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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.
ACRL 2011 National Conference registration opens
ACRL offers 80 scholarships worth more than $40,000 and keynote sessions featuring Tiffany Shlain, Raj Patel and Clinton Kelly CHICAGO - The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) announces the opening of registration for the ACRL 2011...
Twenty-three acclaimed poets and authors LIVE! at 91´«Ã½ Annual Conference
Reading stage features Laurie Halse Anderson, Roy Blount, Jr., Henri Cole, Heid E. Erdrich, Marilyn Johnson, Adriana Trigiani and more CHICAGO – The 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) Public Programs Office will present 23 critically acclaimed and...
Five librarians win $1,000 Library Advocacy Day stipends from YALSA
CHICAGO — The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) named the recipients of stipends to attend Library Advocacy Day in Washington , D.C. on June 29, in conjunction with the 91´«Ã½’s Annual Conference. The five YALSA...
Gary White elected RUSA vice president/president-elect
CHICAGO—Gary White, acting head of the department of reference, collections and research at Pennsylvania State University, has won election as vice president/president-elect of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA). White joined the faculty...
Boomers and beyond in today’s libraries
CHICAGO – 91´«Ã½ Editions, the publishing imprint of the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½), announces the release of “ Boomers and Beyond: Reconsidering the Role of Libraries,” edited by Pauline Rothstein and Diantha Dow Schull. Supporting the growing...
ASCLA online membership journal seeks editor
CHICAGO - The deadline for applications for the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies’s (ASCLA) newsletter editor position has been extended to June 11, 2010. Interface, ASCLA’s quarterly online membership journal, serves as the...
One-stop destination for online learning launches on 91´«Ã½ website
CHICAGO-- 91´«Ã½ Online Learning has launched at www.ala.org/ala/onlinelearning/index.cfm. This new collaborative section of the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) website showcases in one easy-to-find place all web-based professional development offered...
ALSC releases Great Interactive Software for Kids
CHICAGO — The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½), has selected its Spring 2010 list of Great Interactive Software for Kids (GISK), which recognizes high-quality computer programs and...
ACRL awards Library Advocacy Day travel grants
CHICAGO – The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) has chosen six winners for 2010 Library Advocacy Day travel grants. Reflecting ACRL’s commitment to fostering grassroots legislative advocacy, the association awarded $250 grants to the...
Rally with AASL for Library Advocacy Day
CHICAGO – The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) encourages all school librarians and supporters of school libraries to join together on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on June 29 to show their support for school libraries. Starting at 10 a...
Capstone supports Learning4Lifeâ„¢
CHICAGO – Beginning this summer, the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) and Capstone are teaming up to offer "Empowering 21 st Century Learners: P21 Framework and AASL Learning Standards" licensed institutes. Through the generous support of...
Emerging Leaders Team J releases survey: how Web 2.0 should 91´«Ã½ go?
CHICAGO - 91´«Ã½ is planning a Web redevelopment in the next year. To ensure that the changes to the website satisfy members’ needs, 91´«Ã½ stakeholders should tell us: Just how Web 2.0 should 91´«Ã½ go? When you visit the 91´«Ã½ website, does it meet your...
Certified Public Library Administrator Program graduates six, adds five candidates
CHICAGO - The Certified Public Library Administrator Program (CPLA) Certification Review Committee (CRC) granted certification to six CPLA® candidates who are now officially Certified Public Library Administrators. In addition, the committee approved five...
( Chicago) An article by noted author Emma Walton Hamilton on using enrichment activities to extend the joy of reading is highlighted on the @ your library website this week. The www.atyourlibrary.org website provides information and recommended...
Nominating Committee seeks candidates
The 91´«Ã½ 2011 Nominating Committee is soliciting nominees to run on the 2011 spring ballot for the offices of 91´«Ã½ President-elect and Councilor-at-large. The Nominating Committee will select two candidates to run for President-elect and no fewer than 51...
