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Social Responsibilities Round Table seeks applications for 2024 SRRT Conference Travel Grant
CHICAGO - The Social Responsibilities Round Table of the 91´«Ã½ (SRRT) is pleased to announce the SRRT Conference Travel Grant to help finance up to two SRRT members' attendance at the 2024 91´«Ã½ Annual Conference in San Diego, CA. The...
Poudre River Public Library District Receives 2023 Maureen Hayes Author/Illustrator Award
CHICAGO - The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½), has announced that the Poudre River Public Library District is the recipient of the 2023 Maureen Hayes Author/Illustrator Award...
Carnegie-Whitney Grant awards up to $5,000 for guides to library resources
The 91´«Ã½ Publishing Committee provides a grant of up to $5,000 for the preparation of print or electronic reading lists, indexes, or other guides to library resources that promote reading or the use of library resources at any type...
ALSC Supports 2023 Bound to Stay Bound, Melcher Scholarships
CHICAGO – The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) has awarded a total of 6 students the Bound to Stay Bound and Melcher Scholarships for the 2023-2024 academic year. Four recipients were awarded the Bound to Stay Bound Books scholarship...
GameRT’s 2023 Game On! Grant awarded to Butler Area Public Library (Butler, PA)
CHICAGO — The Games & Gaming Round Table (GameRT) of the 91´«Ã½ is pleased to announce Butler Area Public Library (Butler, PA) as the recipient of their 2023 Game On! Grant ($500). GameRT introduced the Game On! grant program in 2020...
CHICAGO–Core is now accepting applications for the Online Course Scholarship for Library Professionals from Developing Countries to participate in our online Fundamentals courses held between September 11, 2023 and December 22, 2023. One free seat per...
CHICAGO — The 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) today announced $10,000 Building Library Capacity Grants to seventeen libraries at Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) across the United States that have experienced economic hardship due the consequences...
Together We’re Stronger National Conference Registration Grants
CHICAGO — Thirty conference registration grants are available to school library professionals wishing to attend the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) National Conference. Sponsored by Penguin Random House, the “Together We’re Stronger...
Applications Open for Inaugural Core LIFT Award for Professional Development
Core is pleased to announce our new 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 development including, but...
AASL Announces Inaugural Toor Scholarship Recipients
CHICAGO – Eight school librarians from across the country have been awarded an American Association of School Librarians' (AASL) Toor Scholarship for Strong Public-School Libraries. The Toor Family, in honor of their parents, Jay and Ruth Toor...
2023 AASL STEM Special Event Grants Awarded
CHICAGO – Eleven STEM Special Event Grants have been awarded by the American Association of School Librarians (AASL). Supported by the Danaher Foundation, the STEM Special Event Grant Program supports a special event to increase student engagement by...
Sheila Michaels named YALSA’s 2023 MAE Award winner
CHICAGO — The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) has awarded Sheila Michaels, Library Media Specialist at Nixa High School in Nixa Missouri, its’ 2023 Margaret A. Edwards (MAE) Award for Best Literature Program for Teens for her Program...
Kenosha Public Library Receives 2023 ALSC/Candlewick Press Light the Way Grant
The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½), has announced that the Kenosha Public Library is the recipient of the 2023 ALSC/Candlewick Press Light the Way Grant. As the recipient of the...
The 91´«Ã½ Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table (GNCRT) is excited to announce Gabriel Lopez of San Antonio, TX, and Avi Netzorg Woontner of Santa Fe, NM, as the recipients of the first GNCRT Comics Librarian Conference Travel Grants...
The 91´«Ã½’s Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table and the Will and Ann Eisner Family Foundation are pleased to announce the 2023 recipients of the Will Eisner Graphic Novel Grants for Libraries. These grants, funded by the Will and...
