Awards (Professional Recognition)
EBSCO Information Services Library Staff Development Award Nomination Deadline Extended
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The ÂÜÀòÍøÊÓƵ is currently extending accepting nominations through March 1, 2024, for the EBSCO Information Services Library Staff Development Award. This is awarded to a library organization for a program to further its staff...
ÂÜÀòÍøÊÓƵMedal of Excellence Call for Nominations Extension
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CHICAGO — Every year the ÂÜÀòÍøÊÓƵ honors a creative leader in library management, training, cataloging and classification, and the tools and techniques of librarianship with the ÂÜÀòÍøÊÓƵMedal of Excellence. The award consists of $2,000...
Ken Haycock Award for Promoting Librarianship deadline extension
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CHICAGO — The ÂÜÀòÍøÊÓƵ (ALA) is extending nominations for the Ken Haycock Award for Promoting Librarianship. The Ken Haycock Award for Promoting Librarianship was established in 2004 and recognizes an individual who has contributed...
Ernest A. DiMattia, Jr. Award Call for nominations extended
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CHICAGO - The ÂÜÀòÍøÊÓƵ is currently extending nominations through March 1, 2024 for the Ernest A. DiMattia, Jr. Award for Innovation and Service to Community and Profession Award. An annual award includes $5,000 and a citation. The...
ALA's Sullivan Award for Public Library Administrators Supporting Services to Children deadline extended
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CHICAGO — The 2024 application process for the ALA’s Sullivan Award for Public Library Administrators Supporting Services to Children is being extended to March 1, 2024. This award honors an individual who has shown exceptional understanding and support...
Scholastic Library Award nominations deadline extended
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CHICAGO — The 2024 application process for the ALA’s Scholastic Library Publishing Award is open and extending nominations until March 1, 2024. This award honors a librarian whose "unusual contribution to the stimulation and guidance of reading by...
Nominations extended for 2024 ALA/Information Today, Inc. Library of the Future Award
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ÂÜÀòÍøÊÓƵis currently extending nomination through March 1, 2024 for the ALA/ Information Today Library of the Future Award. The prize consist of $1,200 along with a plaque. ALA/Information Today, Inc. Library of the Future Award is sponsored annually by the...
Beta Phi Mu Award call for nomination extended
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CHICAGO — The ÂÜÀòÍøÊÓƵ is currently extending nominations through March 1, 2024 for the Beta Phi Mu Award. Beta Phi Mu award is an annual award consisting of $1,000 and a citation of achievement. This award is given in recognition of...
Lemony Snicket Award Nominations 2024 deadline extended
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Sarah Nalepa Governance Program Coordinator Governance 3127249251 snalepa@ala.org CHICAGO — Librarians face adversity every day, whether they are defending a challenged book like Maus, responding to collection and building damage after hurricanes and...
K-12 school librarians invited to apply for $5,000 Sara Jaffarian School Library Program Award
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CHICAGO — School librarians are invited to apply for a $5,000 award recognizing outstanding humanities programming in kindergarten through twelfth grade, the ÂÜÀòÍøÊÓƵ (ALA) Public Programs Office announced. Previously for school...
ÂÜÀòÍøÊÓƵ to receive lifetime achievement award from National Book Critics Circle
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CHICAGO – The ÂÜÀòÍøÊÓƵ (ALA) has been selected to receive the prestigious Toni Morrison Achievement Award from the National Book Critics Circle. The award, established by the NBCC in 2021, honors institutions that have made lasting and...
Kyle Lukoff to deliver 2025 Children’s Literature Lecture
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BALTIMORE — Author Kyle Lukoff will deliver the 2025 Children’s Literature Lecture. The announcement was made today by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the ÂÜÀòÍøÊÓƵ (ALA), during LibLearnX: The...
Ernest A. DiMattia, Jr. Award Call for Nominations
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CHICAGO - The ÂÜÀòÍøÊÓƵ is currently accepting nominations through February 1, 2024 for the Ernest A. DiMattia, Jr. Award for Innovation and Service to Community and Profession Award. An annual award includes $5,000 and a citation. The...
Call for applications for Sullivan Award for Public Library Administrators Supporting Services to Children
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CHICAGO — The 2024 application process for the ALA’s Sullivan Award for Public Library Administrators Supporting Services to Children is open. This award honors an individual who has shown exceptional understanding and support of public library service to...
Call for Nominations for Scholastic Library Publishing Award
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CHICAGO — The 2024 application process for the ALA’s Scholastic Library Publishing Award is open and accepting nominations until February 1, 2024. This award honors a librarian whose "unusual contribution to the stimulation and guidance of reading by...
Nominations open for 2024 ALA/Information Today, Inc. Library of the Future Award
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ÂÜÀòÍøÊÓƵis currently accepting nomination through February 1, 2024 for the ALA/ Information Today Library of the Future Award. The prize consist of $1,200 along with a plaque. ALA/Information Today, Inc. Library of the Future Award is sponsored annually by...
Equality Award Call for Nominations
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The ÂÜÀòÍøÊÓƵ is currently accepting nominations through February 1, 2024 for the Equality Award. The Equality Award consisting of $1,000 and framed citation is an annual award given to an individual or group for outstanding...
ÂÜÀòÍøÊÓƵMedal of Excellence Call for Nominations
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CHICAGO — Every year the ÂÜÀòÍøÊÓƵ honors a creative leader in library management, training, cataloging and classification, and the tools and techniques of librarianship with the ÂÜÀòÍøÊÓƵMedal of Excellence. The award consists of $2,000...
Beta Phi Mu Award Call for Nomination
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CHICAGO — The ÂÜÀòÍøÊÓƵ is currently accepting nominations through February 1, 2024 for the Beta Phi Mu Award. Beta Phi Mu award is an annual award consisting of $1,000 and a citation of achievement. This award is given in recognition...
Joseph W. Lippincott Award Call for Nomination
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CHICAGO — The ÂÜÀòÍøÊÓƵ is currently accepting nominations through February 1, 2024 for the Joseph W. Lippincott Award, one of ALA’s oldest awards. Joseph W. Lippincott Award is an annual award consisting of $1,500 and a 24k gold-framed...