Nominations have opened for the 2009 Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I Love My Librarian Award.

Like last year, library users are invited to nominate a librarian in a school, public, college, community college or university library. Up to 10 winners will receive $5,000, a plaque and a travel stipend to New York for an awards reception hosted by The New York Times in December.

Last year, nearly 3,200 nominations were received for the award. To learn more about last year’s winners, visit this page on the award’s Web site.

Although librarians are not eligible to submit nominations, you can promote the award locally to encourage your library users to do so. Tools - including a sample flyer, logos, web badge and press release - are available for free download.

Visit this page to view highlights from last year’s award ceremony.

Submitted by Megan Humphrey, Manager, The Campaign for America’s Libraries.

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Ten libraries in 10 states from New York to Alaska received $5,000 grants as part of the American Library Association’s (ALA) Libraries, Literacy and Gaming initiative, funded by the Verizon Foundation.

The winners, representing a broad spectrum of libraries – seven public, two school and one academic – will use the funds to develop and implement gaming and literacy programs that provide innovative gaming experiences for youths 10-18 years of age. The 10 libraries were selected out of 390 that applied for the grant.

Among the libraries chosen was the Indian Trails Public Library of Wheeling, Ill.

In this video, we visit the library and talk with library officials about how they heard about and obtained the grant, as well as their plans for using it.

The Libraries, Literacy and Gaming initiative is generously funded by the Verizon Foundation and managed by ALA’s Office for Literacy and Outreach Services. Dr. Scott Nicholson, an associate professor in the School of Information Studies, Syracuse University, is the evaluation specialist.

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