Awards (Scholarships & Grants)
ALSC supports 2024 Bound to Stay Bound, Melcher Scholarships
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The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) has awarded a total of 6 students the Bound to Stay Bound and Melcher Scholarships for the 2024-2025 academic year.
announces 2024-2025 Spectrum Scholars
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The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±app's () Office for Diversity, Literacy and Outreach Services awarded 2023 Spectrum Scholarships to 70 exceptional students pursuing graduate degrees in library and information studies.
Avalon A. Ruby Selected as the 2024 Peter Lyman Memorial/SAGE Scholarship Recipient
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The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±app and SAGE are pleased to announce Avalon A. Ruby of Urbana, Illinois as the recipient of the 2024 Peter Lyman Memorial/SAGE Scholarship in New Media. Ruby believes that libraries are “focal points for storytelling’s various...
Kara J. Halden Selected as the 2024 David H. Clift Scholarship Recipient
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The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±app () is pleased to announce the selection of Kara J. Halden of Glen Ellyn, Illinois, as the 2024 David H. Clift Scholarship recipient. The David H. Clift Scholarship was named for a former director of the American Library...
George M. Farris Selected as the 2024 Tom and Roberta Drewes Scholarship Recipient
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The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±app () is pleased to announce the selection of George M. Farris of Nettleton, Mississippi as the 2024 Tom and Roberta Drewes Scholarship recipient. The $3,000 scholarship is awarded to a library support staff worker who is...
Sydney Keith Selected as the 2024 Mary V. Gaver Scholarship Recipient
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The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±app () is pleased to announce the selection of Sydney Keith of Smithville, Missouri as the 2024 recipient of the Mary V. Gaver Scholarship. The $3,000 scholarship was established to honor the memory of a past president...
Sarah Smith Selected as the 2024 Christopher Hoy/ERT Scholarship Recipient
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The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±app () is pleased to announce the selection of Sarah Smith of Albuquerque, New Mexico as the 2024 Christopher Hoy/ERT Scholarship recipient. The scholarship was named for a long-time staff member who directed the ...
Applications Now Open for the Core Online Course Scholarship for Library Professionals from Developing Countries
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CHICAGO–Core is now accepting applications for the Online Course Scholarship for Library Professionals from Developing Countries to participate in our online Fundamentals courses held between September 11, 2024 and December 22, 2024. One free seat per...
Ana Soledad Santoyo Selected as the 2024 Julia J. Brody Public Librarian Scholarship Recipient
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The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±app () is pleased to announce the selection of Ana Soledad Santoyo of Chicago, as the 2024 recipient of the Julia J. Brody Public Librarian Scholarship. The $4000 scholarship is awarded to individuals planning to specialize...
Accepting Applications for the 2025 Lois Ann Gregory-Wood Fellowship
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The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±app announces a call for applications for the Lois Ann Gregory-Wood (LAGW) Fellows Program. Visit the LAGW Fellows page for more information about the application process. Lois Ann Gregory-Wood worked at for fifty years...
Myla G. Corn Selected as the 2024 Tony B. Leisner Scholarship Recipient
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The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±app () has selected Myla G. Corn of Apopka, Florida as the recipient of the 2024 Tony B. Leisner Scholarship. The $3,000 scholarship, named for an active member and former member of the Council, is awarded to a...
Tyler Brady Selected as the 2024 Miriam L. Hornback Scholarship Recipient
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The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±app () is pleased to announce the selection of Tyler Brady of Honea Path, South Carolina as the 2024 Miriam L. Hornback Scholarship recipient. The $3,000 award is given to an or library support staff member to help...
Rowan Wiebe Selected as the 2024 Century Scholarship Recipient
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The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±app () is pleased to announce the selection of Rowan Wiebe of Canada as the 2024 Century Scholarship recipient. The $2,500 scholarship funds services or accommodation for a library school student with disabilities admitted...
GNCRT Celebrates 2024 Recipients of the Comics Librarian Conference Travel Grants
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The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±app's Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table (GNCRT) is excited to announce Rachel Perrone of Cranston, RI and Valerie Tohom of Los Angeles, CA as the recipients of the 2024 GNCRT Comics Librarian Conference Travel Grants. Rachel...
2024 John Cotton Dana Awards Announced
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The 2024 John Cotton Dana (JCD) Award winners, recognized for their strategic communications efforts, have been selected. The John Cotton Dana Awards provide up to eight grants for libraries that demonstrate outstanding library public relations. The award...
Congratulations to the 2024 Winners of the Core Career LIFT Award
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CHICAGO-- Congratulations to the 2024 recipients of the Core Career LIFT Award. The recipients are: Kristin Lansdown LIFT Award Sponsored by OCLC In her position as the Librarian and Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Accessibility (IDEA) Coordinator, Kristin...
Ten AASL Members Receive Jewish American Heritage Month Collection Development Grants
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CHICAGO—Ten American Association of School Librarians (AASL) members have been awarded $500 collection development grants. Generously sponsored by The Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History, the grants allow recipients to create or expand...
awards $10,000 grants to 16 libraries serving incarcerated persons or assisting those re-entering society to build capacity
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The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±app () today announced $10,000 Building Library Capacity Grants to 16 libraries across the country serving incarcerated persons or assisting those re-entering society.
AASL Announces Jewish American Heritage Month (JAHM) Collection Development Grants
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CHICAGO — Ten collection development grants are available to AASL members to create or expand their collection with content to provide context and content that explores Jewish experience, Jewish achievement, and Jewish identity as an antidote to...
Carnegie Whitney Grant 2024 award winners
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The Carnegie-Whitney Grant provides grants for the preparation, either in print and/or electronically, of popular or scholarly reading lists, webliographies, indexes and other guides to library resources that will be useful to users of all types of...