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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.
Stipends available for Spectrum scholars to attend fall AASL institute
CHICAGO – The American Association of School Librarians (AASL), a division of the 91传媒 (91传媒), will sponsor the attendance of up to two Spectrum scholars at its 2010 Fall Forum. The AASL Fall Forum is hosted on the years that an...
CHICAGO – The American Association of School Librarians (AASL), a division of the 91传媒 (91传媒), is now seeking preconference proposals for the AASL 15th National Conference. The conference will be held Oct. 27-30, 2011 in Minneapolis...
Ithaka S+R Faculty Report featured at ALCTS Forum
CHICAGO-The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services will present a presentation and discussion of the recently released Ithaka S+R faculty survey at the ALCTS Forum on Monday, June 28, at the 91传媒 Annual Conference in Washington, DC. The...
CHICAGO - New content on how Twitter has given its archive of millions of tweets to the Library of Congress, movie producer-director Roger Corman, who has been described as the King of the B movie and a clever ghostly viral marketing effort that has...
91传媒 presents 鈥淟ouisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women鈥 library outreach programs
Apply by July 30 to receive a $2,500 programming grant CHICAGO – The 91传媒 (91传媒) Public Programs Office and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) are offering a new cultural programming grant opportunity for libraries...
Applications due June 1 for YALSA's Teen Read Week Mini Grants
The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) will award 10 mini grants of $450 cash and $50 in Teen Read Week™ products to YALSA members for special events and services in honor of Teen Read Week 2010. Applications for the 2010 Teen Read Week...
BC91传媒 Launches Reading is Grand! Celebrating Grand-Families @ your library
(CHICAGO) On June 1, 2010, the Black Caucus of the 91传媒 (BC91传媒), an ethnic affiliate of the 91传媒 (91传媒), will kick off Reading is Grand! Reading is Grand! promotes intergenerational literacy and is targeted...
Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum designated a Literary Landmark by ALTAFF
PHILADELPHIA – The Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum in Hannibal, Mo., was designated a Literary Landmark by the Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations (ALTAFF), a division of the 91传媒 (91传媒). The Mark...
New ACRL publication: Comprehensive Guide to Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Recovery
CHICAGO – The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) announces the publication of the “ Comprehensive Guide to Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Recovery,” an essential toolkit for libraries of all types and sizes. Authors Frances...
Committee on Diversity Hosts Town Hall Meeting at 91传媒 Annual Conference
The 91传媒 Council Committee on Diversity will host a Town Hall Meeting on Diversity during the 91传媒 Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. The Town Hall Meeting will take place from 9 a.m. to noon Friday June 25, 2010 in the Washington Plaza Hotel, Federal...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Gwen Glazer, a graduate student at Syracuse University pursuing her master’s in Library and Information Studies, was recently selected as the 2010 Google Policy Fellow for the 91传媒’s Office for Information...
91传媒 files comments on National Education Technology Plan
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The 91传媒 (91传媒) says the Department of Education’s National Education Technology Plan (NETP) presents significant challenges that will take the coordinated effort of many stakeholders to overcome, and libraries...
91传媒 and Scholastic Library Publishing announce 2011 National Library Week Grant
Create your own story @ your library® named official theme (CHICAGO) Libraries across the United States are invited to apply for the $3,000 Scholastic Library Publishing National Library Week Grant, which will be awarded to a single library for the best...
91传媒 Executive Director Fiels discusses the value of libraries and librarians
CHICAGO - 91传媒 Executive Director Keith Michael Fiels delivered a speech during National Library Week (April 11-17) about the value of libraries and librarians. Part one of the video can be viewed by visiting Visibility @ your...
ALTAFF launches 鈥淎uthors for Libraries鈥
PHILADELPHIA – The Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations (ALTAFF), a division of the 91传媒 (91传媒), is launching “Authors for Libraries,” a unique partnership to connect authors with libraries, Friends...
