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Lawrenceville, Georgia librarian chosen for national public service honor
Elissa Checov recipient of the prestigious 2016 I Love My Librarian Award NEW YORK – Today Elissa Checov, manager of library services at Gwinnett Technical College / Gwinnett County Public Library in Lawrenceville, Georgia, was named a winner of the I...
Modesto, California librarian chosen for national public service honor
Olga Valencia Cardenas recipient of the prestigious 2016 I Love My Librarian Award NEW YORK – Today Olga Valencia Cardenas, youth services outreach librarian at Stanislaus County Library in Modesto, California, was named a winner of the I Love My...
Charlemont, Massachusetts librarian chosen for national public service honor
Andrea Bernard recipient of the prestigious 2016 I Love My Librarian Award NEW YORK – Today Andrea Bernard, library director at Tyler Memorial Library in Charlemont, Massachusetts, was named a winner of the I Love My Librarian Award. Bernard is being...
Old Westbury, New York librarian chosen for national public service honor
Danielle S. Apfelbaum recipient of the prestigious 2016 I Love My Librarian Award NEW YORK – Today Danielle S. Apfelbaum, librarian II at the New York Institute of Technology, in Old Westbury, New York, was named a winner of the I Love My Librarian Award...
Apply for the LITA/Library Hi Tech Award for Cutting Edge Tech Education
Nominations are being accepted for the 2017 LITA/Library Hi Tech Award, which is given each year to an individual or institution for outstanding achievement in educating the profession about cutting edge technology within the field of library and...
Applications for 91´«Ã½ Trustee Citation due Jan. 9
BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania — United for Libraries is accepting applications for the 91´«Ã½ Trustee Citation through Jan. 9, 2017. The 91´«Ã½ Trustee Citation, established in 1941 to recognize public library trustees for distinguished service to library development...
ALSC now accepting applications for 2017 Bookapalooza Program
CHICAGO — The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) and the Grants Administration Committee are now accepting online applications for the 2017 Bookapalooza Program. This program offers select libraries a collection of materials to be used in...
Anastasia Chiu named 2017 ALCTS Emerging Leader
CHICAGO — Anastasia Chiu, resident librarian at the Samuel L. Paley Library at Temple University, has been selected as the ALCTS-sponsored Emerging Leader for 2016-2017. Each year, the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS)...
Submit a Nomination for the Prestigious Kilgour Technology Research Award
CHICAGO — The Library and Information Technology Association (LITA), a division of the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½), and OCLC, Inc. invite nominations for the 2017 Frederick G. Kilgour Award for Research in Library and Information Technology. The...
LIS Students: Apply for the LITA/Ex Libris Writing Award
CHICAGO — The Library and Information Technology Association (LITA), a division of the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½), is pleased to offer an award for the best unpublished manuscript submitted by a student or students enrolled in an 91´«Ã½-accredited...
PLA sponsors Emerging Leaders Heather Novotny and Heather Thompson
CHICAGO – The Public Library Association (PLA) is pleased to sponsor Heather Novotny and Heather Thompson as its representatives for the 2017 91´«Ã½ Emerging Leaders program. "PLA doesn’t just improve library services, we build library leaders,” said PLA...
Bayci, Halpern, Ibacache and Tucker receive Penguin Random House Young Readers Group Award
CHICAGO — The Association for Library Service to Children has awarded the 2017 Penguin Random House Young Readers Group Award to Emily Bayci, Naperville (Illinois) Public Library; Katy Halpern, Lake Hiawatha (New Jersey) Library; Kathia Ibacache, Simi...
ALSC selects Tori Ann Ogawa as 2017 Emerging Leader
The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½), announced Tori Ann Ogawa of the Darien Library in Darien, Conn. as its representative in the 2017 Emerging Leader program. Ogawa is the Harold W...
Intellectual freedom nominations for the John Philip Immroth Memorial Award due soon
CHICAGO —The deadline for nominations for the John Phillip Immroth Memorial Award is Dec . 1, 2016. The Immroth Award honors intellectual freedom fighters in and outside the library profession who have demonstrated remarkable personal courage in resisting...
Applications for National Friends of Libraries Week Awards due Dec. 2
BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania — United for Libraries is sponsoring the 11th annual National Friends of Libraries Week Oct. 16-22, 2016. Friends of the library groups across the country are celebrating by holding membership drives, book sales and special events...
