2016 ASCLA Award Winners Announced
Congratulations to the award winners! The awards program recognizes outstanding achievement within the library profession by librarians and libraries for significant current or past achievements, including publications, program development and leadership in the profession. Read about the winners here. The Awards Ceremony and Reception will be held from 5:45 – 7:15 p.m. on Saturday, June 25...
Maki & Riedner awarded the 2014 Rosalinde Gilbert Innovations in Alzheimer’s Disease Caregiving Legacy Award
ASCLA members Karen Maki and Mary Beth Riedner recently accepted the 2014 Rosalinde Gilbert Innovations in Alzheimer’s Disease Caregiving Legacy Award in the Creative Expression category for the Tales and Travel Memories program currently being implemented at the Gail Borden Public Library in Elgin, IL. The $20,000 award goes to imaginative and creative programs supporting...
2014 Jean Williams Sayre Innovation Award
Two members of ASCLA’s Alzheimer’s & Related Dementias Interest Group (IGARD), Karen Maki and Mary Beth Riedner, are part of the team of librarians who were awarded the 2014 Jean Williams Sayre Innovation Award by the Midwest Chapter of the Medical Library Association (MLA). This award “recognizes individuals, groups, libraries or organizations for their creative...
MCPL wins the ILF Programming Award
Monroe County Public Library, under the leadership of past ASCLA President Sara Laughlin, has received the 2014 Programming Award from the Indiana Library Federation (ILF). This award recognizes the Library for its programming during Disability Awareness Month in March 2014 . The highly creative and inclusive programs offered were the culmination of two years of focused efforts...
2015 ASCLA Emerging Leader
We are pleased to announce that ASCLA will be sponsoring Sara Ahmed for the 2015 Emerging Leaders Cohort! Ahmed is currently a part time supervisor and library assistant at Drexel University’s Hahnemann Library in Center City, Philadelphia. The Emerging Leaders program enables newer librarians from across the country to participate in workgroups, network with peers,...