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ALSC now accepting applications for 2016 Baker & Taylor Summer Reading Grant
CHICAGO — The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) and the Grants Administration Committee are now accepting online applications for the 2016 ALSC/Baker & Taylor Summer Reading Grant. This $3,000 grant, made possible by Baker & Taylor, is...
ALCTS requesting nominations for 2016 Continuing Resources Awards
CHICAGO —Nominations are being accepted for the 2016 Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) awards for outstanding achievement and promise in the field of serials and continuing resources. The awards are presented by the...
ALCTS accepting nominations for the 2016 Preservation Awards
CHICAGO — Nominations are being accepted for the 2016 Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) preservation awards. ALCTS presents three Preservation Awards, through its Preservation and Reformatting Section, to honor individuals...
ALCTS seeking 2016 Innovation Awards nominations
CHICAGO — Nominations are being accepted for the 2016 Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) awards for innovation and collaboration. ALCTS presents two awards to honor individuals and/or groups whose work represents the finest...
ALCTS 2016 Publication Awards nominations sought
CHICAGO —Nominations are being accepted for the 2016 Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) awards for excellence in publication. ALCTS presents two Publication Awards to honor individuals for outstanding achievement in research...
Search begins for ALCTS 2016 Professional Recognition Awards nominations
CHICAGO — Nominations are being accepted for the 2016 Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) awards for professional achievement. The three awards honor individuals whose work represents the finest achievements in research...
ALCTS 2016 Ross Atkinson Award nominations sought
CHICAGO — Nominations are being accepted for the 2016 Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) Ross Atkinson Lifetime Achievement Award. The deadline for nominations is Nov. 20. The Ross Atkinson Lifetime Achievement Award...
Seeking nominations and submissions for the 2016 RUSA Achievement Awards
CHICAGO — Beginning Sept. 1, 2015, the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), a division of the 91´«Ã½, is seeking nominations for its annual series of achievement awards and grants. Nominations and supporting materials for...
Applications open for 2016 AASL awards program
CHICAGO — Applications for the American Association of School Librarians’ (AASL) 2016 awards season are now available using AASL’s online awards application. AASL members are encouraged to nominate a colleague or themselves to be lauded for their...
ALSC now accepting applications for 2016 Penguin Young Readers Group Award
CHICAGO — The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) and the Grants Administration Committee are now accepting online applications for the 2016 Penguin Young Readers Group Awards. This award, made possible by an annual gift from Penguin Young...
ALSC now accepting applications for 2016 Bechtel Fellowship
CHICAGO — The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) and the Special Collections and Bechtel Fellowship Committee are now accepting online applications for the 2016 Louise Seaman Bechtel Fellowship . The Bechtel Fellowship is designed to allow...
2015 ACRL STS Oberly Award goes to Beard, Beard and Beard
CHICAGO – James B. Beard, Harriet J. Beard and James C. Beard have been selected as the 2015 recipients of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Science and Technology Section (STS) Oberly Award for Bibliography in the Agricultural or...
Santa Barbara Public Library System chosen as site for 2016 Arbuthnot Lecture
CHICAGO — The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) announced that the 2016 May Hill Arbuthnot Committee has selected the Santa Barbara Public Library System (California) as the site of the 2016 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture featuring Pat...
Bob Sibert, BTSB president, to receive AASL Presidential Crystal Apple
CHICAGO – Bob Sibert, president of Bound to Stay Bound Books, has been selected as the recipient of the 2015 Crystal Apple by American Association of School Librarians (AASL) President Terri Grief. The Crystal Apple honor is given at the discretion of the...
Arts librarian receives 2015 Robert Oakley scholarship
The 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) today awarded Kathleen DeLaurenti the 2015 Robert L. Oakley Memorial Scholarship. The Library Copyright Alliance, which includes 91´«Ã½, established the Robert L. Oakley Memorial Scholarship to support research and...
