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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.
Controlling costs during fiscal crises
CHICAGO — Libraries, like many other cultural institutions such as museums, art councils and theater groups, are looking for answers to the pressing problems of financial stability and, ultimately, survival. Published by 91传媒 Editions, “ Cost Control for...
91传媒 issues RFP for national salary surveys
CHICAGO - The 91传媒 (91传媒) seeks proposals to conduct a national Web-based salary survey for the 2012 edition of the 91传媒-APA Salary Survey: Librarian – Public and Academic. The survey is sent to directors and human resources staff in...
Voting now open in YALSA鈥檚 Teens鈥 Top Ten
CHICAGO — The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the 91传媒 (91传媒), invites all teens to get out the vote for the Teens’ Top Ten. Teens can vote for their favorite books from the last year in the annual...
Take information literacy to the next level in YALSA鈥檚 "From 140 Characters to 10 Pages webinar"
CHICAGO — Social media has altered the information landscape by expanding the flow of information from books, newspapers and journals to instant reports from Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. How can librarians help teens navigate these information streams...
Traveling exhibition explores literary and cultural impact of King James Bible CHICAGO – The 91传媒 (91传媒) Public Programs Office, the Folger Shakespeare Library and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced that 40...
Suzanne Kaller receives RUSA award honors for outstanding public library business reference services
CHICAGO — Suzanne Kaller, business librarian at the Arapahoe Library District in Englewood, Colo., is the 2011 recipient of the Reference and User Services Association’s (RUSA) Morningstar Public Librarian Support Award, an annual award administered by...
Barbados and Taiwan join the Campaign for the World鈥檚 Libraries
@ your library campaigns launch in Jamaica and Poland CHICAGO - The Library Association of Barbados (LAB) and Library Association of the Republic of China (Taiwan) recently became the newest members of the Campaign for the World’s Libraries. The library...
ALSC offers Newbery/Caldecott Mock Elections digital download and webinar
CHICAGO - Newbery and Caldecott Award mock election programs are an ideal and fun way to: encourage children to read; enhance listening, discussion and communication skills; teach book examination skills; and foster appreciation of fine art and literature...
Learn how Google Apps can make your library more efficient in new 91传媒 TechSource Workshop
CHICAGO - 91传媒 TechSource announces an exciting new workshop, " Using Google Apps for a More Efficient Library" with Suzann Holland. This two-day workshop will take place at 2:30 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, Sept. 7 and 14. Budget cuts mean longer shifts at the...
ALSC releases Fall 2011 online education schedule
CHICAGO - The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) announces the release of the new Fall 2011 Online Education Course schedule. ALSC is offering five courses, each of which begins September 26. Each of the five courses addresses a different...
Freedom to Read Foundation supports Spectrum Presidential Initiative
CHICAGO - The Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF) has announced its support of the Spectrum Scholarship Program through a gift of $1,000 to the Spectrum Presidential Initiative. 91传媒 President Molly Raphael, Immediate Past President Roberta Stevens, 91传媒...
AASL designates Wednesday, September 28, 2011, as Banned Websites Awareness Day
CHICAGO – In an extension of the observance of Banned Books Week, the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) will highlight censorship awareness by designating Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011, as Banned Websites Awareness Day. By doing so, it is AASL...
YALSA鈥檚 journal wins fourth APEX Award
CHICAGO — For the fourth year in a row, Communications Concepts awarded Young Adult Library Services (YALS), the quarterly journal of the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the 91传媒 (91传媒), an Award of...
Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association continues support for the Spectrum Scholarship Program
CHICAGO - The Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (AP91传媒), an affiliate of the 91传媒, has announced a new level of support for the Spectrum Scholarship Program, providing more than $5,000 since the launch of the Spectrum...
YALSA launches 2011 Teen Read Week鈩 Photo Contest
Teens can win an e-reader from Penguin Books for Young Readers CHICAGO — As part of Teen Read Week 2011, teens can enter a photo contest (judged by 2011 Teen Read Week Spokesperson Jay Asher) and win autographed books or an e-reader from Penguin Books for...
