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If you’re thinking of applying for an ALSC Professional Award, don’t wait! There are a bunch of awards with application due dates coming up. Those include the Bechtel, Baker & Taylor, & Hayes awards, all of which are closing November 1st.
Every year, more than $100,000 is given away through ALSC’s professional awards, grants, and scholarships. Deserving libraries and members across the country receive support to attend conferences, host programs, and get recognized for their achievements. ALSC announces that two professional award applications have already opened. More information on these awards can be found below: Louise Seaman Bechtel Fellowship This fellowship provides a $4,000 stipend to allow a qualified children’s librarian to spend a month or more reading at the University of Florida’s Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature, which contains a special collection of 85,000 volumes of children’s literature published mostly before 1950. Applications due November 1, 2016. Apply now! ALSC Distinguished Service Award This award honors an individual member who has made significant contributions to and an impact on, library services to children and ALSC. The recipient receives $2,000 and an engraved pin at the ALSC Membership Meeting during…
Pat Scales is the 2016 recipient of the Association for Library Service to Children’s (ALSC) Distinguished Service Award. This prestigious award honors an individual who has made significant contributions to library service to children and to ALSC. This year’s recipient, Pat Scales, is a former middle school and high school librarian who is an independent consultant, author, and active member of ALSC and ALA. Throughout her career, Scales has been a passionate advocate for children’s intellectual freedom. She works to educate librarians, teachers, and parents on how to talk about books and teach life lessons through sharing books. Scales’ involvement with children, libraries and ALSC spans 38 years. She served as ALSC President in 2008-2009 and also served as chair of many ALSC award committees including the Newbery, Caldecott, and Wilder award committees. “My first ALA was in 1977, and I learned at that conference that ALSC was my professional…
Now is your chance to honor ALSC members for their years of service! The ALSC Distinguished Service Award Committee is looking for nominations. All nominations must be submitted by Monday, December 1, 2015. This award honors an individual member of ALSC who has made significant contributions to, and an impact on, library service to children and/or ALSC. The recipient receives $1,000 and an engraved pin at the ALSC Membership Meeting during ALA Annual Conference. The nomination form is available at the ALSC Website.