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ALL - View all records AASL - American Association of School Libraries ACRL - Association of College and Research Libraries ALA - American Library Association ALCTS - Association for Library Collections and Technical Svcs ALSC - Association for Library Service to Children ALTAFF - Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations ASCLA - Assoc of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies EMIERT - Ethnic and multicultural Information Exchange Rd Table ERT - Exhibits FAFLRT - Federal and Armed Forces Libraries Round Table GAMERT - Games and Gaming Round Table GLBTRT - Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Round Table GODORT - Government Documents HRDR - Office for Human Resource Development & Recruitment IFRT - Intellectual Freedom IRO - International Relations Office IRO_IRC - International Relations Committee IRRT - International Relations LEARNRT - Learning Round Table LHRT - Library History LIRT - Library Instruction LITA - Library and Information Technology Association LLAMA - Library Leadership and Management Association LRRT - Library Research LSSIRT - Library Support Staff Interests Roundtable MAGIRT - Map and Geospatial Information Round Table NMRT - New Member OFD - Office for Diversity OGR - Office of Government Relations OIF_FTRF - Freedom to Read Foundation OITP - Office for Information Technology Policy OLOS - Office for Literacy and Outreach Services ORS - Office for Research & Statistics PIO - Public Information Office PLA - Public Library Association PPO - Public Programs Office PUB - Publishing Services PUB_BOOKLIST - Publishing - Booklist RMRT - Retired Member Round Table RUSA - Reference and User Services Association SRRT - Social Responsibilities Round Table STORT - Staff Organizations VRT - Video YALSA - Young Adult Library Services Association

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Research Grant (Grant)
ABC-CLIO Leadership Grant (Grant)
ABC-CLIO Online History Award (Book, Print & Media)
ABC-CLIO/Greenwood Award for Best Book in Library Literature (Book, Print & Media)
Academic/Research Librarian of the Year Award (Professional Recognition)
Achievement Award (Professional Recognition)
Achievement in Library Diversity Research (Professional Recognition)
Advancement of Literacy Award - (HISTORICAL) (Professional Recognition)
AIA/ALA Library Building Awards (Professional Recognition)
ALA Liberty and Justice Book Awards - (HISTORICAL) (Professional Recognition)
ALA President's Award for Advocacy (Grant)
ALA/Information Today, Inc. Library of the Future Award (Professional Recognition)
ALA/International Interior Design Association Award (Professional Recognition)
Alex Awards (Book, Print & Media)
Alexander Hamilton: The Man Who Made Modern America - (HISTORICAL) (Grant)
ALTAFF/GALE Oustanding Trustee Conference Grant (Grant)
Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults (Book, Print & Media)
May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Award (Grant)
Armed Forces Librarians Achievement Citation - (HISTORICAL) (Professional Recognition)
Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award (Professional Recognition)
Ross Atkinson Lifetime Achievement Award (Professional Recognition)
Atlas Systems Mentoring Award (Grant)
Aurianne Award - (HISTORICAL) (Book, Print & Media)
WGSS Award for Career Achievement in Women's Studies Librarianship (Professional Recognition)
BRASS Award for Outstanding Service to Minority Business Communities - (HISTORICAL) (Professional Recognition)
WGSS Award for Significant Achievement in Women's Studies Librarianship (Professional Recognition)



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Carroll Preston Baber Research Grant (Grant)
Baker & Taylor Awards for Friends Groups (Professional Recognition)
Baker & Taylor Conference Grant (Grant)
Baker & Taylor Entertainment Audio Music/Video Product Award (Grant)
Paul Banks and Carolyn Harris Preservation Award (Professional Recognition)
Mildred L. Batchelder Award (Book, Print & Media)
Louise Seaman Bechtel Fellowship (Grant)
Pura Belpre Award (Book, Print & Media)
Benjamin Franklin:In Search of a Better World - (HISTORICAL) (Grant)
Best Fiction for Young Adults (Book, Print & Media)
Best Friends Awards (Professional Recognition)
Best of LRTS Award (Book, Print & Media)
Best of the Best of the University Presses (Book, Print & Media)
Best Practices in Marketing Academic and Research Libraries @your library® Award - (HISTORICAL) (Professional Recognition)
Beta Phi Mu Award (Professional Recognition)
Beyond Words: the Dollar General School Library Relief Fund (Grant)
The Amelia Bloomer Book List (Book, Print & Media)
Bogle Pratt International Travel Fund (Grant)
Book Trailer Contest - (HISTORICAL) (Book, Print & Media)
Bookapalooza Program (Grant)
Booklist Editors' Choice: Adult Books (Book, Print & Media)
Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth (Book, Print & Media)
Booklist Editors' Choice: Media (Book, Print & Media)
Booklist Editors' Choice: Reference Sources (Book, Print & Media)
Booklist Editors’ Choice: Adult Books for Young Adults (Book, Print & Media)
Booklist's Top of the List (Book, Print & Media)
Books for Babies Matching Grants - (HISTORICAL) (Grant)
Virginia Boucher/OCLC Distinguished ILL Librarian Award (Professional Recognition)
Bound to Stay Bound Books Scholarship (Scholarship)
Cathleen Bourdon Service Award (Professional Recognition)
W.Y. Boyd Literary Award for Excellence in Military Fiction (Book, Print & Media)
Diana V. Braddom FRFDS Scholarship - (HISTORICAL) (Scholarship)
Sophie Brody Award (Book, Print & Media)
Brett Butler Entrepreneurship Award - (HISTORICAL) (Professional Recognition)
BWI Collection Development Grant (Grant)
BWI Summer Reading Program Grant (Grant)



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Randolph Caldecott Medal (Book, Print & Media)
Francis Joseph Campbell Award (Professional Recognition)
Candlewick Light the Way Grant (Professional Recognition)
Carnegie Corporation of New York Grant - (HISTORICAL) (Grant)
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Children's Video (Book, Print & Media)
Carnegie-Whitney Grant (Grant)
Special Centennial Citation - (HISTORICAL) (Professional Recognition)
Century Scholarship - (HISTORICAL) (Scholarship)
Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America’s Women Physicians - (HISTORICAL) (Grant)
James Bennett Childs Award (Professional Recognition)
Clarence Day Award - (HISTORICAL) (Grant)
David H. Clift Scholarship (Scholarship)
David Cohen Multicultural Award - (HISTORICAL) (Book, Print & Media)
Jean E. Coleman Library Outreach Lecture (Professional Recognition)
Collaborative School Library Media Award (Professional Recognition)
Gordon M. Conable Award (Professional Recognition)
Eileen Cooke State & Local Madison (Professional Recognition)
Coutts Award for Innovation in Electronic Resources Management (Professional Recognition)
Cultural Diversity Grant - (HISTORICAL) (Grant)
LBI George Cunha and Susan Swartzburg Award (Professional Recognition)
Arthur Curley Memorial Lecture (Grant)



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Phyllis Dain Library History Dissertation Award (Book, Print & Media)
John Cotton Dana Library Public Relations Award (Professional Recognition)
Dartmouth Medal (Book, Print & Media)
Donald G. Davis Article Award (Book, Print & Media)
Adelaide Del Frate Conference Sponsorship Award (Grant)
DEMCO New Leaders Travel Grant (Grant)
Kohlstedt Exhibit Award - (HISTORICAL) (Professional Recognition)
Melvil Dewey Medal (Professional Recognition)
EBSS Distinguished Education and Behavioral Sciences Librarian Award (Professional Recognition)
Distinguished School Administrator Award (Professional Recognition)
AASL Distinguished Service Award (Professional Recognition)
ALSC Distinguished Service Award (Professional Recognition)
FAFLRT Distinguished Service Award (Professional Recognition)
Diversity and Outreach Fair (Professional Recognition)
Diversity Research Grant (Grant)
Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship - (HISTORICAL) (Grant)
Tom and Roberta Drewes Scholarship (Scholarship)
Miriam Dudley Instruction Librarian Award (Professional Recognition)
Dutton-Macrae Award for Advanced Study in the Field of Library Work with Children and Young People - (HISTORICAL) (Grant)



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e-Learning Scholarships (Scholarship)
EBSCO ALA Annual Conference Sponsorship (Grant)
EBSCO Community College Learning Resources Leadership Award (Professional Recognition)
EBSCO Community College Library Program Achievement Award (Professional Recognition)
EBSCO Excellence in Small and/or Rural Public Library Service Award (Professional Recognition)
EBSCO Midwinter Meeting Sponsorship (Grant)
Margaret A. Edwards Award (Book, Print & Media)
Emerald Research Grant Awards (Grant)
Emerging Leaders Program (Grant)
Equality Award (Professional Recognition)
Jackie Eubanks Memorial Award - (HISTORICAL) (Professional Recognition)
Ex Libris Student Writing Award (Book, Print & Media)
Excellence in Academic Libraries Award (Professional Recognition)
Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults (Book, Print & Media)
Exceptional Service Award (Professional Recognition)



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Fabulous Films for Young Adults (Book, Print & Media)
First Step Award /Wiley Professional Development Grant (Grant)
Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation - (HISTORICAL) (Grant)
FRONTLINE/World Grant - (HISTORICAL) (Grant)
Elizabeth Futas Catalyst for Change Award (Professional Recognition)
Loleta D. Fyan Grant (Grant)



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Gale Cengage Learning Award for Excellence in Business Librarianship (Professional Recognition)
Gale Cengage Learning Award for Excellence in Reference and Adult Library Services (Professional Recognition)
Gale Cengage Learning Financial Development Award (Book, Print & Media)
Gale Cengage Learning Student Travel Award (Grant)
GALE Multicultural Award - (HISTORICAL) (Professional Recognition)
Mary V. Gaver Scholarship (Scholarship)
LITA/Gaylord Award for Achievement in Library and Information Technology - (HISTORICAL) (Professional Recognition)
Theodor Seuss Geisel Award (Book, Print & Media)
Genealogical Publishing Company Award (Professional Recognition)
Eliza Atkins Gleason Book Award (Book, Print & Media)
Great Books Giveaway Competition (Professional Recognition)
Great Graphic Novels for Teens (Book, Print & Media)
Great Interactive Software for Kids List - (HISTORICAL) (Book, Print & Media)
Great Stories CLUB Round I - (HISTORICAL) (Grant)
Great Stories CLUB Round II - (HISTORICAL) (Grant)
Great Web Sites for Kids (Book, Print & Media)
Greenwood Publishing Group Service to Young Adults Achievement Award (Professional Recognition)
Grolier Foundation Award - (HISTORICAL) (Professional Recognition)
Grolier-Americana Scholarship Award - (HISTORICAL) (Scholarship)
Group Achievement Award (Professional Recognition)
Grow Your Own @ Your Library Institutional Scholarship - (HISTORICAL) (Scholarship)



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H.W. Wilson Library Periodical Award - (HISTORICAL) (Book, Print & Media)
H.W. Wilson Library Staff Development Grant (Grant)
C.S. Hammond Incorporated Library Award - (HISTORICAL) (Professional Recognition)
Harry Potter’s World: Renaissance Science, Magic, and Medicine - (HISTORICAL) (Grant)
Ken Haycock Award for Promoting Librarianship (Professional Recognition)
Maureen Hayes Author/Illustrator Visit Award (Grant)
Health and Rehabilitative Library Services Exceptional Service Award - (HISTORICAL) (Professional Recognition)
Emily Dean Heilman Award (Scholarship)
Frances Henne Award (Grant)
Frances Henne Voice of Youth Advocates Research Grant (Grant)
Herbert Putnam Honor Fund Award - (HISTORICAL) (Grant)
Highsmith Library Innovation Award (Professional Recognition)
Bernadine Abbott Hoduski Founders Award (Professional Recognition)
Hong Kong Book Fair Free Pass Program for Librarians (Grant)
Honorary Membership (Professional Recognition)
Honors Award (Professional Recognition)
Miriam L. Hornback Scholarship (Scholarship)
Paul Howard Award for Courage (Professional Recognition)
Christopher Hoy/ERT Scholarship (Scholarship)
John Ames Humphry/OCLC/Forest Press Award for International Librarianship (Professional Recognition)
Zora Neale Hurston Award (Professional Recognition)



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Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I Love My Librarian Award (Professional Recognition)
John Phillip Immroth Memorial Award (Professional Recognition)
Information Technology Pathfinder Award (Professional Recognition)
Ingenta Research Award - (HISTORICAL) (Grant)
STS Innovation in Science and Technology Librarianship Award (Professional Recognition)
Innovative Reading Grant (Grant)
Intellectual Freedom Award (Professional Recognition)
Innovation Award (Book, Print & Media)



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Sara Jaffarian School Library Program Award for Exemplary Humanities Programming (Professional Recognition)
James Terry White Award - (HISTORICAL) (Book, Print & Media)
John Adams Unbound - (HISTORICAL) (Grant)
John R. Rowe Memorial Award - (HISTORICAL) (Grant)



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Frederick G. Kilgour Award for Research in Library and Information Technology (Professional Recognition)
Coretta Scott King Book Awards (Book, Print & Media)
Coretta Scott King Book Donation Grant (Professional Recognition)
Coretta Scott King - Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement (Professional Recognition)
Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe Award for New Talent (Book, Print & Media)
KLAS/National Organization on Disability Award (Professional Recognition)



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L. Ray Patterson Copyright Award (Professional Recognition)
Margaret T. Lane/ Virginia F. Saunders Memorial Research Award (Book, Print & Media)
Marta Lange/CQ Press Award (Professional Recognition)
Christian Larew Memorial Scholarship (Scholarship)
Samuel Lazerow Fellowship For Research in Collections and Technical Services in Academic and Research Libraries - (HISTORICAL) (Grant)
Katharine Kyes Leab and Daniel J. Leab American Book Prices Current Exhibition Catalogue Awards (Professional Recognition)
Leadership Achievement Award - (HISTORICAL) (Professional Recognition)
Leadership and Professional Achievement Award (Professional Recognition)
Leadership Award (Professional Recognition)
Leadership in Library Acquisitions Award (Professional Recognition)
Tony B. Leisner Scholarship (Scholarship)
Let’s Talk About It: Jewish Literature - (HISTORICAL) (Grant)
Let’s Talk About It: Love & Forgiveness - (HISTORICAL) (Grant)
Lewis & Clark and the Indian Country - (HISTORICAL) (Grant)
ProQuest "Documents to the People" Award (Professional Recognition)
Libraries, Literacy and Gaming Grant - (HISTORICAL) (Grant)
Library Hi Tech Award for Outstanding Communication for Continuing Education in Library and Information Science (Professional Recognition)
Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War (Grant)
Joseph W. Lippincott Award (Professional Recognition)
Listen List (Book, Print & Media)
Literacy Award - (HISTORICAL) (Professional Recognition)
Literary Landmark (Professional Recognition)
Writers Live at the Library (Grant)
Louis Shores Award (Professional Recognition)
Peter Lyman Memorial/SAGE Scholarship in New Media (Scholarship)



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James Madison Award (Professional Recognition)
MAE Award for the Best Literature Program for Teens (Professional Recognition)
Major Benefactors Honor Award (Professional Recognition)
Margaret Mann Citation (Professional Recognition)
Cicely Phippen Marks Scholarship (Scholarship)
MARS Achievement Recognition Certificate (Professional Recognition)
Marshall Cavendish Award (Grant)
Marshall Cavendish Excellence In Library Programming Award (Professional Recognition)
Marshall Cavendish Scholarship (Scholarship)
Allie Beth Martin Award (Professional Recognition)
Frederic G. Melcher Scholarship (Scholarship)
LSSI Minority Scholarship in Library and Information Technology (Scholarship)
Margaret E. Monroe Library Adult Services Award (Professional Recognition)
William C. Morris Debut YA Award (Book, Print & Media)
Isadore Gilbert Mudge Award (Professional Recognition)



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National Friends of Libraries Week Awards (Professional Recognition)
National School Library Program of the Year Award (Professional Recognition)
John Newbery Medal (Book, Print & Media)
Notable Books for Adults (Book, Print & Media)
Notable Children's Books (Book, Print & Media)
Notable Children's Recordings (Book, Print & Media)
Notable Children's Videos (Book, Print & Media)
Notable Government Documents (Book, Print & Media)
Notable Videos for Adults (Book, Print & Media)



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STS Oberly Award for Bibliography in the Agricultural or Natural Sciences (Book, Print & Media)
Eli M. Oboler Memorial Award (Book, Print & Media)
OCLC Minority Scholarship in Library and Information Technology (Scholarship)
Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production (Book, Print & Media)
Shirley Olofson Memorial Award (Grant)
Outstanding Academic Titles (Book, Print & Media)
Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners (Book, Print & Media)
Outstanding Collaboration Citation (Professional Recognition)
Outstanding Publication Award (formerly Blackwell's Scholarship Award) (Book, Print & Media)
Outstanding Reference Sources (Book, Print & Media)
Over the Rainbow Project book list (Book, Print & Media)



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Penguin Young Readers Group Award (Grant)
Picturing America - (HISTORICAL) (Grant)
Esther J. Piercy Award (Professional Recognition)
Polaris Innovation in Technology John Iliff Award (Professional Recognition)
Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults (Book, Print & Media)
President's Award (Professional Recognition)
President's Crystal Apple Award (Professional Recognition)
YALSA Presidential Citation (Professional Recognition)
ALA Presidential Citation for Innovative International Library Projects (Professional Recognition)
Presidential Citations (Professional Recognition)
Pride and Passion: The African American Baseball Experience - (HISTORICAL) (Grant)
PRIME TIME Family Reading Time (Grant)
Michael L. Printz Award (Book, Print & Media)
Professional Achievement Award - (HISTORICAL) (Professional Recognition)
ProQuest Innovation in College Librarianship Award (Grant)
ProQuest Scholarship - (HISTORICAL) (Scholarship)
ProQuest/SIRS State and Regional Intellectual Freedom Achievement Award (Professional Recognition)
Morningstar Public Librarian Support Award (Grant)
Public Libraries Feature Article Contest (Book, Print & Media)
Public Service Award (Professional Recognition)



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Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers (Book, Print & Media)



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Rainbow Project Book List (Book, Print & Media)
The Reading List (Book, Print & Media)
Reference Service Press Award (Book, Print & Media)
NewsBank/Readex Catharine J. Reynolds Award (Grant)
Charlie Robinson Award (Professional Recognition)
Ilene F. Rockman Instruction Publication of the Year Award (Book, Print & Media)
Routledge Distance Learning Librarian Conference Sponsorship Award (Professional Recognition)
W. David Rozkuszka Scholarship (Scholarship)



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SAGE Library Support Staff Travel Grant - (HISTORICAL) (Grant)
Ralph R. Shaw Award for Library Literature - (HISTORICAL) (Book, Print & Media)
Schneider Family Book Award (Book, Print & Media)
LITA Scholarship in Library and Information Technology - (HISTORICAL) (Scholarship)
Scholastic Library Publishing Award (Professional Recognition)
Scholastic Library Publishing National Library Week Grant (Grant)
School Librarians' Workshop Scholarship - (HISTORICAL) (Scholarship)
Charles Scribner's Sons Award - (HISTORICAL) (Grant)
John Sessions Memorial Award (Professional Recognition)
Jesse H. Shera Award for Distinguished Published Research (Book, Print & Media)
Jesse H. Shera Award for the Support of Dissertation Research (Grant)
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal (Book, Print & Media)
SIRSI's Leader in Library Technology Grant (SUSPENDED) - (HISTORICAL) (Grant)
Soul of a People: Voices From the Writers' Project - (HISTORICAL) (Book, Print & Media)
Special Presidential Recognition Award (Professional Recognition)
Spectrum Doctoral Fellowship - (HISTORICAL) (Scholarship)
Spectrum Scholarship (Scholarship)
Stonewall Book Awards (Book, Print & Media)
Student Chapter of the Year Award (Professional Recognition)
Student Writing & Development Award - (HISTORICAL) (Grant)
Sullivan Award for Public Library Administrators Supporting Services to Children Award (Professional Recognition)
Supporting Diversity Conference Stipend (Grant)
Swap & Shop and the Best of Show Competition (Professional Recognition)



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Tandem Library Books Literature Program Grant - (HISTORICAL) (Professional Recognition)
Teen's Top Ten (Book, Print & Media)
The Letter Awards - (HISTORICAL) (Professional Recognition)
Trustee Citation Award (Grant)



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Ulrich's Serials Librarianship Award (Professional Recognition)



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Visions of the Universe - (HISTORICAL) (Grant)



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We the People Bookshelf on “Becoming American” - (HISTORICAL) (Grant)
We the People Bookshelf on “Courage” - (HISTORICAL) (Grant)
We the People Bookshelf on “Created Equal” - (HISTORICAL) (Grant)
We the People Bookshelf on “Freedom” - (HISTORICAL) (Grant)
We the People Bookshelf on “Picturing America” - (HISTORICAL) (Grant)
We the People Bookshelf on “Pursuit of Happiness” - (HISTORICAL) (Grant)
WESS De Gruyter European Librarianship Study Grant (Grant)
White House Conference on Library and Information Services Taskforce (WHCLIST) Award (Grant)
Laura Ingalls Wilder Award (Book, Print & Media)
Wilson Publicity Honor Roll - (HISTORICAL) (Professional Recognition)
Justin Winsor Prize for Library History Essay (Book, Print & Media)
Women's National Book Association/Ann Heidbreder Eastman Grant - (HISTORICAL) (Grant)
World Book ALA Goal Award - (HISTORICAL) (Grant)



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Young Adult Literature Symposium Stipend (Grant)



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