CHICAGO - The Intellectual Freedom Round Table (IFRT) of the American Library Association (ALA) is pleased to announce the Michigan Library Association (MLA) as the recipient of the 2023 Gerald Hodges Intellectual Freedom Chapter Relations Award.
The award will...
The Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF) is excited to announce the results of the 2023 Board of Trustees election. FTRF members elected six trustees to its Board of Trustees for two-year terms that begin on Thursday, June 22, 2023. Freedom to Read Foundation President,...
Middletown, CT — Choice, a publishing unit of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), has received a Publisher Podcast Award in the Best B2B podcast category for its flagship podcast, The Authority File.
The Authority File provides insight on the academic library market...
CHICAGO – Three research papers have been awarded the 2023 American Association of School Librarians (AASL) Research Grants by the Educators of School Librarians Section (ESLS) of AASL. Sponsored by ABC-CLIO, the grants recognize excellence in manuscripts addressing a...
2023 ALA Library Research Roundtable Forum Presentations
Theory, Method, and Practice in Library Research
ALA Annual Conference, LRRT Chair’s Program, Chicago, IL June 22-27, 2023
The Library Research Roundtable Forum...
The Library Research Roundtable Forum will feature three peer-reviewed research works with the potential to make significant contributions to the field of LIS. The Research Forum presentations will be part of the LRRT Chair’s Program at ALA Annual in Chicago, IL on Sunday, June 25th, 4 pm-5:30...
Dr. Carla Hayden, the 14th person, first woman, and the first Black to hold the position of Librarian of Congress, is the 2023 recipient of the American Library Association (ALA) Ken Haycock Award for Promoting Librarianship.
The award is given to someone for “...
The Library Research Round Table (LRRT) of the American Library Association (ALA) has chosen the 2023 recipient of the Jesse H. Shera Award for Distinguished Published Research. The Jesse H. Shera Award for Distinguished Published Research is given to the author(s) of a research article...
CHICAGO — The Library Instruction Round Table (LIRT) of the American Library Association has chosen Chapel Cowden, associate professor at the University of...
CHICAGO — The Library Instruction Round Table (LIRT) of the American Library Association is pleased to announce that the 2023 Innovation in Instruction Award will be...
The Coretta Scott King Book Awards Round Table Roundtable invites submissions for the 2024 Coretta Scott King Book Awards.
Please visit the CSKBART website to review the ...
CHICAGO – West Maple Elementary School, located in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, is the recipient of the American Association of School Librarians’ (AASL) 2023 National School Library of the Year (NSLY) Award. Sponsored by Follett, the NSLY Award annually honors a school...
Susan Kusel was selected to receive the 2023 American Library Association (ALA) Equality Award. The award consists of $1000, and a framed citation will be presented on Sunday, June 25, 2023, at the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, IL
Susan...
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CHICAGO – The American Library Association has announced the theme for Banned Books Week 2023: “Let Freedom Read!” Banned Books Week will take place October 1 – 7, 2023.
"As we’ve seen...
CHICAGO — Dr. Emily J. M. Knox, Associate Professor in the School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, has been selected as the 2023 recipient of the American Library Association's Beta Phi Mu Award. This annual award is given in...
Julius C. Jefferson Jr. is the recipient of the 2023 Joseph W. Lippincott Award. This award is...
CHICAGO — Nominations are being accepted for ALA honorary membership, the Association’s highest honor, which is bestowed on living citizens of any country whose contributions to librarianship, or a closely related field are so outstanding that they are of significant and lasting importance to...
CHICAGO – Nikkolas Smith, ARTivist, Concept artist, Children's Books Author, and Film Illustrator, will keynote the opening general session of the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) National Conference. The conference will be held Oct. 19-21, in Tampa,...
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the American Library Association (ALA) are awarding five libraries with the 2023 AIA/ALA Library Building Award for excellence in architectural design. Complete details for each project are available on...
CHICAGO — The Las Vegas–Clark County Library District has been selected to receive the 2023 ALA/Information Today, Inc. Library of the Future Award. The award, sponsored by the American...
CHICAGO - The American Library Association's (ALA) International Relations Round Table (IRRT) invites you to attend a half-day preconference, “...
CHICAGO — James (Jim) Neal is this year’s recipient of the American Library Association (ALA) International Relations Committee’s John Ames/Humphry/OCLC/ Forest Press Award.
OCLC/Forest Press donated the cash award of $1,000, which is given to an individual for significant contribution...
CHICAGO — Cultural humility offers a renewing and transformative framework for navigating interpersonal interactions in libraries, whether between patrons and staff or staff members with one another. It foregrounds a practice of critical self-reflection and commitment to recognizing and...
CHICAGO – Booklist, the official book review...
CHICAGO – The American Library Association today announced that presidential inaugural poet and #1 New York Times bestselling author Amanda Gorman and Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King Honor winner Christian Robinson will close the ...
CHICAGO – The Paul Howard Award for Courage Jury is pleased to announce that Amanda Jones is the 2023 recipient of the American Library Association (ALA) Paul Howard Award for Courage. The biennial award,...
The Last Paladin by...
Chicago— EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO), in partnership with the American Library Association (ALA), has awarded ten scholarships to librarians to attend the 2023 ALA Annual...
CHICAGO — The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) has awarded the 2023 ALSC/Baker & Taylor Summer Reading Program Grant to Drake Community Library in Grinnell, Iowa.
This grant is designed to encourage outstanding summer reading programs by providing financial...