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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.
YALSA publishes fall issue of Journal of Research on Libraries and Young Adults
CHICAGO - The fall 2011 issue of YALSA's Journal of Research on Libraries and Young Adults is now available at yalsa.ala.org/jrlya. This special issue is focused on the new national research agenda from YALSA, with contributions from YALSA’s Research...
Chan named as Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association 2012 Emerging Leader
CHICAGO -- The Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association’s (AP91´«Ã½) Scholarships and Awards Committee is proud to announce Tina Chan, reference and instruction librarian at the State University of New York, Oswego, Penfield Library as the 2012 Emerging...
New session of Teaching Information Literacy to College Students eCourse begins in January
CHICAGO - By popular demand, 91´«Ã½ Editions announces a new session of Joanna Burkhardt's facilitated eCourse on Teaching Information Literacy to College Students. Burkhardt, professor and head librarian at the University of Rhode Island branch libraries...
Applications due Dec. 1 for YALSA member awards and grants
CHICAGO — The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½), offers more than $90,000 in grants and awards each year to its members to travel to 91´«Ã½ conferences, to support collection development...
AASL sponsors Gutierrez and Kelly as Emerging Leaders
CHICAGO – The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) will sponsor two participants in the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) 2012 Emerging Leaders (EL) program. The AASL-sponsored participants will join 75 of their peers as the fourth year of...
Improve your library instruction with five-minute assessment: New workshop with Sarah Steiner
CHICAGO - 91´«Ã½ Editions announces an exciting new workshop, How to Improve Your Library Instruction: Assessment in Five Minutes with Sarah Steiner. When you’ve got a one-hour, one-shot library-instruction session scheduled, speedy and accurate student...
New from ACRL: 'International Students and Academic Libraries: Initiatives for Success'
CHICAGO – The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) announces the release of “ International Students and Academic Libraries: Initiatives for Succes s,” edited by Pamela Jackson and Patrick Sullivan. The number of international students...
Adam Goodman and James Hilton featured speakers at ALCTS Virtual Symposium
CHICAGO - “Launching Your Star Potential: Leadership for Today's Libraries,” an ALCTS Virtual Symposium, launches Jan. 9, 2012 with Dr. Adam Goodman and ends Jan. 13, 2012 with Dr. James Hilton. These thought-provoking presentations from outstanding...
PLA sponsors Emerging Leader and public librarian Heather Beverley
CHICAGO — The Public Library Association (PLA) is pleased to sponsor Heather Beverley, children’s librarian and technology/young adult consultant at Cook Memorial Public Library District (Ill.) as its representative for the 2012 91´«Ã½ Emerging Leaders...
Champion Connections empower diverse voices
CHICAGO - The most successful careers are built on the help and support of generous colleagues — peers who collaborate and support growth, mentors who help develop specific skills and champions who recommend and advocate involvement at the next levels of...
The fundamentals of small public library management
CHICAGO — Anyone at the helm of a small public library knows that every little detail counts. But juggling the responsibilities that are part and parcel of the job is far from easy. “ Small Public Library Management,” published by 91´«Ã½ Editions, is a...
Refresh your library’s existing teen services with YALSA’s pre-Midwinter workshop
CHICAGO — Find out how you can give your library’s standard teen services an easy-to-implement boost at YALSA’s Innovations in Essential Teen Services half-day workshop from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. on Jan. 20, prior to the 91´«Ã½ Midwinter Meeting, in Dallas...
Erica Findley named ALCTS 2012 Emerging Leader
CHICAGO - Erica Findley, digital resources/metadata librarian at Pacific University in Forest Grove, Ore., has been selected as the ALCTS-sponsored Emerging Leader for 2012. The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services, ALCTS, sponsors one...
ALTAFF and 91´«Ã½ Conference Services to sponsor Spotlight on Adult Literature at Midwinter Meeting
PHILADELPHIA - The Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations (ALTAFF), a division of the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½), along with 91´«Ã½ Conference Services, will sponsor a Spotlight on Adult Literature from 2 to 4 p.m. CST on...
C91´«Ã½ sponsors Li and Kyauk as 2012 Emerging Leaders
CHICAGO - The Chinese American Librarians Association (C91´«Ã½) has selected Yuan Li, scholarly communications librarian at Syracuse University Library, and Chris Kyauk, C91´«Ã½ Spectrum Scholar and intern at the Ethnic Studies Library at UC Berkeley, for the...
