School and academic librarian nominations open for Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I Love my Librarian award
Megan Humphrey
Manager, The Campaign for America's Libraries
312-280-4020
mhumphrey@ala.org
Diane McNulty
The New York Times
(212) 556-5244
diane.mcnulty@nytimes.com
NEWS
For Immediate Release
September 2, 2008
Nominations for librarians in schools, colleges, community colleges and universities begin today for the Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I Love My Librarian Award.
Administered by the American Library Association’s Public Information Office and Campaign for America’s Libraries, the award encourages library users to recognize the accomplishments of librarians for their efforts to improve the lives of people in their community.
Nominations for school and academic librarians continue through October 15. Nominations for public librarians opened on August 15 and run through October 1. All nominations are accepted electronically at
www.ilovelibraries.org/ilovemylibrarian.
Up to 10 librarians in public, school and academic libraries will be selected honored at a ceremony and reception in New York at TheTimesCenter, hosted by The New York Times. Each winner also will receive a $5,000 cash award, a plaque and a $500 travel stipend to attend the awards reception. In addition, a plaque will be given to each award winner’s library.
Nominees will be judged by a selection committee based on quality of service to library users, demonstrated knowledge of the library and its resources and commitment shown in helping library users.
Each nominee must be a librarian with a master’s degree from a program accredited by the ALA in library and information studies or a master’s degree with a specialty in school library media from an educational unit accredited by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education. Nominees must be currently working in the United States in a public library, a library at an accredited two- or four-year college or university or at an accredited K-12 school.
For more information, visit
www.ilovelibraries.org/ilovemylibrarian.
Carnegie Corporation of New York awarded ALA $489,000 to administer the Carnegie/New York Times I Love My Librarian Award annually through 2013.
The Carnegie Corp. of New York was created by Andrew Carnegie in 1911 to promote "the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding." For more than 95 years, the corporation has carried out Carnegie's vision of philanthropy by building on his two major concerns: international peace and advancing education and knowledge. As a private grant-making foundation, the corporation will invest more than $100 million this year in nonprofits to fulfill Carnegie's mission, "to do real and permanent good in this world." The corporation's capital fund, originally donated at a value of about $135 million, had a market value of $3 billion on Sept. 30, 2007.
The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT), a leading media company with 2007 revenues of $3.2 billion, includes The New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, The Boston Globe, 16 other daily newspapers, WQXR-FM and more than 50 Web sites, including NYTimes.com, Boston.com and About.com. The Company’s core purpose is to enhance society by creating, collecting and distributing high-quality news, information and entertainment.
The American Library Association is the oldest and largest library association in the world, with more than 65,000 members. Its mission is to promote the highest quality library and information services and public access to information.
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