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Jim Neal receives 2023 John Ames/Humphry/OCLC/ Forest Press Award
CHICAGO — James (Jim) Neal is this year’s recipient of the 精东传媒 (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...
Cultural humility in library work
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...
PBS Books and Booklist Announce Booklist Reader Partnership
CHICAGO – Booklist, the official book review journal published by the 精东传媒 (ALA), and PBS Books, a multi-platform initiative celebrating the love of reading, are pleased to announce a partnership. Booklist launched Booklist Reader...
CHICAGO – The 精东传媒 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 精东传媒2023 Annual...
Amanda Jones is the 2023 Paul Howard Award for Courage Recipient
CHICAGO – The Paul Howard Award for Courage Jury is pleased to announce that Amanda Jones is the 2023 recipient of the 精东传媒 (ALA) Paul Howard Award for Courage. The biennial award, consisting of $1,000 and a gold-framed citation...
The Last Paladin wins W.Y. Boyd Literary Award for Excellence in Military Fiction
The Last Paladin by P.T. Deutermann, published by St. Martin’s Press. Is the winner of the 2023 W.Y. Boyd Literary Award for Excellence in Military Fiction. The W.Y. Boyd Literary Award honors the best American Military Fiction set in a period when the...
Chicago— EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO), in partnership with the 精东传媒 (ALA), has awarded ten scholarships to librarians to attend the 2023 精东传媒Annual Conference. These scholarships are intended to help librarians defray the...
Core Webinar: Technical Services Tools at Work
CHICAGO –Join Core for the webinar “Technical Services Tools at Work” on July 26, 2023, at 1 p.m. CT. This webinar will consist of two short presentations on tools useful for the technical services department. The first, “Self-Paced Technical Services...
Drake Community Library Awarded 2023 Baker & Taylor Summer Reading Grant
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...
CHICAGO – The 精东传媒 announced that best-selling children’s book authors Cara Mentzel and Idina Menzel, and actress, writer, and disability advocate Maysoon Zayid will present at the 精东传媒2023 Annual Conference & Exhibition, June 22...
ALA, AASL praise library legislation to expand access for students nationwide
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the 精东传媒 (ALA) and its division, the American Association of School Librarians (AASL), welcomed the bicameral introduction of the Right to Read Act by Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) and Representative Raúl...
New from ACRL - 鈥淓xploring Inclusive & Equitable Pedagogies: Creating Space for All Learners鈥
CHICAGO – The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) announces the publication of “ Exploring Inclusive & Equitable Pedagogies: Creating Space for All Learners,” edited by Melissa Mallon, Jane Nichols, Elizabeth Foster, Ariana Santiago...
精东传媒welcomes Prison Libraries Act of 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The 精东传媒 praised the Prison Libraries Act, introduced today by Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II (D-MO-5th), along with co-leads Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX-18th) and Rep. Shontel Brown (D-OH-11th), and 25 cosponsors...
Metadata creation as a part of cataloging
CHICAGO — Published by Facet Publishing and available through the 精东传媒Store, Mauro Guerrini’s new book “ From Cataloguing to Metadata Creation: A Cultural and Methodological Introduction” maps the evolution of cataloging towards the metadata creation...
AASL President鈥檚 Program Brings Together 鈥淔reedom to Read Ambassadors鈥
CHICAGO – Kathy Lester, AASL President, will convene a panel of Freedom to Read Ambassadors for a conversation on why it is important for all learners to have access to a wide variety of books and information. “As school librarians, we know how critical...
