Awards (Professional Recognition)
Nominations open for 2024 Lemony Snicket Prize for Noble Librarians Faced with Adversity
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CHICAGO — Librarians face adversity every day, whether they are defending a challenged book like Maus, responding to collection and building damage after hurricanes and fires, remaining open as a safe space during civil unrest, or fighting to provide...
Nominate yourself, colleagues, or your library for the 2024 ÂÜÀòÍøÊÓƵ (ALA) Recognition Awards and Grants
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CHICAGO — Nominate yourself, colleagues, or your library for the 2024 ÂÜÀòÍøÊÓƵ (ALA) Recognition Awards and Grants. Unless otherwise noted, the deadlines are February 1, 2024. For general information about these and other ÂÜÀòÍøÊÓƵawards...
Nominations Open for 2024 IFRT Gerald Hodges Intellectual Freedom Chapter Relations Award
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CHICAGO — The Intellectual Freedom Round Table (IFRT) Coalition Building Committee is accepting nominations for the 2024 Gerald Hodges Intellectual Freedom Chapter Relations Award. The Gerald Hodges Award recognizes an intellectual freedom-focused...
David Cohen/EMIERT Multicultural Award nominations open
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CHICAGO - The Ethnic Multicultural Information Exchange Roundtable (EMIERT) of the ÂÜÀòÍøÊÓƵ is now accepting nominations for the David Cohen/EMIERT Multicultural Award. This award recognizes recent articles that include significant new...
AASL Commends the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Missouri
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CHICAGO – Acting upon a resolution submitted by the Missouri Association of School Librarians (MASL) the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) formally commends the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Missouri. The organization is one of...
AASL Commends the Literacy and Justice Project
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CHICAGO – Acting upon a resolution submitted by the Missouri Association of School Librarians (MASL) the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) formally commends the Literacy and Justice Project. The project is one of twenty outstanding programs...
AASL Commends Lead to Read KC
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CHICAGO – Acting upon a resolution submitted by the Missouri Association of School Librarians (MASL) the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) formally commends Lead to Read KC. The nonprofit is one of twenty outstanding programs, events, and...
RUSA Achievement Award-Call for Nominations
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CHICAGO-There are so many people doing good work; this is a chance to make sure they get the national recognition they deserve. RUSA is now seeking nominations for the 2024 Achievement Awards! Please take a look at the award summaries below with these...
ÂÜÀòÍøÊÓƵ to Receive Barbara Bush National Literacy Honors Award from the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy
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CHICAGO — The ÂÜÀòÍøÊÓƵ (ALA) will receive the 2023 Barbara Bush National Literacy Honors Award at this year’s National Celebration of Reading, hosted by the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy. The biennial event on Wednesday...
Nadia Orozco-Sahi Awarded 2023 Core Career LIFT Award
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Nadia Orozco-Sahi has been selected as the recipient of the 2023 Career LIFT Award, sponsored by OCLC and Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures. They are the Library Services Coordinator at the University of New Mexico. Core is dedicated to...
Twelve libraries recognized in American Libraries’ 2023 Library Design Showcase
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CHICAGO — Twelve new and renovated libraries, and their architects, have been recognized in American Libraries’ 2023 Library Design Showcase, which appears in the magazine’s September/October issue, available online today. Now in its 35th year, the...
AASL Commends the Florida Freedom to Read Project
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CHICAGO – Acting upon a resolution submitted by the Florida Association for Media in Education (FAME) the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) formally commends the Florida Freedom to Read Project. The project is one of twenty outstanding...
William Lee Potter Awarded the 2023 Core Christian Larew Memorial Scholarship
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William Lee Potter has been selected to receive the 2023 Christian Larew Memorial Scholarship ($3,000), sponsored by Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures and Baker & Taylor. This scholarship is for master’s level study, with an emphasis on library...
AASL Commends the Delaware Library Association
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CHICAGO – Acting upon a resolution submitted by the Delaware Association of School Librarians (DASL) the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) formally commends Delaware Library Association (DLA). The association is one of twenty outstanding...
AASL Commends the As Told By Foundation
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CHICAGO – Acting upon a resolution submitted by the Ohio Educational Library Media Association (OELMA) the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) formally commends the As Told By Foundation. The foundation is one of twenty outstanding programs...
AASL Commends the Queen City Book Bank
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CHICAGO – Acting upon a resolution submitted by the Ohio Educational Library Media Association (OELMA) the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) formally commends the Queen City Book Bank. The program is one of twenty outstanding programs...
AASL Commends the Maryland Library Association
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CHICAGO – Acting upon a resolution submitted by the Maryland Association of School Librarians (MASL) the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) formally commends the Maryland Library Association (MLA). The association is one of twenty...
AASL Commends We Need Diverse Books
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CHICAGO – Acting upon a resolution submitted by the Maryland Association of School Librarians (MASL) the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) formally commends We Need Diverse Books. The organization is one of twenty outstanding programs...
AASL Commends Calvert Library
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CHICAGO – Acting upon a resolution submitted by the Maryland Association of School Librarians (MASL) the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) formally commends Calvert Library. The library is one of twenty outstanding programs, events, and...
AASL Commends Louisiana Citizens Against Censorship
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CHICAGO – Acting upon a resolution submitted by the Louisiana Association of School Librarians (LASL) the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) formally commends Louisiana Citizens Against Censorship. The coalition is one of twenty outstanding...