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Longlist for 2022 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction announced
CHICAGO – A total of 45 books (23 fiction, 22 nonfiction) has been selected for the longlist for the 2022 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction. The list is now available on the awards’ website. The six-title shortlist—three each...
Applications Open for 2022 AASL Awards
CHICAGO – Applications for the American Association of School Librarians’ (AASL) 2022 awards are now available. AASL members are encouraged to nominate a colleague or themselves to be lauded for their outstanding talent and dedication to the profession as...
IFRT accepting nominations for 2022 Eli M. Oboler Memorial Award
The Intellectual Freedom Round Table is pleased to announce that beginning in 2022 that the Round Table will be awarding the Eli M. Oboler Memorial Award annually. The Oboler Award will honor journal articles in even number years (2022, 2024, etc.) and...
AASL announces Best Digital Tools for Teaching & Learning
CHICAGO – The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) has released its annual list of Best Digital Tools for Teaching & Learning. The recognition honors electronic resources that provide enhanced learning and curriculum development for school...
2021 Schneider Book Award Virtual Celebration registration open
CHICAGO - The 91传媒 and the Schneider Family Book Award Committee cordially invite you to attend the 2021 Schneider Book Award Virtual Celebration at 1:30 p.m. CT on Sunday, June 27, 2021. This Zoom event is free but requires...
91传媒 announces the 2022 Carnegie Selection Committee
CHICAGO — The 2022 selection committee is starting work on picking the longlist for the prestigious Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction. The 2022 committee includes the following experts who work closely with adult readers...
Newbery Medal 100th Anniversary Celebration
CHICAGO — Join the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) in celebrating 100 years of the Newbery Medal! The Newbery Medal was established in 1921 and first awarded in 1922 by the 91传媒 (91传媒). Beginning in summer 2021...
ALSC names 2021 Notable Children's Books
CHICAGO — The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the 91传媒 (91传媒), has selected its 2021 Notable Children’s Books. The list of titles, published in the previous year, includes fiction, nonfiction...
ALSC announces 2021 Notable Children鈥檚 Recordings
CHICAGO — The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the 91传媒 (91传媒), has selected its 2021 list of Notable Children’s Recordings. The list includes recordings for children 14 years of age and younger of...
2021 Outstanding Reference Sources List Announced
CHICAGO – The most noteworthy reference titles published in 2020 have been named to the 2021 Outstanding References Sources List, an annual list selected by experts of the Collection Development and Evaluation Section (CODES) of the Reference and User...
Yishai Sarid named Winner of 2021 Sophie Brody Medal
CHICAGO – The Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) has announced its selection for the 2021 Sophie Brody Medal, an annual honor bestowed by the Collection Development and Evaluation Section (CODES) of RUSA during the recent Book & Media Awards...
Dartmouth Medal Awarded to "The Cold War: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection
Chicago — The winner of the 2021 Dartmouth Medal for most outstanding reference work, an annual award presented by the expert reference and collection development librarians of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), a division of 91传媒, is the...
2021 CODES List-Cookbooks Announced
CHICAGO — The CODES List, a committee of the Collection Development and Evaluation Section (CODES) of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), has announced the 2020 selection of essential cookbooks for public libraries. The CODES List...
Reader's Advisory Experts Announce 2021 Notable Books List
CHICAGO—The Notable Books Council, first established in 1944, has announced the 2020 selections of the Notable Books List, an annual best-of list composed of twenty-five titles written for adult readers and published in the US including fiction...
CHICAGO - The 91传媒 (91传媒) selects “Deacon King Kong,” by James McBride, published by Riverhead Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, as the winner of the 2021 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, and "Fathoms...
