ALSC press release archive
Click on the headlines below to access previous years' press releases from the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC).
2011
Get your questions answered during an Every Child Ready to Read® @ your library® Facebook Forum
New Día brochure, webinars offered in January
Two weeks to register for ALSC online courses
ALSC, PLA offer Every Child Ready to Read webinar
Updated Great Early Elementary Reads bibliography released
ALSC's Great Websites for Kids relaunches with fresh new design
ALSC online courses start January 16
ALA Youth Media Awards webcast available to 10,000 viewers
Abrams named 2012 ALSC Emerging Leader
ALSC releases new Dia website
ALSC prepares for Dia 2012 with new website, webinars
YALSA, ALSC expand youth literacy programs with grant from Dollar General Literacy Foundation
ALSC releases Children’s Graphic Novel Core Collection
More selections added to ALSC’s Great Websites for Kids
ALSC Morris Seminar applications now being accepted
ALSC’s “Children and Libraries” honored with writing award
ALSC releases Fall 2011 online education schedule
ALSC names Robina Button 2011 Spectrum Scholar
ALSC offers Newbery/Caldecott Mock Elections digital download and webinar
Miami (Ohio) University chosen as site for 2012 Arbuthnot Lecture
More Great Websites for Kids from ALSC
2011 Spectrum Scholarship winners announced
ALSC announces winners of Bound to Stay Bound, Melcher scholarships
Every Child Ready to Read launches new Web site
Belpre Award celebrates 15th anniversary with "Quinces" celebration at Annual Conference
ALSC offers webinar on family programming in a tough economy
Día 101 webinar available for purchase from ALSC
Advanced sales for Every Child Ready to Read® toolkit begin
Dr. Carolyn S. Brodie elected ALSC 2012-2013 president
Five choices for ALSC spring online courses
ALSC & PLA to offer Sneak Peek Webinar for Upcoming Every Child Ready to Read toolkit
Día 2011 book list is now available
ALSC offers new round of spring webinars
ALSC President’s Program to discuss serving special needs, autism in the library
The best programming ideas for building a culture of literacy through Día
Book discount for Día 101 participants
ALSC names 2011 Penguin Award winners
Día publicity tools now available
ALSC presents first-ever Día 101 webinar
Register your Día event with ALSC
ALSC tabs West Palm Beach as 2011 BWI Award winner
ALSC invites host site applications for 2012 Arbuthnot Lecture with Peter Sís
ALSC Recognizes Three Libraries with Bookapalooza
Pat Mora to Celebrate Día's 15th Anniversary in Tucson
ALSC Presents Biddeford (Maine) with 2011 Hayes Award
Richmond (Calif.) PL Wins 2011 Light the Way Grant
ALSC Names Carlson Distinguished Service Award Winner
ALSC Awards Bechtel Fellowships to Penny, Kaplan
Registration Open for 2011 Arbuthnot Lecture in St. Louis
Registration Continues for ALSC Online Courses
Clare Vanderpool, Erin E. Stead win Newbery, Caldecott Medals
Peter Sís to deliver 2012 Arbuthnot Honor Lecture
Batchelder Award honors Delacorte Press for “A Time of Miracles”
Eric Velasquez, Pam Muñoz Ryan win Pura Belpré Awards
Paul R. Gagne and Melissa Reilly Ellard win 2011 Carnegie Medal for “The Curious Garden”
Kate DiCamillo, Alison McGhee and Tony Fucile win Geisel Award for “Bink and Gollie”
Listening Library wins 2011 Odyssey Award for “The True Meaning of Smekday”
Sy Montgomery, Nic Bishop win 2011 Sibert Medal
Author/Illustrator Tomie dePaola wins 2011 Wilder Award
ALSC Announces 2011 Notable Children's Books
ALSC Names 2011 Notable Children's Recordings
ALSC Announces 2011 Notable Children's Videos
2010
Registration open for online education through ALSC
ALSC Announces Winners of El día de los niños/El día de los libros Mini-Grants
19 Notable Sites Added to ALSC's Great Websites for Kids
ALSC, YALSA Launch New Youth Literacy Program with Grant from Dollar General Literacy Foundation
ALSC Announces Exceptional Websites for Children
St. Louis County Library System to Host 2011 Arbuthnot Lecture
ALSC Members Invited to "FLIP" Out Over Family Reading
ALSC Funds 2010 Spectrum Scholar Sylvia Franco
ALSC Announces Bound to Stay Bound Books and Melcher Scholarship Winners
ALSC Announces 2010 Election Results
New ALSC Spectrum Scholarship Created
Registration Now Open for 2010 ALSC National Institute
ALSC Seeks Host Site for 2011 Arbuthnot Lecture Featuring Lois Lowry
Drawn to Delight: 2010 ALSC Preconference
Tickets Now Available for ALSC 2010 Arbuthnot Honor Lecture
2010 Distinguished Service Award Winner Named
"Three Libraries Selected for Fourth Annual Bookapalooza Program
Hayes Award Winner Announced
Dorr Named 2010 Bechtel Fellowship Recipient
Penguin Young Readers Group Award Winners Named
Rebecca Stead and Jerry Pinkney Win Newbery, Caldecott Medals
Lois Lowry to Deliver 2011 Arbuthnot Honor Lecture
Batchelder Award Honors Delacorte Press for A Faraway Island
Rafael López and Julia Alvarez Win Belpré Awards
Paul R. Gagne and Mo Willems of Weston Woods Win Carnegie Medal
Geoffrey Hayes Wins Geisel Award
Live Oak Media Wins Odyssey Award
Tanya Lee Stone Wins Sibert Medal
ALSC Announces 2010 Notable Children's Books
ALSC Names 2010 Notable Children's Recordings
2010 Notable Children's Videos Announced by ALSC
2009
ALSC Announces Great Interactive Software for Kids
Registration for ALSC's Online Education Courses Is Now Open
ALSC Announces Exceptional Web Sites for Children
2009 Mora Award Received by San Francisco, Topeka & Shawnee County Public Libraries
ALSC Selects 28 Participants for Bill Morris Seminar
Liven Up Your Library Service through ALSC Online Education Courses
ALSC Selects 2010 Emerging Leader Melanie Lyttle
Follow the ALA Youth Media Awards Live from Boston on January 18, 2010
ALSC Professional Awards & Grants Help Libraries and Librarians during Tough Economic Times
ALSC Student Sessions
ALSC Revises "Competencies" Document
ALSC Announces Exceptional Web sites for Children
ALSC Announces Bound to Stay Bound and Melcher Scholarship Winners
Back to School with ALSC Online Education
Riverside County (Calif.) Library System to Host 2010 Arbuthnot Lecture
ALSC Oral Histories Celebrate the Past
ALSC Offers Second William C. Morris Seminar: Book Evaluation Training at Midwinter 2010
ALSC Kids! Campaign Features Art by David Diaz
ALSC to Host Great Programs and Events at ALA Annual
ALSC Announces Exceptional Web sites for Children
Phase Two of ALSC's Kids! Campaign Targets Tweens
Registration Opens for ALSC Online Education Courses
ALA Reaches Diverse Communities through El día de los niños/El día de los libros
ALSC Announces 2009 election results, 2011 Newbery, Caldecott and Sibert Award Chairs
ALSC Announces Summer Online Education Courses
ALA's Linda Mays discusses El día de los niños/El día de los libros, April 30
Great Interactive Software for Kids - Spring 2009 List
Thinkfinity Highlights Bilingual Resources Offered by Libraries during Día
The 2009 Newbery and Caldecott Awards Guide
Strittmatter New ALSC Executive Director
Libraries to Showcase Bilingual Resources during El día de los niños/El día de los libros
Thinkfinity.org and ALA Showcase Pura Belpré Book Award Winners
ALSC Announces the Winners of the Kids! Campaign Cool Cash Contest
Carole D. Fiore ALSC Leadership Fund Announced
ALSC 2009 Arbuthnot Lecture Tickets Now Available
ALSC Seeks Host Site for 2010 Arbuthnot Lecture Featuring Kathleen T. Horning
ALSC Preconference Shines Spotlight on Intellectual Freedom
ALSC Selects Three Libraries for Third Annual Bookapalooza Program
Thom Barthelmess Elected ALSC Vice-President
Join ALSC and REFORMA in Celebrating Día 2009
ALA Leaders Release Statement about the Deaths of ALSC Members McClelland & Krasniewicz
Gaiman, Krommes Win Newbery, Caldecott Medals
Horning to Deliver 2010 Arbuthnot Honor Lecture
Batchelder Honors Arthur A. Levine Books
Morales, Engle Win Belpré Awards
Gagne, Reilly Win Carnegie
Willems Wins Geisel Award
Recorded Books Wins Odyssey Award
Kadir Nelson Wins Sibert Medal
Ashley Bryan Wins Wilder Medal
ALSC Announces Notable Children's Books
ALSC Announces Notable Children's Recordings
ALSC Announces Notable Children's Videos
ALSC/BWI Summer Reading Program Grant Winner Named
ALSC Bechtel Fellowship Winner Announced
ALSC Distinguished Service Award Winner Named
ALSC Hayes Award Winner Announced
ALSC Penguin Young Readers Group Award Winners Named
2008
2009 ALA Youth Media Awards on Twitter
ALSC Announces Exceptional Web Sites for Children
Civil Rights Heroine to Keynote ALSC President's Program
Jump Start your Career with ALSC's Online Education Courses
ALSC Announces Exceptional Web sites for Children
Great Interactive Software for Kids
ALSC Picks 2009 Emerging Leader Madeline Walton-Hadlock
ALSC President to Discuss "Kid Connections"
ALSC Provides Kids Reading List for Oprah's Web site
ALSC Offers Members More than $82,000 in Awards, Grants and Scholarships
ALSC to Offer Four Online Continuing Education Courses
Clinton, Tenn. to Host ALSC 2009 Arbuthnot Lecturer Myers
ALSC Announces Bound to Stay Bound and Melcher Scholarship Winners
ALSC Updates Kids! @ your library Campaign
ALA Honors Newbery, Caldecott Winners at Annual Conference
ALSC to Sponsor Programs, Events, and Giveaways at ALA Annual Conference
New Bibliography of Great Early Elementary Reads
Great Interactive Software for Kids Announced
ALSC Announces Exceptional Web Sites for Children
Kate McClelland Elected ALSC Vice-President
Dr. T. Berry Brazelton to Keynote ALSC President's Program
2008 ALSC National Institute Registration Now Open!
ALSC Celebrates El día de los niños/El día de los libros on Second Life
ALSC Heads West for 2008 National Institute
ALSC preconference discusses challenges of library summer reading programs
ALSC selects three libraries for second annual Bookapalooza program
Dora the Explorer™ joins ALSC and REFORMA in Celebrating Día
ALSC announces Exceptional Web Sites for Children
Schlitz, Selznick win Newbery, Caldecott Medals
Walter Dean Myers to deliver 2009 Arbuthnot Honor Lecture
2008 Batchelder Award honors VIZ Media for “Brave Story”
Yuyi Morales, Margarita Engle win Pura Belpré Awards
Yuyi Morales y Margarita Engle ganan premios "Pura Belpré"
Producer Kevin Lafferty wins 2008 Carnegie Medal for “Jump In!”
Mo Willems wins Geisel Award for “There Is a Bird on Your Head!”
Jazz wins first-ever Odyssey Award
Peter Sís wins 2008 Sibert Medal
ALSC announces 2008 Notable Children’s Books
ALSC names 2008 Notable Children’s Recordings
ALSC announces 2008 Notable Children’s Videos
2008 ALSC Distinguished Service Award Winner
2008 ALSC Bechtel Fellowship Winner named
2008 ALSC Hayes Award Winner Announced
2008 Penguin Young Readers Group Award Winners named
2008 ALSC “Light the Way: Library Outreach to the Underserved” Grant Winner named
2008 ALSC/Tandem Library Books Literature Program Grant winner named
2008 ALSC/BWI Summer Reading Grant Winner named
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