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BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania — Wayétu Moore, Juliet Grames, Chris Pavone, Clare Mackintosh, Annie Ward, and G. Willow Wilson will be the featured authors at the United for Libraries Gala Author Tea, sponsored by ReferenceUSA, from 2-4 p.m. on Sun., Jan. 27 at...
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Coretta Scott King Book Awards in 2019
CHICAGO – Libraries, schools and civic organizations across the country and world will host a variety of celebrations to observe the 50th anniversary of the Coretta Scott King Book Awards. Given annually since 1969, the awards commemorate the life and...
2019 Morris Award finalists announced
CHICAGO — The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½), selected five books as finalists for the 2019 William C. Morris Award, which honors the year’s best books written for young adults by a...
CEO and Author Sylvia Acevedo is Auditorium Speaker at 2019 91´«Ã½ Midwinter Meeting
CHICAGO - Sylvia Acevedo has worn many hats: engineer at IBM, rocket scientist at NASA, award-winning entrepreneur, commissioner on the White House Initiative for Education Excellence for Hispanics, and currently CEO of the Girl Scouts of the USA. In Path...
CHICAGO - Eric Klinenberg is a professor of sociology and director of the Institute for Public Knowledge at New York University. His latest book, Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of...
Baker & Taylor to sponsor 2019 91´«Ã½ Youth Media Awards Webcast  Â
CHICAGO - The 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) will reveal the next classics in children’s and young adult literature during its Youth Media Awards announcements at 8 a.m. PT, on Jan. 28, 20l9, from Seattle, Washington. Libraries, schools and book...
Journalist and Author Isha Sesay to Close the 2019 91´«Ã½ Midwinter Meeting in Seattle
CHICAGO - Isha Sesay was born in England and at the age of seven moved with her family to her parents' homeland of Sierra Leone. At age sixteen moved back to London to pursue her studies and ultimately matriculated to Trinity College, Cambridge, where she...
Public Library Association announces events at 2019 91´«Ã½ Midwinter Meeting
CHICAGO -- Planning to attend the 91´«Ã½'s (91´«Ã½) 2019 Midwinter Meeting in Seattle, Wash.? Be sure to take advantage of the outstanding programming offered by the Public Library Association (PLA). Preconference Programs PLA is...
Author Robin DiAngelo is the 91´«Ã½ President’s Program Speaker at the 2019 Midwinter Meeting
For more than twenty years, Robin DiAngelo has worked with a wide range of organizations in the private, nonprofit, and government sectors consulting and training on the issues of racial and social justice. She says, “I grew up poor and white. While my...
91´«Ã½ unveils shortlist for 2019 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction
CHICAGO – The 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) today announced six books shortlisted for the esteemed Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction, awarded for the previous year's best fiction and nonfiction books written for adult...
Rick Steves is an American travel author, television host, and activist. As a child, he took his first trip to Europe in 1969, visiting piano factories with his father, a piano importer. By the time he reached 18, Rick jokes, " I realized I didn't need my...
Co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the largest private foundation in the world, Melinda Gates has dedicated her life to achieving transformational improvements in the health and prosperity of families, communities, and societies. Core to...
2019 Symposium on the Future of Libraries Seeks Proposals for Concurrent Sessions
CHICAGO – The Center for the Future of Libraries is accepting session proposals for the 2019 Symposium on the Future of Libraries. The Symposium on the Future of Libraries is included with full registration for the 2019 91´«Ã½ Midwinter Meeting and Exhibits...
91´«Ã½ Council Adopts Library Bill of Rights Interpretation on Visual and Performing Arts
91´«Ã½ Council adopted a Library Bill of Rights interpretation at the 2018 91´«Ã½ Midwinter Meeting that emphasizes the role art plays in libraries and states libraries should present a broad spectrum of viewpoints in developing art exhibits and programs. “...
New 91´«Ã½ Statement Affirms Net Neutrality is Essential to Intellectual Freedom
At the 2018 91´«Ã½ Midwinter Meeting, 91´«Ã½ Council adopted the statement “ Net Neutrality: An Intellectual Freedom Issue.” Written by the 91´«Ã½ Intellectual Freedom Committee, the document affirms that Net Neutrality is essential to the promotion and practice...
