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The Social Responsibilities Round Table (SRRT) of the 91´«Ã½ has named Ann Sparanese as the 2024 winner of the Herb Biblo Outstanding Leadership Award for Social Justice and Equality. The $4000 award is funded by an SRRT/91´«Ã½...
Applications Open for Core LIFT Award for Professional Development
Core is pleased to announce applications are open for the Career LIFT Award to support skill development and networking opportunities for information professionals. Sponsored by OCLC, it consists of up to $1,500 the recipient may use on professional...
Submit a Nomination for the Core/OCLC Margaret Mann Citation for Cataloging and Classification
Applications are open for the Core/OCLC Margaret Mann Citation, which recognizes outstanding professional achievement in cataloging or classification either through publication of significant professional literature, participation in professional...
EBSCO Information Services Library Staff Development Award Nomination Deadline Extended
The 91´«Ã½ is currently extending accepting nominations through March 1, 2024, for the EBSCO Information Services Library Staff Development Award. This is awarded to a library organization for a program to further its staff...
91´«Ã½ Medal of Excellence Call for Nominations Extension
CHICAGO — Every year the 91´«Ã½ honors a creative leader in library management, training, cataloging and classification, and the tools and techniques of librarianship with the 91´«Ã½ Medal of Excellence. The award consists of $2,000...
Ken Haycock Award for Promoting Librarianship deadline extension
CHICAGO — The 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) is extending nominations for the Ken Haycock Award for Promoting Librarianship. The Ken Haycock Award for Promoting Librarianship was established in 2004 and recognizes an individual who has contributed...
Ernest A. DiMattia, Jr. Award Call for nominations extended
CHICAGO - The 91´«Ã½ is currently extending nominations through March 1, 2024 for the Ernest A. DiMattia, Jr. Award for Innovation and Service to Community and Profession Award. An annual award includes $5,000 and a citation. The...
CHICAGO — The 2024 application process for the 91´«Ã½’s Sullivan Award for Public Library Administrators Supporting Services to Children is being extended to March 1, 2024. This award honors an individual who has shown exceptional understanding and support...
Scholastic Library Award nominations deadline extended
CHICAGO — The 2024 application process for the 91´«Ã½’s Scholastic Library Publishing Award is open and extending nominations until March 1, 2024. This award honors a librarian whose "unusual contribution to the stimulation and guidance of reading by...
Nominations extended for 2024 91´«Ã½/Information Today, Inc. Library of the Future Award
91´«Ã½ is currently extending nomination through March 1, 2024 for the 91´«Ã½/ Information Today Library of the Future Award. The prize consist of $1,200 along with a plaque. 91´«Ã½/Information Today, Inc. Library of the Future Award is sponsored annually by the...
Beta Phi Mu Award call for nomination extended
CHICAGO — The 91´«Ã½ is currently extending nominations through March 1, 2024 for the Beta Phi Mu Award. Beta Phi Mu award is an annual award consisting of $1,000 and a citation of achievement. This award is given in recognition of...
Lemony Snicket Award Nominations 2024 deadline extended
Sarah Nalepa Governance Program Coordinator Governance 3127249251 snalepa@ala.org CHICAGO — Librarians face adversity every day, whether they are defending a challenged book like Maus, responding to collection and building damage after hurricanes and...
K-12 school librarians invited to apply for $5,000 Sara Jaffarian School Library Program Award
CHICAGO — School librarians are invited to apply for a $5,000 award recognizing outstanding humanities programming in kindergarten through twelfth grade, the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) Public Programs Office announced. Previously for school...
91´«Ã½ to receive lifetime achievement award from National Book Critics Circle
CHICAGO – The 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) has been selected to receive the prestigious Toni Morrison Achievement Award from the National Book Critics Circle. The award, established by the NBCC in 2021, honors institutions that have made lasting and...
Kyle Lukoff to deliver 2025 Children’s Literature Lecture
BALTIMORE — Author Kyle Lukoff will deliver the 2025 Children’s Literature Lecture. The announcement was made today by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½), during LibLearnX: The...
