Awards (Scholarships & Grants)
Applications Open for Inaugural Core LIFT Award for Professional Development
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Core is pleased to announce our new Career LIFT Award to support skill development and networking opportunities for information professionals. Sponsored by OCLC, it consists of up to $1,500 the recipient may use on professional development including, but...
AASL Announces Inaugural Toor Scholarship Recipients
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CHICAGO – Eight school librarians from across the country have been awarded an American Association of School Librarians' (AASL) Toor Scholarship for Strong Public-School Libraries. The Toor Family, in honor of their parents, Jay and Ruth Toor...
2023 AASL STEM Special Event Grants Awarded
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CHICAGO – Eleven 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...
Sheila Michaels named YALSA’s 2023 MAE Award winner
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CHICAGO — The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) has awarded Sheila Michaels, Library Media Specialist at Nixa High School in Nixa Missouri, its’ 2023 Margaret A. Edwards (MAE) Award for Best Literature Program for Teens for her Program...
Kenosha Public Library Receives 2023 ALSC/Candlewick Press Light the Way Grant
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The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the ¾«¶«´«Ã½ (ALA), has announced that the Kenosha Public Library is the recipient of the 2023 ALSC/Candlewick Press Light the Way Grant. As the recipient of the...
Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table Announces Recipients of the GNCRT Comics Librarian Conference Travel Grant
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The ¾«¶«´«Ã½ Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table (GNCRT) is excited to announce Gabriel Lopez of San Antonio, TX, and Avi Netzorg Woontner of Santa Fe, NM, as the recipients of the first GNCRT Comics Librarian Conference Travel Grants...
Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table celebrates the 2023 recipients of the Will Eisner Graphic Novel Grants for Libraries – Billings Public Library, Blue Island Public Library, and the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library
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The ¾«¶«´«Ã½’s Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table and the Will and Ann Eisner Family Foundation are pleased to announce the 2023 recipients of the Will Eisner Graphic Novel Grants for Libraries. These grants, funded by the Will and...
2023 AASL Research Grants Awarded
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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...
¾«¶«´«Ã½Announces Building Library Capacity Fund Grants for Minority Serving Institutions
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CHICAGO — The ¾«¶«´«Ã½ (ALA) announces the opening of the ¾«¶«´«Ã½Building Library Capacity Grants that will provide grants to assist libraries at Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) across the United States and US Territories that have...
2023 IRRT Mission Enhancement Grant winner announced
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The “Capacity Building for LIS Professionals in Cambodia and Maldives through Continuing Professional Development (CPD) project is this year’s recipient of the ¾«¶«´«Ã½’s International Relations Round Table ( IRRT) Mission Enhancement...
Travel Grants Available for First-Time AASL National Conference Attendees
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CHICAGO — Thirty travel grants are available to school library professionals wishing to attend the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) National Conference for the first time. The $750 grants for first-time attendees of the conference are...
Charlotte Chung receives AASL Innovative Reading Grant
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CHICAGO – Charlotte Chung, media specialist at Suncrest Elementary School in Morgantown, West Virginia, is the recipient of the 2023 American Association of School Librarians’ (AASL) Innovative Reading Grant. Sponsored by Capstone, the $2,500 grant...
South Carolina Association of School Librarians Awarded AASL ABC-CLIO Leadership Grant
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CHICAGO – The South Carolina Association of School Librarians (SCASL) is the recipient of the 2023 American Association of School Librarians’ (AASL) ABC-CLIO Leadership Grant. Sponsored by ABC-CLIO, the $1,750 grant is given to an AASL Chapter for...
LearnRT Pat Carterette travel grant application has been extended to March 31, 2023
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CHICAGO - The ¾«¶«´«Ã½Learning Round Table (LRT) will award up to $1,000 to an individual to participate in continuing education event(s) between September 1, 2023 and August 31, 2024. The award recipient will be required to share their new learning with...
Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table introduces Comics Librarian Conference Travel Grant with funding from Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment
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The ¾«¶«´«Ã½ (ALA) Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table (GNCRT) is excited to introduce a new grant opportunity intended to support the professional development of library workers interested in expanding their knowledge and experience...
AASL Opens STEM Inspire Special Event Grant Application
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CHICAGO – The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) STEM Inspire Special Event Grants, made possible through the generous support of the Danaher Foundation, will offer $48,000 in STEM Grant support to provide direct assistance funding to middle...
AASL introduces the Toor Scholarship for Strong Public-School Libraries
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CHICAGO — The Toor Family, in honor of their parents, Jay and Ruth Toor, have established the Toor Scholarships for Strong Public-School Libraries. As strong school library advocates throughout their life, Jay & Ruth supported the need for state-certified...
Games and Gaming Round Table accepting applications for 2023 'Game On!' Grant
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CHICAGO — The Games and Gaming Round Table of the ¾«¶«´«Ã½ is proud to sponsor its annual grant program to enable libraries to develop gaming programs or collections for their patrons. Through the “Game On!” grants, $500.00 will be...
Karleen Delaurier-Lyle Named a 2023 Core Emerging Leader
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CHICAGO—Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures is pleased to announce that Karleen Delaurier-Lyle has been selected as a Core Emerging Leader (EL). Delaurier-Lyle serves as the Information Services Librarian at The University of British Columbia...
¾«¶«´«Ã½invites applications for fourth annual Libraries Transform Communities Engagement Grant
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CHICAGO — The ¾«¶«´«Ã½ (ALA) invites library workers to apply for the Libraries Transform Communities Engagement Grant (LTCEG), an annual award supporting innovative and meaningful community engagement efforts in libraries...