From the Asian Pacific American Library Association (APALA) blog: Each year APALA offers financial assistance to a student of Asian or Pacific background enrolled in or accepted to an MLS program. APALA also offers libraries and organizations scholarships to develop Talk Story: Sharing Stories, Sharing Culture literacy programming; these programs reach out to Asian Pacific… Read More Supporting Asian Pacific American Librarians
Good morning! There are a couple 2013 conferences that have recently announced their call for proposals. Are you interested? 1. The 10th IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People ) will hold its regional conference 18020 October in St Louis, MO. This conference will feature a limited number of simultaneous sessions that address the conference… Read More Calls
This annual award, founded in 2008, is given to any ALA member who has demonstrated leadership in promoting African American literature. To further the professional development of the winner so that he or she can continue to build multicultural collections and serve diverse populations, the winner receives funds to attend the ALA Annual Conference, tickets… Read More The Zora Neale Hurston Award
The Libraries seeks a diverse pool of applicants with ALA-accredited M.L.S. or M.I.S. degrees awarded between September 2012 and August 2013. The NCSU Libraries Fellows program offers a unique opportunity to a select group of M.L.S. and M.I.S. graduates who will receive the degree between September 2012 and August 2013. Fellows will be appointed at… Read More Libraries Fellows, 2013-2015, Raleigh North Carolina
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