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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´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) 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´«Ã½ Receives Transformational Gift to Fund Scholarships
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James W. Lewis has made the largest individual bequest to the 91´«Ã½ 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´«Ã½’s National Library Week, April 6-12, 2025.
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November 14, 2024
91´«Ã½ launches national search for executive director
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The 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) 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´«Ã½ member leaders.
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November 11, 2024
Cronk, Jamison, McCauley seek 91´«Ã½ 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´«Ã½.
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91´«Ã½ in the News
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In observance of Banned Books Week, the 91´«Ã½ and PEN America released reports on book censorship across the country.
YALSA sponsors two Emerging Leaders
CHICAGO - The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) will sponsor two members as Emerging Leaders in 2011. Applications are now online; be sure to indicate “YALSA” as the preferred sponsor when applying. YALSA’s Emerging Leaders will each...
Eubanks, Smith featured speakers at Bookmobile Sunday
CHICAGO – Authors W. Ralph Eubanks and Andrew Smith will be the featured presenters at Bookmobile Sunday during the 91´«Ã½’s (91´«Ã½) Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. W. Ralph Eubanks is the author of “Ever is a Long Time: A...
Simplicity champion Wanda Urbanska joins @ your library contributors roster
CHICAGO - Recently dubbed a spokeswoman for the simplicity movement by the New York Times, author and "Simple Living" television host Wanda Urbanska is the latest writer to sign on as a regular contributor to the 91´«Ã½’s @ your...
2010 91´«Ã½ Diversity and Outreach Fair to celebrate diversity in libraries, 20th anniversary of ADA
CHICAGO – Twenty-one libraries and organizations from across the United States will demonstrate “diversity in action” during the Diversity and Outreach Fair at the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) 2010 Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. Held from...
Poetry possibilities @ 2010 91´«Ã½ Annual Conference
CHICAGO—Attendees of the 2010 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) Annual Conference, to be held June 24-29 in Washington, D.C., will find a variety of poetry-themed programming to delight and inspire the lyrical librarian. These events include...
AASL to bring school librarians an online, interactive planning and advocacy tool in August 2010
CHICAGO – The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) has joined with Britannica Digital Learning to co-publish an online, interactive school library program planning module that will change school library program development and implementation...
ALSC announces exceptional websites for children
CHICAGO -- The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½), has added recommended Web sites to Great Web Sites for Kids ( www.ala.org/greatsites), its online resource containing hundreds of...
CHICAGO - New posts, including how to help your child select a college, teen cooking programs and a national initiative for parents to connect with their kids @ your library are featured on the @ your library website this week. The @yourlibrary.org...
Partnering for success in children’s services
CHICAGO-- 91´«Ã½ Editions, the publishing imprint of the 91´«Ã½, announces the release of “ Children's Services: Partnerships for Success,” edited by Betsy Diamant-Cohen. Co-author of the popular titles “ Booktalking Bonanza” and “...
AILA and AP91´«Ã½ highlight family literacy with new Web site
CHICAGO - The American Indian Library Association (AILA) and the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (AP91´«Ã½) have launched a website to feature the Talk Story: Sharing Stories, Sharing Culture website ( http://www.talkstorytogether.org). ...
Librarians can use free content posted on @ your library web site; pitch story ideas
(Chicago) Librarians can use content on @yourlibrary.org to help patrons use their libraries more and better. The site has features of broad interest on myriad topics, and every article tells readers how to use their library to learn more, do more, and...
Attend a ProgrammingLibrarian.org demo at 91´«Ã½ Annual Conference, enter to win free books
CHICAGO – The 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) Public Programs Office will present regular demonstrations of ProgrammingLibrarian.org, an online resource center for all things related to creating cultural community programs for the library, during the...
Kim, Dembicki and Stands With Many to speak at Many Voices, One Nation 2010
CHICAGO - The 91´«Ã½’s Office for Diversity is pleased to announce Eugenia Kim, Matt Dembicki and Joseph Stands With Many as participants in Many Voices, One Nation during the 91´«Ã½ Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. Eugenia...
Daniel Boyd wins 2010 ASCLA award for contributions to blind, physically handicapped
CHICAGO— Daniel W. Boyd, who from 1981 to 2008 served as the director of the South Dakota Braille and Talking Book Library, will receive the 2010 Francis Joseph Campbell Award. The award, which consists of a medal and a citation, is administered by the...
Robert M. O’Neil receives 2010 Freedom to Read Foundation Roll of Honor Award
CHICAGO - Robert M. O’Neil, director of the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression at the University of Virginia (UVA), is the recipient of the 2010 Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF) Roll of Honor Award. O’Neil, who also serves on...
