The Intellectual Freedom Round Table (IFRT) of the American Library Association (ALA) announces that the Oregon Library Association Intellectual Freedom Committee is the recipient of the Gerald Hodges Intellectual Freedom Chapter...
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Feb 17:
PLA and ALSC release new Every Child Ready to Read® toolkit for training early childhood educators
CHICAGO —The Public Library Association (PLA) and Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) are proud to announce the release of “Every Child Ready to Read® (ECRR) @ your library® Toolkit for Serving Early Childhood Educators...
Feb 17:
Blicher named 2017 Routledge Distance Learning Librarianship Conference Sponsorship Award winner
CHICAGO – Heather Blicher, online learning librarian at Northern Virginia Community College, has been named the 2017 recipient of the Routledge Distance Learning Librarianship Conference Sponsorship Award.
This annual award, sponsored by Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, and...
Feb 17:
Hunter and Riehman-Murphy receive ACRL CLS Innovation in College Librarianship Award
CHICAGO – Jennifer Hunter and Christina Riehman-Murphy, reference and instruction librarians at Penn State-Abington, have been named the 2017 recipient of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) College Libraries Section (CLS) Innovation in College Librarianship Award for their...
Feb 17:
COA announces accreditation decisions made at 2016 Fall Meeting and 2017 Midwinter Meeting
CHICAGO — The Committee on Accreditation (COA) of the American Library Association (ALA) announces accreditation actions taken at the 2016 Fall Meeting and the 2017 ALA Midwinter Meeting.
At its 2016 Fall Meeting in Chicago, the COA took the following action:
- Precandidacy...
Feb 16:
Reshma Saujani, Girls Who Code founder and CEO, to open 2017 ALA Annual Conference
Since 2012, Girls Who Code has taught computing skills to and inspired more than10,000 girls across America--and they're just at the beginning of their mission to close the gender gap in tech. Reshma Saujani, the founder and CEO of the national non-profit organization, is also the author of the...
Feb 16:
2017 Cunha-Swartzburg Award to MetaArchive
CHICAGO—The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) Preservation and Reformatting Section (PARS) Jury for the George Cunha and Susan Swartzburg Preservation Award has selected the...
Feb 16:
Karen Kiorpes receives Banks Harris Preservation Award
CHICAGO—Karen Kiorpes is the recipient of the 2017 Paul Banks and Carolyn Harris Preservation Award. This award is given annually by the Preservation and Reformatting Section (PARS) of the Association for Library Collections & Technical...
Feb 16:
New eCourse: Adult Programming - Planning for Success
Chicago—ALA Editions announces a new facilitated eCourse, Adult Programming: Planning for Success. Amy Alessio will serve as the instructor for a 3-week facilitated eCourse starting on Monday, April 17, 2017.
Estimated...
Feb 15:
Share your best practice at AASL National Conference
CHICAGO – The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) is now accepting proposals for the best practice showcase to be held during the AASL 18th National Conference & Exhibition taking place Nov. 9-11, 2017, in Phoenix, Ariz. More information is available at ...
Feb 15:
Hale monograph wins ALCTS Outstanding Publication Award
CHICAGO—The recipient of the 2017 Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) Outstanding Publication Award is Dawn Hale for her edited volume, “Shared Collections: Collaborative Stewardship“ (ALA Editions,...
Feb 15:
First Step Award to Jamie Carlstone
CHICAGO—The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) congratulates Jamie Carlstone, e-serials bibliographic control specialist at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, as the recipient of the 2017 First Step Award—A Wiley Professional Development Grant...
Feb 15:
Accepting Employer Participants for ACRL Placement Center Open House
The Placement Center will host an Open House/Job Fair on Friday, March 24, 2017 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., during the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) National Conference in Baltimore.
Representatives from academic...
Feb 15:
MacDonald wins 2017 ACRL/IS Miriam Dudley Instruction Librarian Award
CHICAGO – Mary MacDonald, professor and head of instructional services at the University of Rhode Island, is the winner of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Instruction Section’s (IS) Miriam Dudley Instruction Librarian Award. The award honors Miriam Dudley, whose efforts...
Feb 15:
McElroy and Pagowsky receive 2017 ACRL Instruction Section Ilene F. Rockman Publication of the Year Award
CHICAGO – Kelly McElroy, student engagement and community outreach librarian at Oregon State University, and Nicole Pagowsky, associate librarian and instruction coordinator in the Research and Learning Department at the University of Arizona, have been chosen as the winners of the Association...
Feb 15:
Archambault and McLean win 2017 ACRL IS Innovation Award
CHICAGO— Susan Gardner Archambault and Lindsey McLean have been selected to receive the 2017 Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Instruction Section (IS) Innovation award for their work on Project CORA: Community of Online Research...
Feb 15:
ALA to launch Book Club Central with Sarah Jessica Parker
CHICAGO – The American Library Association (ALA) is creating Book Club Central, a new online platform of reading resources, including recommendations, expert book lists and other content for book clubs and their readers. Award-winning television and film actor,...
Feb 14:
Applications for United for Libraries’ Baker & Taylor Awards due May 1
BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania - United for Libraries is accepting applications for the Baker & Taylor Awards, given to friends of the library groups and library foundations. Applications are due May 1, 2017.
Given annually since 2000, the Baker & Taylor Awards have recognized more than...
Feb 14:
ALSC announces 2017 Notable Children's Videos
CHICAGO — The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), has selected its 2017 list of Notable Children’s Videos. The list includes videos for children 14 years of age and younger that exhibit especially commendable quality, show...
Feb 14:
LLAMA Webinar will explore how to sustain change after the excitement wears off
CHICAGO — Change management is more than just a buzzword in libraries these days. For many library leaders it has become a way of life requiring not only the ability to create change, but the ability to sustain a culture of innovation and change long-term.
The Library Leadership and...
Feb 14:
YALSA’s 2017 Great Books Giveaway provides more than $40,000 in materials to libraries in Texas, Illinois and Oklahoma
CHICAGO — The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), named Tyler (Texas) Public Library; East Peoria (Illinois) Community High School; and Shawnee (Oklahoma) High School as the recipients of its annual...
Feb 14:
ALCTS and LLAMA speaker presents the business of social impact
CHICAGO—Dorri McWhorter, CEO of the YWCA Metropolitan Chicago, is the featured speaker at the President’s Program of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) and the Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA). The President’s Program “The Business of...
Feb 14:
A scalable guide to getting started with digital collections
CHICAGO — Small or medium-sized libraries, archives, museums, and historical societies face a unique set of challenges in regards to digital collections. They may have been unable to jump on the digitization bandwagon at its beginning due to competing priorities or lack of resources, and may now...
Feb 14:
AASL launches social media recognitions
CHICAGO – Acknowledging the role social media plays in school library promotion, the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) is launching a new recognition program - Social Media Superstars. Nominated and endorsed by their peers, the program will recognize school library professionals...
Feb 13:
HARRASSOWITZ award to Kristen Wilson
CHICAGO — The Acquisitions Section of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) has selected Kristen Wilson, associate head, Acquisitions and Discovery at North Carolina State University, to receive the 2017...
Feb 13:
Corey Halaychik receives ProQuest Coutts Award for Innovation
CHICAGO—The Association of Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) Collection Management Section (CMS) is pleased to announce the recipient of the 2017 ProQuest Coutts Award for Innovation. Corey Halaychik, assistant professor and...
Feb 13:
Register for ARL/ ACRL Open Scholarship Early and Often event by Feb. 22
CHICAGO - Registration for the upcoming Association of Research Libraries (ARL)/Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) Institute on Scholarly Communication event, “Open Scholarship Early and Often,” to be held March 22, 2017, in Baltimore. Don’t miss this opportunity to help...
Feb 13:
Webinar: Libraries in the Jim Crow South and a Conversation with One of the Tougaloo Nine
In celebration of Black History Month, the Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF) and the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) are excited to present a unique webinar: “Libraries in the Jim Crow South and a Conversation with One of the Tougaloo Nine,” on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, at 1 p.m....
Feb 13:
New resolution addresses accurate information and media manipulation
CHICAGO — The need for accurate information is not new, but the divisive methods to undermine its credibility is. In response to the recent dialogue on fake news and news literacy, the ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee (IFC) crafted “...
Feb 10:
Weaver wins 2017 ACRL WGSS Significant Achievement Award
CHICAGO – Janet Weaver, assistant curator of the Iowa Women’s Archives at the University of Iowa, is the winner of the 2017 Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Women and Gender Studies Section (WGSS) Award for Significant Achievement in Woman’s Studies Librarianship. The WGSS...
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