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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.
PR Xchange offers inspiring public relations ideas
CHICAGO - Would you like to start or add to your idea file of interesting, eye-catching, beautiful bookmarks, brochures, fliers, posters, magnets and other materials to promote library services and resources? This is your chance to collect samples of...
More Great Web Sites for Kids from ALSC
CHICAGO - The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the 91传媒, has added more recommended websites to Great Web Sites for Kids ( www.ala.org/greatsites), its online resource containing hundreds of links...
CHICAGO – The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) is offering a wide variety of online learning opportunities in summer 2011 to meet the demands of your schedule and budget. Full details and registration information are available on the...
91传媒 Conference Store at Annual Conference, New Orleans
CHICAGO - Find the 91传媒 Conference Store at Booth # 2531 on the main aisle near the center of the exhibition hall, across from the Membership Pavilion - an ideal location for easy access and convenient browsing. With plenty of new and best-selling items...
91传媒 outlines library priorities for reauthorization of the Workforce Investment Act
WASHINGTON, DC – The 91传媒 (91传媒) submitted comments (PDF) to the leaders of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee on Friday, urging the committee to consider library priorities for the reauthorization of...
Future of libraries 鈥榗onfronted鈥 in new 91传媒 Office for Information Technology Policy report
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The 91传媒 (91传媒) Office for Information Technology Policy’s (OITP) latest policy brief breaks down the formidable challenges in store for libraries during the next few decades. The brief, “Confronting the Future...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The 91传媒 Office for Information Technology Policy and its Program on America’s Libraries for the 21 st Century (AL21C) Subcommittee have released detailed descriptions of this year’s “Cutting-edge Services” winners (PDF). “The summaries...
YALSA launches Network for Research on Libraries and Teens
CHICAGO — The Young Adult Library Services Association, a division of the 91传媒, launched its online Network for Research on Libraries and Teens at http://yaresearch.ning.com . The resource is freely accessible to any interested...
Michael Gorman recounts his library life in new memoir
CHICAGO — From his earliest reading memories in wartime Britain through five decades of librarianship, eminent librarian and former 91传媒 President Michael Gorman offers insights from his extraordinary career in “ Broken Pieces: A Library Life, 1941-1978,”...
PHILADELPHIA - The Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations (ALTAFF), a division of the 91传媒 (91传媒), will host “Isn’t it Romantic?” from 8 to 10 a.m. CDT on Monday, June 27 at the 2011 91传媒 Annual...
2011 Spectrum Scholarship winners announced
CHICAGO - This year, the 91传媒's (91传媒) Office for Diversity is awarding a new round of more than 50 Spectrum Scholarships. The Spectrum Scholarship Program provides scholarships to American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, Black/African...
Another year of programs for teens
CHICAGO — In this sequel to the book that "takes teen services to a new level" ( Adolescence), YA experts Amy J. Alessio and Kimberly A. Patton present entirely new content while building on the successful formula they established earlier. “ A Year of...
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, announces...
Streaming live @ your library庐
CHICAGO – When residents of Groton, Conn., want to know what’s happening at their library, all they have to do is tune in to find out. Since 2002, the Groton Public Library has used the @ your library® brand as the title for its monthly library talk show...
CHICAGO - The International Relations Round Table ( IRRT) announced four recipients of the 91传媒 Presidential Citations for Innovative International Library Projects for 2011. These awards recognize the following exemplary services: The RISE...
