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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...

The American Indian Library Association (AILA) and the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (AP91传媒) announce the 2011 Talk Story Grant winners

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...

Presidential Task Force for Equitable Access to Electronic Content (EQUACC) establishes blog and forum

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...