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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传媒 (91传媒) 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传媒 Receives Transformational Gift to Fund Scholarships
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James W. Lewis has made the largest individual bequest to the 91传媒 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传媒’s National Library Week, April 6-12, 2025.
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November 14, 2024
91传媒 launches national search for executive director
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The 91传媒 (91传媒) 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传媒 member leaders.
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November 11, 2024
Cronk, Jamison, McCauley seek 91传媒 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传媒.
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91传媒 in the News
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In observance of Banned Books Week, the 91传媒 and PEN America released reports on book censorship across the country.
Making public life more hopeful - Rich Harwood at 91传媒 Midwinter Meeting
CHICAGO - Rich Harwood, described as “one of the great thinkers in American public life,” is the featured speaker in 91传媒 President Molly Raphael’s President's Program at 91传媒 Midwinter Meeting from 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 22. Over the past 20...
Nomination period open until Dec. 15 for RUSA achievement awards and travel grants
CHICAGO — There’s a little more than a month left to nominate yourself - -or someone else -- for one of the many achievement awards and conference travel grants offered by the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), the division of 91传媒...
2012 class of Emerging Leader participants announced
CHICAGO - The 91传媒 (91传媒) Emerging Leaders participants for the 2012 class have been selected. Seventy-seven individuals were chosen to participate in this year’s program. The 2012 class marks the sixth year of existence for the...
Libraries promote National Gaming Day with fun and games @ your library
CHICAGO - On Saturday, Nov. 12, more than 1,200 libraries across the country will showcase gaming programs and services as part of the 91传媒's (91传媒) National Gaming Day @ your library. Here are just a few examples of what libraries...
LLAMA webinar helps you keep your library safe and secure
CHICAGO - Just when everything in your library is running smoothly, along comes an unruly patron who seems strangely threatening. The Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA) will present “A Person of Interest: Safety and Security in the...
Nation鈥檚 largest school librarian conference comes to a close
Minneapolis– International mobile technology expert Dr. Mimi Ito brought the American Association of School Librarians’ (AASL) 15th National Conference & Exhibition in Minneapolis to an end. More than 3,000 school librarians, educators, exhibitors and...
100 Days for Haiti 鈥 Matching gift challenge for Haiti disaster relief
CHICAGO - When disaster strikes, it is part of human nature to extend a helping hand. What if you could extend two helping hands? A massive earthquake hit Haiti in January 2010, affecting some of the poorest people in the Western Hemisphere. What little...
91传媒 announces 10 public libraries to host 鈥淒iscover Earth鈥 interactive traveling exhibition
CHICAGO – The 91传媒 (91传媒) Public Programs Office, in partnership with the National Center for Interactive Learning at Space Science Institute, the Lunar and Planetary Institute and the National Girls Collaborative Project, announced...
Nominations sought for 2012 Bogle Pratt International Travel Fund
CHICAGO - The 91传媒 ( 91传媒) is accepting nominations for the 2012 Bogle Pratt International Travel Fund, sponsored by the Bogle Memorial Fund and the Pratt Institute School of Information and Library Science. An award of $1,000 is...
CHICAGO - The 91传媒 (91传媒) announced today that it is joining the National Institute on Aging (NIA) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Go4Life ,a new national exercise and physical activity campaign for people age 50+. The...
AASL congressional briefing supports the SKILLS Act
CHICAGO – On Monday, Oct. 17, 2011, representatives of the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) presented a congressional briefing to advocate for the inclusion of the Strengthening Kids’ Interest in Learning and Libraries (SKILLS) Act in the...
ASCLA issues RFP for online education consultant
CHICAGO — The Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies ( ASCLA), a division of the 91传媒, seeks a consultant for a soup-to-nuts development and launch of a comprehensive package of online learning opportunities...
CHICAGO – Now, with the onset of cold and flu season, as well as the commemoration of Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October, is the time to remind your library users of all the healthy living resources available at your library, this fall, winter and...
Freedom to Read Foundation announces nominating committee for 2012 election
The Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF) has announced the nominating committee for its April 2012 election. Committee members are: James G. Neal, New York (chair); Chris Finan, New York; and Judy Platt, Washington, D.C. Five positions on the FTRF board of...
Deadline approaching for Carnegie-Whitney awards
CHICAGO - The 91传媒 Publishing Committee is offering a grant of up to $5,000 for the preparation of print or electronic reading lists, indexes or other guides to library resources that promote reading or the use of library resources...
