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FTRF names Amy Steinbauer and Gretchen LeCheminant as Conable Scholarship recipients
CHICAGO — The Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF) has selected Amy Steinbauer and Gretchen LeCheminant as recipients of Gordon M. Conable Conference Scholarships. The Conable Scholarships will provide for Steinbauer's and LeCheminant's expenses to attend...
CHICAGO – The Advocacy for School Libraries Special Interest Group in New Mexico (ASL-SIG) is the recipient of the 2015 American Association of School Librarians’ (AASL) ABC-CLIO Leadership Grant. Sponsored by ABC-CLIO, the $1,750 grant is given to AASL...
Clarice Marchena receives AASL Innovative Reading Grant to implement enrichment book club program
CHICAGO — Clarice Marchena, school librarian at Dos Puentes Elementary School, in Manhattan, New York, is the recipient of the 2015 American Association of School Librarian’s (AASL) Innovative Reading Grant. Sponsored by Capstone, the $2,500 grant...
Arlen Kimmelman to build agents of change with inaugural Ruth Toor Grant
CHICAGO – Arlen Kimmelman, school librarian at Clearview Regional High School in Mullica Hill, N.J., is the recipient of the inaugural Ruth Toor Grant for Strong Public School Libraries. Sponsored by Jay Toor, the grant provides funding for the creation...
Murphy and Hart win United for Libraries/SAGE Academic Friend Conference Grants
BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania -- United for Libraries has awarded the 2015 United for Libraries/SAGE Academic Friend Conference Grants to Heather Murphy, associate director of advancement for publications and public affairs for the library at the University of...
Schools, Internship Center selected to receive 2015 Coretta Scott King Book Donation Grants
CHICAGO – Noble Elementary-Middle School in Detroit, Minnesota Internship Center in Minneapolis and Townson School in Rochester, New York have been selected to receive the 2015 Coretta Scott King Book Donation Grants. Awarded each spring by the Coretta...
NEH grants 91´«Ã½ $350,000 for book clubs for at-risk youth
CHICAGO — The 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) has been granted $350,000 by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) for the Great Stories Club, a reading and discussion program for at-risk youth. The Great Stories Club funding will introduce...
Applications open for 2015 FTRF Conable Conference Scholarship
CHICAGO — Applications are now open for the 2015 Gordon M. Conable Conference Scholarship, sponsored by the Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF). The Conable Conference Scholarship provides funding for an LIS student or recent graduate to attend the American...
REFORMA conference program explores ‘Latino Americans: 500 Years of History’ grant opportunity
CHICAGO — Attendees at the REFORMA National Conference V will receive information and advice about applying for Latino Americans: 500 Years of History, a grant opportunity offered by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) in partnership with the...
Travel grants available for first-time AASL national conference attendees
CHICAGO — The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) is offering 30 grants for travel to its 17th National Conference & Exhibition. The conference, themed “Experience Education Evolution,” will be held Nov. 5-8, in Columbus, Ohio. Full...
Chandler named 2015 ACRL WESS-SEES De Gruyter Grant winner
CHICAGO — Katharine C. Chandler, reference librarian at the Free Library of Philadelphia Rare Book Department, has been selected to receive the 2015 Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Western European Studies Section (WESS) / Slavic and...
91´«Ã½ announces 10 public libraries to offer ‘StoryCorps @ your library’ programs
CHICAGO – The 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) Public Programs Office, in partnership with StoryCorps, has announced 10 public libraries will participate in the StoryCorps @ your library program. Funded by a grant from the Institute of Museum and...
RUSA’s Business Reference and Services Section selects achievement award and grant winners
CHICAGO — The Business Reference and Services Section (BRASS) of RUSA has selected the winners of the 2015 achievement awards, research and travel grants that recognize the profession’s most exceptional librarians, libraries and projects involving...
Rare Shakespeare First Folio to visit all 50 states, DC and Puerto Rico in 2016
Washington, D.C. — The Folger Shakespeare Library, in partnership with the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) and Cincinnati Museum Center, has announced the tour sites for its 2016 national traveling exhibition of First Folio! The Book that Gave Us...
Arizona, California libraries win 2015 Bookapalooza Program
CHICAGO — The Association for Library Services to Children (ALSC) has awarded the 2015 Bookapalooza Program to three libraries: Maricopa Public Library, Maricopa, Arizona; Pinetop-Lakeside Public Library, Lakeside, Arizona; and Monterey County Free...
