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October 16, 2024
91传媒 opens registration and launches Preliminary Program for 2025 LibLearnX: The Library Learning Experience in Phoenix, AZ
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LibLearnX is a four-day learning conference that invites 91传媒 members and non-members to participate in collaborative and engaging education, networking, and celebrations.
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October 1, 2024
Freedom to Read Community Day of Action rallies support for America鈥檚 libraries on October 19
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The 91传媒 (91传媒) and the 91传媒-founded Unite Against Book Bans campaign are joining some of the nation’s largest and smallest library systems to in a Freedom to Read Community Day of Action on October 19, 2024.
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September 23, 2024
91传媒 reveals preliminary data on 2024 book challenges
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Between January 1 and August 31, 2024, 91传媒’s Office for Intellectual Freedom tracked 414 attempts to censor library materials and services.
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September 19, 2024
ALSC, 91传媒 unveil 'Inspiring Future Voters' booklist for young readers
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As part of the 91传媒’s Reader Voter Ready civic engagement campaign, the Association for Library Service to Children has released “Inspiring Future Voters,” a new booklist for young readers.
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September 17, 2024
On National Voter Registration Day 2024, 91传媒 President urges library professionals to get Reader Voter Ready
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WASHINGTON – On National Voter Registration Day, also Constitution Day, 91传媒 President Cindy Hohl issued the following letter to library professionals: Dear colleagues, Today is National Voter Registration Day. As president of the American Library...
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July 25, 2024
Sam Helmick chosen 2024-2025 91传媒 president-elect
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The 91传媒 Council decided on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, that Sam Helmick will be the 2024-2025 president-elect effective immediately.
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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.
Jacso receives RUSA BRASS Emerald Research Grant for business reference research
CHICAGO -- Peter Jacso, professor at the library and information science program of the Department of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of Hawaii, is the recipient of a 2011 Emerald Research Grant. This is one of two grants, administered...
Additional contact: Lessa Pelayo-Lozada, AP91传媒 CHICAGO - The American Indian Library Association (AILA) and the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (AP91传媒) are pleased to award $500 grants to the Greenwich Branch of the Gloucester County Library...
Book discount for D铆a 101 participants
CHICAGO - The Association for Library Serivce to Children (ALSC) offers librarians a chance to double up on Día resources this year. Sign up for the ALSC webinar, Día 101: Everything you need to know about celebrating El día de los niños/El día de los...
Figment, YALSA choose O'Neil, Sjoden winners of 2011 Teen Tech Week contest
CHICAGO — Figment.com and the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) awarded two Nook e-readers to the winners of the 2011 Teen Tech Week contest. Becky O’Neil, a librarian at the Westerville (Ohio) Public Library, won the librarian category for...
The reference librarian as information consultant
CHICAGO — Library users’ evolving information needs and their choice of search methods have changed reference work profoundly. Today’s reference librarian must work in a whole new way—not only service-focused and businesslike, but even entrepreneurial. In...
鈥淟et鈥檚 Talk About It: The Civil War鈥 program grant award increased to $3,000
Apply by April 19 to host reading and discussion series CHICAGO – The 91传媒 (91传媒) Public Programs Office and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced an increase in funding for the Let’s Talk About It: Making Sense...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The 91传媒 (91传媒) Presidential Task Force for Equitable Access to Electronic Content (EQUACC) has established a blog and forum to invite commentary on the work of the Task Force and to discuss more generally...
Register now for ALTAFF's Trustee Academy
PHILADELPHIA – The Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations (ALTAFF) is pleased to offer The Trustee Academy, a series of online courses to help library Trustees become exceptionally proficient in their roles on behalf of their...
2011 Best Book in Library Literature
CHICAGO – "The Tech Set" has been named the winner of the 2011 Greenwood Publishing Group Award for the Best Book in Library Literature. "The Tech Set" was created and edited by Ellyssa Kroski and co-published by the Library and Information Technology...
91传媒/Information Today, Inc. Library of the Future Award winner
CHICAGO - The 91传媒 has named Orange County Library system of Orlando, Fla., the 2011 winner of the 91传媒/Information Today, Inc. Library of the Future Award. This award is presented annually to a library that demonstrates innovative...
Deanna B. Marcum receives the 2011 Melvil Dewey Medal Award
CHICAGO - Deanna B. Marcum, associate librarian of Congress for Library Services, Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., is the winner of the 2011 Melvil Dewey Medal Award, sponsored by OCLC. The prestigious honor, given in recognition of creative...
Russell Library selected for 2011 RUSA award for service to labor community
CHICAGO — The Russell Library, Middletown, Conn., is the recipient of the Reference and User Services Association’s (RUSA) 2011 John Sessions Memorial Award for their successful Business & Career Programs. The Sessions Memorial Award was established in...
Mary Mannix honored with 2011 History Section Award
CHICAGO — Mary K. Mannix, Maryland Room manager at Frederick (Md.) County Public Libraries, is the 2011 recipient of the Genealogical Publishing Company/History Section Award for outstanding contributions to the History Section (HS) of the Reference and...
Lesley S.J. Farmer receives the 2011 Beta Phi Mu Award
Dr. Lesley Farmer, professor of librarianship at the California State University Long Beach, has been selected the recipient of the 91传媒’s 2011 Beta Phi Mu Award. This annual award, donated by the Beta Phi Mu International Library...
Online encyclopedia NCPedia wins 2011 RUSA reference award
CHICAGO — The NCPedia, an online encyclopedia of North Carolina history and culture, is the winner of the 2011 Gale Cengage Learning Award for Excellence in Reference and Adult Library Services. Established in 1990, the Gale Cengage Learning Award for...
