Authors Kathleen Benner Duble (“The Sacrifice,” “Quest”) and Karen Cecil Smith (“An Old Salem Christmas, 1840″) discuss their support for out nation’s schools in a video interview from this year’s American Association of School Librarians’ (AASL) 14th National Conference.
On Dec. 3, 10 librarians were selected from our nation’s 123,000 libraries and recognized for their outstanding service as the 2009 winners of the Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I Love My Librarian award. Here are two AL Focus videos, one showing the ceremony, another with interviews of the winners. Photos of the event are also available on the American Library Association’s (ALA) Flickr page.
Winners of the I Love My Librarian award were selected by more than 3,200 library users from academic, public and school libraries nationwide.
The ALA administered the award through the Campaign for America’s Libraries, its public awareness campaign that promotes the value of libraries and librarians.
The award, which began as The New York Times Librarian Awards in 2001, is now a collaborative program of Carnegie Corporation of New York, The New York Times and the American Library Association. The Award will continue through 2012.
More information about the award recipients is available at www.ilovelibraries.org/ilovemylibrarian.
Carnegie Corporation of New York is a philanthropic foundation created by Andrew Carnegie in 1911 to do “real and permanent good in this world.” Carnegie Corporation has been associated with almost every important development in library service in the United States. Andrew Carnegie himself had used much of his personal fortune, beginning in 1886, to establish free public libraries throughout America, which led the Corporation’s initial grantmaking to focus on libraries and the opportunities for public education they offer. Early library funding went to the building structures themselves, but by the 1920s, grants in this area began to emphasize the evaluation and strengthening of both public and university librarians’ training.
The New York Times Company, a leading media company with 2008 revenues of $2.9 billion, includes The New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, The Boston Globe, 15 other daily newspapers and more than 50 Web sites, including NYTimes.com, Boston.com and About.com. The Company’s core purpose is to enhance society by creating, collecting and distributing high-quality news, information and entertainment.
The American Library Association is the oldest and largest library association in the world, with more than 65,000 members. Its mission is to promote the highest quality library and information services and public access to information.
The Campaign for America’s Libraries (www.ala.org/@yourlibrary), ALA’s public awareness campaign that promotes the value of libraries and librarians. Thousands of libraries of all types – across the country and around the globe – use the Campaign’s @ your library® brand. The Campaign is made possible by ALA’s Library Champions, corporations and foundations that advocate the importance of the library in American society.
Here are the 2009 recipients:
Sol A. Gómez
Branch Manager, Librarian II
Pima County Public Library, Sam Lena-South Tucson Branch
Tucson, Arizona
Read his nomination. (PDF)
Laura Grunwerg
Director of Youth and Young Adult Services
River Edge Public Library
River Edge, New Jersey
Read her nominations (PDF)
Karen E. Martines
Public Administration Library Department Head
Cleveland Public Library
Cleveland, Ohio
Read her nomination (PDF)
Dwight McInvaill
Director
Georgetown County Library
Georgetown, South Carolina
Read his nominations (PDF)
Lucy Hansen
Lead Librarian
South Texas Independent School District
Mercedes, Texas
Biblioteca Las Américas
Mercedes, Texas
Read her nominations (PDF)
Dana Thomas
Media Specialist
Cypress Lake Middle School
Fort Myers, Florida
Read her nominations (PDF)
Carolyn Wheeler
Media Specialist
Conant Elementary School
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Rochester Hills Public Library
Youth Services Librarian
Rochester, Michigan
Read her nomination (PDF)
Alice K. Juda
Reference Librarian
U.S. Naval War College
Newport, Rhode Island
Read her nomination (PDF)
Séamus Ó’Scanláin (Scanlon)
Librarian and Assistant Professor
Center for Worker Education Library (The City College of New York)
New York, New York
Read his nomination (PDF)
Oceana Wilson
Director of Library and Information Services
Crossett Library, Bennington College
Bennington, Vermont
CHICAGO – On Dec. 3, 10 librarians were selected from our nation’s 123,000 libraries and recognized for their outstanding service as the 2009 winners of the Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I Love My Librarian award. Photos of the event are now available on the American Library Association’s (ALA) Flickr page.
Winners of the I Love My Librarian award were selected by more than 3,200 library users from academic, public and school libraries nationwide. The 2009 award recipients are:
Sol A. Gómez
Branch Manager, Librarian II
Pima County Public Library, Sam Lena-South Tucson Branch
Tucson, Ariz.
Laura Grunwerg
Director of Youth and Young Adult Services
River Edge Public Library
River Edge, N.J.
Lucy Hansen
Lead Librarian
South Texas Independent School District, Biblioteca Las Américas
Mercedes, Texas
Alice K. Juda
Reference Librarian
U.S. Naval War College
Newport, R.I.
Karen E. Martines
Public Administration Library Department Head
Cleveland Public Library
Cleveland, Ohio
Dwight McInvaill
Director
Georgetown County Library
Georgetown, S.C.
Séamus Ó’Scanláin (Scanlon)
Librarian and Assistant Professor
Center for Worker Education Library (The City College of New York)
New York, N.Y.
Dana Thomas
Media Specialist
Cypress Lake Middle School
Fort Myers, Fla.
Carolyn Wheeler
Media Specialist
Conant Elementary School
Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
Rochester Hills Public Library
Youth Services Librarian
Rochester, Mich.
Oceana Wilson
Director of Library and Information Services
Crossett Library, Bennington College
Bennington, Vt.
Each of the 10 award winners receives a $5,000 cash award and will be honored at a ceremony and reception at TheTimesCenter in New York and hosted by The New York Times.
Nominations were open to librarians working in public, school, college, community college and university libraries. To read about this year’s winners visit www.ilovelibraries.org/ilovemylibrarian.
The ALA administered the award through the Campaign for America’s Libraries, its public awareness campaign that promotes the value of libraries and librarians.
The award, which began as The New York Times Librarian Awards in 2001, is now a collaborative program of Carnegie Corporation of New York, The New York Times and the American Library Association. The Award will continue through 2012.
More information about the award recipients is available at www.ilovelibraries.org/ilovemylibrarian.
Carnegie Corporation of New York is a philanthropic foundation created by Andrew Carnegie in 1911 to do “real and permanent good in this world.” Carnegie Corporation has been associated with almost every important development in library service in the United States. Andrew Carnegie himself had used much of his personal fortune, beginning in 1886, to establish free public libraries throughout America, which led the Corporation’s initial grantmaking to focus on libraries and the opportunities for public education they offer. Early library funding went to the building structures themselves, but by the 1920s, grants in this area began to emphasize the evaluation and strengthening of both public and university librarians’ training.
The New York Times Company, a leading media company with 2008 revenues of $2.9 billion, includes The New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, The Boston Globe, 15 other daily newspapers and more than 50 Web sites, including NYTimes.com, Boston.com and About.com. The Company’s core purpose is to enhance society by creating, collecting and distributing high-quality news, information and entertainment.
The American Library Association is the oldest and largest library association in the world, with more than 65,000 members. Its mission is to promote the highest quality library and information services and public access to information.
The Campaign for America’s Libraries (www.ala.org/@yourlibrary), ALA’s public awareness campaign that promotes the value of libraries and librarians. Thousands of libraries of all types – across the country and around the globe – use the Campaign’s @ your library® brand. The Campaign is made possible by ALA’s Library Champions, corporations and foundations that advocate the importance of the library in American society.
The latest in a series of Library Stories features Sharon Robinson, the daughter of baseball legend Jackie Robinson.
Robinson is an author, whose most recent picture book, “Testing the Ice: A True Story About Jackie Robinson,” is illustrated by Kadir Nelson, author and illustrator of “We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball,” which was named the winner of the 2009 Robert F. Sibert Medal for the most distinguished informational book for children published in 2008. (Nelson and Robinson are seen, above).
Nelson, who won a Coretta Scott King Book Award for “We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball” and also illustrated a Caldecott Honor Book, “Henry’s Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad,” and Robinson appeared at the American Library Association’s Annual Conference in Chicago with the exhibit “Pride and Passion: The African-American Baseball Experience,” presented by the ALA’s Public Programs Office (PPO).
She has written several books about her father, including “Jackie’s Nine: Jackie Robinson’s Values to Live By” and “Promises to Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America.”
The winners of the 2009 Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I Love My Librarian Award have been announced.
The award invites library users to recognize the accomplishments of librarians in public, school, college, community college and university libraries for their efforts to improve the lives of people in their community. Nominations will run through October 9 and are being accepted online at ilovelibraries.org/ilovemylibrarian.
Up to 10 librarians are selected. Each receives a $5,000 cash award, a plaque and a $500 travel stipend to attend an awards ceremony and reception in New York, hosted by The New York Times in December. In addition, a plaque is given to each award winner’s library.
Each nominee must be a librarian with a master’s degree from a program accredited by the ALA in library and information studies or a master’s degree with a specialty in school library media from an educational unit accredited by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education. Nominees must be currently working in the United States in a public library, a library at an accredited two- or four-year college or university or at an accredited K-12 school.
Nominees will be judged by a selection committee based on quality of service to library users, demonstrated knowledge of the library and its resources and commitment shown in helping library users.
In 2008, Carnegie Corporation of New York awarded the American Library Association (ALA) $489,000 to support the award, which will continue annually through 2013. The award continues in the tradition of one The New York Times presented from 2001 to 2006.
Last year, more than 3,200 library users nationwide nominated a librarian, and 10 librarians received the award. For more information on last year’s winners, visit ilovelibraries.org/ilovemylibrarian.
The award is administered by ALA’s Public Information Office and Campaign for America’s Libraries, ALA’s public awareness campaign that promotes the value of libraries and librarians.
Sol A. Gomez
Laura Grunwerg
Karen Martines
Dwight McInvaill
Lucy Hansen
Dana Thomas
Carolyn Wheeler
Alice K. Juda
Séamus Ó’Scanláin (Scanlon)
Oceana Wilson
Sol A. Gómez
Branch Manager, Librarian II
Pima County Public Library, Sam Lena-South Tucson Branch
Tucson, Arizona
Read his nomination. (PDF)
Laura Grunwerg
Director of Youth and Young Adult Services
River Edge Public Library
River Edge, New Jersey
Read her nominations (PDF)
Karen E. Martines
Public Administration Library Department Head
Cleveland Public Library
Cleveland, Ohio
Read her nomination (PDF)
Dwight McInvaill
Director
Georgetown County Library
Georgetown, South Carolina
Read his nominations (PDF)
Lucy Hansen
Lead Librarian
South Texas Independent School District
Mercedes, Texas
Biblioteca Las Américas
Mercedes, Texas
Read her nominations (PDF)
Dana Thomas
Media Specialist
Cypress Lake Middle School
Fort Myers, Florida
Read her nominations (PDF)
Carolyn Wheeler
Media Specialist
Conant Elementary School
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Rochester Hills Public Library
Youth Services Librarian
Rochester, Michigan
Read her nomination (PDF)
Alice K. Juda
Reference Librarian
U.S. Naval War College
Newport, Rhode Island
Read her nomination (PDF)
Séamus Ó’Scanláin (Scanlon)
Librarian and Assistant Professor
Center for Worker Education Library (The City College of New York)
New York, New York
Read his nomination (PDF)
Oceana Wilson
Director of Library and Information Services
Crossett Library, Bennington College
Bennington, Vermont
Read her nomination (PDF)
Stephen Chbosky, author of the coming-of-age novel “The Perks of Being a Wallflower,” discusses his love of libraries in a video interview conducted at the American Association of School Librarians’ (AASL) 14th National Conference.
Chbosky’s novel has appeared on the American Library Association’s lists of the 10 most challenged books.
In addition, Chbosky (seen above at the ALA’s Banned Books Read-Out) has written the screenplay for “Rent” and was co-creator, executive producer and writer of the CBS television series “Jericho.”
