CHICAGO — First-year projects completed in the News Know-how initiative that helped young people distinguish between fact and opinion in news accounts in print and online during the 2012 presidential election have been posted at www.newsknowhow.org/projects.
CHICAGO — The American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office announced today that the ALA Cultural Communities Fund is the new sponsor for the ALA Excellence in Library Programming Award.
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CHICAGO — The American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office announced today that the ALA Cultural Communities Fund is the new sponsor for the ALA Excellence in Library Programming Award. The award will recognize a library (public, academic, school or special) that demonstrates excellence in library programming by developing and presenting a cultural or thematic program or program series during the previous year. More <a href="http://www.ala.org/programming/programmingexcellence" target="_blank">information and nomination forms</a> for the 2013 ALA Excellence in Library Programming Award are available online. To be considered, nominations must be received by December 1.</p>
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Apply by Dec. 15 to receive $4,000, national recognition for program model
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CHICAGO —The American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office is now accepting nominations for the 2013 Sara Jaffarian School Library Program Award for Exemplary Humanities Programming. School libraries, public or private, that served children in any combination of grades K-8 and conducted humanities programs during the 2011-2012 school year are eligible. Applications and award guidelines are available at <a href="http://www.ala.org/jaffarianaward">www.ala.org/jaffarianaward</a>. To be considered, nominations must be received by the ALA Public Programs Office by Dec. 15.</p>
CHICAGO – With the success of "The Hunger Games" trilogy, teens and adults are equally excited about the movie’s upcoming release. Here are just a few ideas of how librarians across the country are tapping into readers' enthusiasm.
CHICAGO - The Waukegan (Ill.) Public Library has been named the 2012 winner of the Marshall Cavendish Excellence in Library Programming Award. The award, donated by the Marshall Cavendish Corporation, is given in recognition to either a school or public library that demonstrates excellence in library programming.
CHICAGO – The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) has awarded the 2012 ALSC/BWI Summer Reading Program Grant to the Wichita Falls (Texas) Public Library.
