty-three books comprising the longlist for consideration for the 2015 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction have been selected from the most recent Booklist Editors’ Choice and RUSA Notable Books List. The six-title...
91´«Ã½ announces 2015 youth media award winners
CHICAGO - 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 Chicago. A list of...
RUSA announces 2015 book and media awards for adults
CHICAGO - The Reference and User Services Association, a division of the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½), announced the top books in fiction, nonfiction, poetry and genre; audio books; and reference books for adults – including the Notable Books List...
2015 Stonewall Book Awards announced
CHICAGO – The 2015 Stonewall Book Awards were announced by the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Round Table (GLBTRT) of the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½), during the 91´«Ã½ Midwinter Meeting in Chicago. The Stonewall Book Awards are given annually...
