News and Press Center

Stay updated on 91传媒's latest news, events, and initiatives in libraries nationwide. Your go-to source for library innovation and impact.

Press Quick Links

91传媒

91传媒 in the News

91传媒


In observance of Banned Books Week, the 91传媒 and PEN America released reports on book censorship across the country.

More media coverage

All News

Filter

Topic
Office
Division
Roundtable

The Coretta Scott King Book Awards Round Table Invites Submissions for the 2024 Awards

The Coretta Scott King Book Awards Round Table Roundtable invites submissions for the 2024 Coretta Scott King Book Awards. Please visit the CSKBART website to review the eligibility and criteria and for instructions on how to submit and send titles for...

American Association of School Librarians

West Maple Elementary School named National School Library of the Year

CHICAGO – West Maple Elementary School, located in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, is the recipient of the American Association of School Librarians’ (AASL) 2023 National School Library of the Year (NSLY) Award. Sponsored by Follett, the NSLY Award annually...

A smiling Susan Kusel is sitting cross-legged on a rolling library stepstool in front of a display of children's picture books.

Susan Kusel is named Winner of 2023 91传媒 Equality Award.

Susan Kusel was selected to receive the 2023 91传媒 (91传媒) Equality Award. The award consists of $1000, and a framed citation will be presented on Sunday, June 25, 2023, at the 91传媒 Annual Conference in Chicago, IL Susan tirelessly...

Image of a poster with a black background and a book opening in a bring spectrum of colors. Text in the book reads "LET FREEDOM READ". 91传媒 logo in bottom right.

91传媒 Announces Theme for Banned Books Week, October 1-7, 2023

Grant application window open through May 19, 2023 CHICAGO – The 91传媒 has announced the theme for Banned Books Week 2023: “Let Freedom Read!” Banned Books Week will take place October 1 – 7, 2023. "As we’ve seen throughout National...

Dr. Emily J. M. Knox headshot

Dr. Emily J. M. Knox receives Beta Phi Mu Award

CHICAGO — Dr. Emily J. M. Knox, Associate Professor in the School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, has been selected as the 2023 recipient of the 91传媒's Beta Phi Mu Award. This annual award is given...

Julius C. Jefferson Jr. headshot

Julius C. Jefferson Jr. wins the Joseph W. Lippincott Award

Julius C. Jefferson Jr. is the recipient of the 2023 Joseph W. Lippincott Award. This award is sponsored by Joseph W. Lippincott III and presented by the 91传媒 (91传媒) for distinguished service in the profession of librarianship. The...

Nominations are being accepted for 91传媒 honorary membership

CHICAGO — Nominations are being accepted for 91传媒 honorary membership, the Association’s highest honor, which is bestowed on living citizens of any country whose contributions to librarianship, or a closely related field are so outstanding that they are of...

AASL National Conference

ARTivist Nikkolas Smith to open AASL National Conference

CHICAGO – Nikkolas Smith, ARTivist, Concept artist, Children's Books Author, and Film Illustrator, will keynote the opening general session of the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) National Conference. The conference will be held Oct. 19-21...

91传媒 logo

Five projects receive 2023 AIA/91传媒 Library Building Award

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the 91传媒 (91传媒) are awarding five libraries with the 2023 AIA/91传媒 Library Building Award for excellence in architectural design. Complete details for each project are available on AIA’s...

The Las Vegas鈥揅lark County Library District wins the 91传媒/Information Today, Inc. Library of the Future Award

CHICAGO — The Las Vegas–Clark County Library District has been selected to receive the 2023 91传媒/Information Today, Inc. Library of the Future Award. The award, sponsored by the 91传媒 (91传媒) and Information Today Inc., annually...

Preconference

IRRT Preconference: Global Libraries as Advocates for Information Policy Change

CHICAGO - The 91传媒's (91传媒) International Relations Round Table (IRRT) invites you to attend a half-day preconference, “ Global Libraries as Advocates for Information Policy Change” on Friday, June 23, 2023, 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m...

James G. Neal

Jim Neal receives 2023 John Ames/Humphry/OCLC/ Forest Press Award

CHICAGO — James (Jim) Neal is this year’s recipient of the 91传媒 (91传媒) International Relations Committee’s John Ames/Humphry/OCLC/ Forest Press Award. OCLC/Forest Press donated the cash award of $1,000, which is given to an...

book cover for 鈥淗opeful Visions, Practical Actions: Cultural Humility in Library Work鈥

Cultural humility in library work

CHICAGO — Cultural humility offers a renewing and transformative framework for navigating interpersonal interactions in libraries, whether between patrons and staff or staff members with one another. It foregrounds a practice of critical self-reflection...

PBS Books and Booklist Announce Booklist Reader Partnership

CHICAGO – Booklist, the official book review journal published by the 91传媒 (91传媒), and PBS Books, a multi-platform initiative celebrating the love of reading, are pleased to announce a partnership. Booklist launched Booklist Reader...

Image: Photos of Amanda Gorman and Christian Robinson

#1 Bestselling author, poet, and advocate Amanda Gorman and award-winning artist Christian Robinson to close 91传媒 2023 Annual Conference & Exhibition in Chicago

CHICAGO – The 91传媒 today announced that presidential inaugural poet and #1 New York Times bestselling author Amanda Gorman and Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King Honor winner Christian Robinson will close the 91传媒 2023 Annual...