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December 16, 2024
Ten honorees receive prestigious I Love My Librarian Award for outstanding public service
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The 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) is thrilled to announce this year’s ten recipients of the coveted I Love My Librarian Award.
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December 10, 2024
PLA provides funding to more than 100 public libraries as part of $2.7 million effort to boost digital literacy
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The Public Library Association (PLA) has selected more than 139 public libraries across 42 states to host digital literacy workshops, powered by a generous $2.7 million contribution from AT&T.
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December 9, 2024
The 91´«Ã½ Receives Transformational Gift to Fund Scholarships
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James W. Lewis has made the largest individual bequest to the 91´«Ã½ in the association’s history.
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December 5, 2024
Telgemeier, McCloud chosen as National Library Week honorary chairs
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Award-winning author and illustrator Raina Telgemeier and cartoonist and comic theorist Scott McCloud have been selected Honorary Chairs of the 91´«Ã½’s National Library Week, April 6-12, 2025.
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November 14, 2024
91´«Ã½ launches national search for executive director
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The 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) has reopened its search for an executive director in partnership with executive search firm Isaacson, Miller. The search will be led by a steering committee comprising 91´«Ã½ member leaders.
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November 11, 2024
Cronk, Jamison, McCauley seek 91´«Ã½ presidency for 2026-2027
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Lindsay Cronk, Tulane University, New Orleans; Andrea Jamison, Illinois State University; and Maria McCauley, Cambridge Public Library, Cambridge, Massachusetts, are candidates for the 2026-27 presidency of the 91´«Ã½.
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91´«Ã½ in the News
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In observance of Banned Books Week, the 91´«Ã½ and PEN America released reports on book censorship across the country.
91´«Ã½ calls for Penguin Group to restore e-book access to library patrons
WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, the Penguin Group (USA), announced it was discontinuing the lending of new e-book titles to library patrons. In addition, library patrons with the Amazon Kindle e-reader will no longer be able to check-out any Penguin titles...
Empower your community at the 2012 91´«Ã½ Midwinter Meeting Advocacy Institute
CHICAGO – “ Mobilizing Community Support for Your Library” is the focus of the Advocacy Institute Workshop at the 91´«Ã½’s 2012 Midwinter Meeting in Dallas. The workshop will focus on engaging and mobilizing Friends and trustee groups, opinion-makers and...
Long named REFORMA Emerging Leader
CHICAGO - REFORMA, the National Association to Promote Library & Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking, has selected Alicia Long, library assistant at the State College of Florida and a recent MLIS graduate from the University of South...
Eleven preconferences offer in-depth public library education at PLA 2012
CHICAGO –Attendees at the Public Library Association (PLA) 2012 Conference in Philadelphia will have the opportunity to get a head start on professional development before the conference is fully underway. On March 13 and 14, 11 preconferences for public...
Abrams named 2012 ALSC Emerging Leader
CHICAGO - The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) announced Ingrid Abrams of the Brooklyn Public Library as its representative in the 2012 Emerging Leader program. As a children’s librarian in Brooklyn, N.Y., Abrams makes a difference in...
Applications for ALTAFF’s National Friends of Libraries Week Awards due Dec. 1
PHILADELPHIA - The Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations (ALTAFF) is accepting applications for National Friends of Libraries Week Awards through Dec. 1, 2011. National Friends of Libraries Week, which this year was held Oct...
Reach tween readers with YALSA's graphic novels webinar
CHICAGO — Tween readers have shown a healthy appetite for graphic novels, but finding age-appropriate materials for middle schoolers can be difficult! Find out how you can build a great graphic novel collection for your middle grade readers in YALSA’s Dec...
Semantic Web/Linked Data experts address ALCTS symposium
CHICAGO - “Libraries, Linked Data and the Semantic Web: Positioning Our Catalogs to Participate in the 21st Century Global Information Marketplace,” the ALCTS Midwinter Symposium, brings together the leading experts in the fields of linked library data...
ACRL offering e-Learning scholarships
CHICAGO - The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) announces e-Learning scholarships to help librarians, library staff and library school students stretch their professional development dollars. Fifteen e-Learning scholarships will be...
An eye-opening look at graphic novels in the school library
CHICAGO— Many educators now agree that graphic novels inform as well as entertain, and to dismiss their educational potential is to throw away a golden opportunity to reach out to young readers. “ Graphic Novels in Your School Library,” by Jesse Karp and...
Lifelong learning @ your library
CHICAGO – Libraries are synonymous with lifelong learning. In today’s tough economy, the spotlight shines on the services libraries offer to job seekers, but libraries remain a place of lifelong learning for all, including library staff. As part of its...
91´«Ã½ alarmed at seizure of Occupy Wall Street library, loss of irreplaceable material
CHICAGO -The People’s Library, a library constructed by the New York Occupy Wall Street movement, was seized in the early morning hours of Nov. 15, by the New York Police Department during a planned raid to evict Occupy Wall Street protesters from...
Jamal Joseph to keynote 13th annual Arthur Curley Lecture
CHICAGO – Author and activist Jamal Joseph will deliver the Arthur Curley Memorial Lecture as part of the 91´«Ã½’s (91´«Ã½) Midwinter Meeting in Dallas. Joseph will speak at 4 – 5 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 21, at the Dallas Convention...
School library leaders provide 30-second insights in new video podcast series
CHICAGO – The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) is proud to present its new video podcast series 30 Second Thought Leadership: Insights from Leaders in the School Library Community. The series features school librarian experts delivering...
Conversations on transforming libraries are highlights of 91´«Ã½ 2012 Midwinter Meeting
CHICAGO - Two afternoons of deep conversation about the evolving needs of our communities and how we can transform libraries and librarianship to meet their challenges will take place at the 91´«Ã½ 2012 Midwinter Meeting. Hosted by 91´«Ã½ President Molly...
