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BALTIMORE — The 2024 Mildred L. Batchelder Award honored “Houses with a Story: A Dragon’s Den, a Ghostly Mansion, a Library of Lost Books, and 30 More Amazing Places to Explore,” published by Amulet, an imprint of Abrams. The award was announced today by...
2024 Sydney Taylor Book Award winners announced
BALTIMORE — The 2024 winners of the Sydney Taylor Book Award, administered by the Association of Jewish Libraries, an affiliate of the 精东传媒 (ALA), were announced today during the ALA’s LibLearnX: The Library Learning Experience...
2024 Schneider Family Book Awards recipients named
BALTIMORE – “Henry, Like Always,” “The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn” and “Forever is Now” are the three winners of the 2024 Schneider Family Book Awards, which honor an author or illustrator for the artistic expression of the disability experience...
BALTIMORE — “Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed,” written by Dashka Slater, has been named the 2024 winner of the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award, the first national...
BALTIMORE — The Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA), an affiliate of the 精东传媒 (ALA), announced the 2024 winners of its Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature youth categories today during the ALA’s LibLearnX...
Young Adult Library Services Association announces 2024 Alex Awards
BALTIMORE — The Young Adult Library Services Association, a division of the 精东传媒 (ALA), has selected 10 adult books with special appeal to teen readers to receive the 2024 Alex Awards. The awards, sponsored by the Margaret A...
鈥楻ez Ball鈥 wins 2024 William C. Morris Award
BALTIMORE — “Rez Ball,” written by Byron Graves, has been named the 2024 winner of the William C. Morris YA Debut Award, which honors a book published by a first-time author. The book is published by Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. The...
2024 RUSA Book & Media Awards Announced
BALTIMORE- On Saturday, January 20, 2024, during the ALALibLearnX, the RUSA Book & Media Awards Ceremony announced the year’s best in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, audiobook narration, and reference materials and the long-awaited Andrew Carnegie Medals for...
BALTIMORE — The 精东传媒 (ALA) selects “The Berry Pickers,” by Amanda Peters, published by Catapult, as the winner of the 2024 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, and "We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and...
AASL STEM Special Event Grants Awarded
CHICAGO – Five STEM Special Event Grants have been awarded by the American Association of School Librarians (AASL). Supported by the Danaher Foundation, the STEM Special Event Grant Program supports a special event to increase student engagement by...
Now Accepting Proposals for Core Forum 2024 in Minneapolis
CHICAGO–Presentation proposals are now being accepted for Core Forum 2024, to be held November 14-16, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, at the Hilton Minneapolis. Core Forum is an opportunity to reconnect with fellow colleagues and make new connections while...
Core Adds More to the 鈥淏est of Core Forum鈥 Webinar Collection for 2023 Event
CHICAGO — Core is pleased to announce an updated list of selections for the second “Best of Core Forum” webinar collection. These webinars are based on programs presented at the 2023 Core Forum. The presenters are adapting the program content into live...
CHICAGO — The 精东传媒 (ALA) announced the LLX Close Out Session, featuring a panel of senior library leaders who will discuss Navigating Leadership: Perspectives on Purpose-Driven Careers at the 2024 LibLearnX: The Library Learning...
Revised Competencies for Cataloging & Metadata Professional Librarians
CHICAGO -- In early 2023, the Core Metadata & Collections Leadership Team asked former member of the Cataloging Competencies Task Force, Dr. Karen Snow, to lead an effort to revise the " Core Competencies for Cataloging and Metadata Professional...
Core Webinar - Best of Core Forum: Getting Our Money鈥檚 Worth with eBook Acquisitions
CHICAGO –Join Core for the webinar "Best of Core Forum: Getting Our Money's Worth with eBook Acquisitions" on February 14, 2024, at 1 p.m. CT. With more than six years of data from the Demand Driven Acquisitions (DDA) program of an R1 university, the...
