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Open Folklore Project receives ALCTS Outstanding Collaboration Award

CHICAGO - The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) is pleased to award the 2010 ALCTS Outstanding Collaboration Citation to the Open Folklore project. Open Folklore is a collaborative project developed by the American Folklore...

YALSA, World Wrestling Entertainment name WrestleMania® Reading Challenge Finalists

CHICAGO – Twenty regional winners in grades 5-12 from across the United States and Canada have won a chance to compete in the WrestleMania® Reading Challenge World Finals in Atlanta, Georgia on April 2, 2011. The WrestleMania Reading Challenge is...

Cook named 2011 ACRL/EBSS Distinguished Librarian

CHICAGO – Douglas Cook, reference and instruction librarian at Shippensburg University Libraries, is the recipient of the 2011 Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Education and Behavioral Sciences Section (EBSS) Distinguished Education...

Applications due March 1 for YALSA's award-winning quarterly journal

CHICAGO — Applications are due March 1 for a Member Editor for YALSA’s quarterly journal, Young Adult Library Services, a three-time APEX Award honoree. The deadline for applications is March 1. The Member Editor will be responsible for the textual and...

Apply by March 1 for 20 summer reading grants from YALSA and Dollar General

CHICAGO — Librarians seeking funding for summer reading programs aimed at teens can apply for one of 20 summer reading grants, each worth $1,000, distributed by YALSA and funded by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation. YALSA encourages innovative...

ALCTS preconferences at Annual in New Orleans

CHICAGO - Join your colleagues at these valuable preconferences brought to you by the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) just before the 91´«Ã½ Annual Conference this summer in New Orleans. Get the most up-to-date information on...

Pass it on! Celebrate 2011 Preservation Week April 24-30

CHICAGO – Preservation Week marks its second anniversary April 24-30. Last year’s Preservation Week was a great success across the country with academic, public and special libraries. Activities included lectures and workshops, as well as two free...

91´«Ã½ JobLIST Placement Center to host Open House during ACRL Conference in Philadelphia

CHICAGO - The 91´«Ã½ JobLIST Placement Center will host an Open House from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. EDT on Friday, April 1 in the Placement Center during the Association of College & Research Libraries’ (ACRL) National Conference in Philadelphia. Representatives...

Winner of 2011 Carroll Preston Baber Research Grant announced

CHICAGO – Mary Wilkins Jordan is the winner of the 2011 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) Carroll Preston Baber Research Grant for the project entitled “Public Library Stressors: Identification and Elimination.” The $3,000 grant supports innovative...

Library, school and community organizations expand collections with Coretta Scott King Book Donation Grants

CHICAGO – The Pontiac (Mich.) Public Library, the Pontiac (Mich.) Children’s Service and the Luke O’Toole Elementary School in Chicago are recipients of the 2011 Coretta Scott King Book Donation Grants. Awarded by the Coretta Scott King Book Awards...

Applications for ALTAFF’s Best Friends Awards due April 1

PHILADELPHIA – The Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations (ALTAFF), a division of the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½), is accepting applications for the sixth annual Best Friends Awards. Applications are due April 1, 2011...

ASCLA seeks proposals for online professional development offerings

CHICAGO — The Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) invites interested instructors and presenters to submit proposals for online professional development courses and webinars. Topics for online learning proposals might...

91´«Ã½: President’s budget strips library funding

WASHINGTON, D.C. – 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) President Roberta Stevens released the following statement today regarding President Obama’s 2012 budget request: “The president’s budget proposal strips funding away from one of our greatest resources...

Best-selling author Scott Turow stands up for nation’s libraries

“...let-them-eat-cake-attitude that threatens to destroy a network of public assets ” – Scott Turow CHICAGO - In the wake of deep library budget cuts taking place in communities across the country, Scott Turow, author of “Presumed Innocent” and its sequel...

Tax season @ your library

CHICAGO – In tough economic times, libraries help people save money in a variety of ways. This year, many libraries across the country are doing just that by working to provide library users not only with the tools to file their taxes, but resources and...