2009 I Love My Librarian Award Ceremony

2009 I Love My Librarian Award Ceremony
December 21st, 2009 by Greg; Photos now available on Flickr

The 2009 I Love My Librarian Awards recognized 10 librarians who are making a difference in their communities in a December 3 ceremony. The award is sponsored by Carnegie Corporation of New York and the New York Times...

What should users expect in a great library? The 10 winners of the 2009 I Love My Librarian award share their perspectives on what users deserve, and how they've worked to achieve it.

When: Wed Dec 23, 2009 – Mon Jan 18, 2010
Where: AL Focus Video Village on ALA Island ...[source]

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. ... [source: ALA Public Information Office]

Pachauri is the seventh Indian to win the Nobel Prize

UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) chief Dr Rajendra Pachauri 'stunned' on receiving Nobel

"I was not expecting any award for my efforts. I feel privileged to share it with Al Gore. I am only a symbolic recipient but it is the organisation which has been awarded,'' he said. "'With this award to the committee, the issue of climate change will come to the fore. It places a larger responsibility on me and I will ensure that more will be done."

Other Indians to win the coveted international recognition are: Rabindranath Tagore (1913) for literature, Sir C V Raman (1930) for Physics, Dr Hargobind Khurana (1968) for Medicine and Physiology, Dr Subramaniam Chandrasekar (1983) for Physics, Mother Teresa (1979) for Peace and Dr Amartya Sen (1998) for Economics. [see also: India Info Centre]

• Climate Change and Peoples Capitalism @ Faith Commons

• The Color Yellow. Run, Al Gore, Run! (Run, ICRISAT, Run!)

Al Gore ran for US President and lost; he has been running for Global Prescient for 30 years and just won the Nobel Peace Prize, October 13. When running, act locally, think globally. Now at peace, Al Gore is not running for President and losing again. He has been running a greater race. Run, Al Gore, run!

The BOBs - BEST OF THE BLOGS - My Electronic Library 2.0

PS. If you see it deserves, vote this blog [request to circulate this message by Blogmaster Heyam Hayek, a Kids Librarian.]

Launch of BookCross@SG: Books need to be freed!

Sighted @ Rambling Librarian :: Incidental Thoughts of a Singapore Liblogarian

Same shelf and aisle:.
>>Go Hunting Country List > Canada > Ontario > Toronto

Similar shelf:
>>Donate to the "Why Indie Bookstores Matter" Tour!
>> really modern library

See also:

Nigeria's Library System - is It Collapsing Or Transforming?

Bookstores everywhere are going broke

History of the book: Writing on the Stone Slab

Fulbright Awarded to Librarian Mengxiong Liu

Fulbright Awarded to Librarian
Nick Veronin
Issue date: 4/12/07 Section: News
Spartan Daily Online
A San Jose State University faculty member has been selected to travel to Uruguay this year in order to engage in a U.S. sponsored educational and cultural exchange program with the South American country.

Mengxiong Liu, an engineering librarian and professor of library and information science at SJSU, will be among hundreds of U.S. faculty and professionals traveling abroad this year under the Fulbright Senior Specialist Program, according to a Fulbright press release. Full story

Thanks to David Dillard for the above info.

See also:

Awards in India

Fulbright Programs for U.S. Scholars and others, Fulbright Global Programs for U.S. and non-U.S. Scholars, Fulbright Programs for Visiting (Non-U.S.) Scholars & U.S. Institutions, and Fulbright Scholar Grants for Institutions

Fulbright award in Egypt, 2008-09
"I write to bring your attention to a Fulbright Scholar award for a professional librarian or higher education faculty member in library management and library science education during the 2008-09 academic year at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Egypt. This new award is for an experienced person to conduct research and lead seminars and workshops for librarians, faculty and administrative staff as well as assist in developing and assessing academic curricula and educational materials.

A Ph.D. or M.L.S. and strong administrative, organizational, and communication skills are required. English is the primary working and teaching language, and knowledge of Arabic is desirable, though not required.

The award may be for a period of from four to nine months during the academic year.
I would appreciate your distributing news of this Fulbright award to members of the MELA and other individuals who would be qualified for the award. The deadline for receipt of applications is August 1, 2007.

The Fulbright Program in the Middle East and North Africa will accept applications for this award and for awards in other countries that are interested in faculty to teach in library science programs in 2008-09 in Bahrain, Oman and Morocco.
Contact:
Gary L. Garrison
Asst. Director, Asia/Middle East
Council for International Exchange of Scholars
Suite 5L
3007 Tilden Street, NW
Washington DC 20008
tel. 202-686-4019
fax. 202-362-3442
ggarrison@cies.iie.org
www.cies.org

Info courtesy: Dr. Ali Houissa
NB. Long live my affiliation with Fulbright Scholarship and the Fulbright alumni association.

Mehta's Water earns Oscar nomination for best foreign film

Canada's entry for the Academy Awards, Deepa Mehta's Water, earned a best foreign language film nomination Tuesday.

It will compete against Denmark's After the Wedding, Algeria's Days of Glory, Germany's The Lives of Others and Mexico's Pan's Labyrinth.
News source: CBC Arts January 23, 2007; Image source: http://www.dmcityview.com/archives/2006/06jun/06-22-06/movie.shtml

See also: WATER - The movie, an Oscar Contender by Mike Ghouse

Night of the living dead librarian - with malice towards none

PS. This video is not created by me. I found it an interesting way to look at international librarianship (with librarians as animated characters, and includes, Dewey, Ranaganathan, et al..)

Night of the living dead librarian
         Category: Comedy Shelf: History Aisle: Future

Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies (2006) have predicted that in year 2021 jobs like librarians won't be there any more. This small movie is a satire about how two librarians in year 2021 got their revenge over the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies with help from a Super Blogger Girl. ... From Kingrss, March 08, 2006
See also: Zombies - what will be gone in 15 years? @ Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies

The Ten Library Stories That Shaped 2006

Another year, another few thousand stories on LISNews! Libraries make
the news constantly, and after going through thousands of stories from
around the world we've summarized the best, the most popular, the most
controversial, and the most entertaining of 2006.

10. New UCLA Slogan: "Get Tasered @ your library"
9. Ding Dong, Gorman Tenure Ends
8. Library Weblog Explosion, Redux
7. EPA Library Closure
6. Library 2.0 Meme
5. More Elephants in the Room
4. Censorship
3. 'Net Neutrality
2. P is for Privacy
1. The James Frey Fallout

Full story @ LISNews
LISNews is a collaborative weblog [aka blog] devoted to current events and news in the world of Library and Information Science.

‘Truthiness' named word of the year 2006

The word — if one can call it that — best summed up 2006, according to an online survey by dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster. ...

“Though I'm no fan of reference books and their fact-based agendas, I am a fan of anyone who chooses to honour me,” he said in an e-mail to The Associated Press. Continue reading

Merriam-Webster Word of the Year for 2005: integrity

'Blog' is Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year 2004

See also 2003

GCU Library website wins competition - first prize among Pakistani Universities

The official website of the GCU Library Lahore has won the first prize among Pakistani Universities and declared the BEST LIBRARY WEBSITE in the competition organized by the Elsevier Publishing in collaboration with the Higher Education Commission. It also acknowledged the services and facilities provided by the GCU Libraries for having promoted the use of digital resources among the students and teachers. It is worth mentioned that GC University Library has the honour to win an International Competition ever in the history of Librarianship of Pakistan.

IFLA / OCLC Fellows for 2007 named - Looking for 2008?

Application information for the 2008 Fellowship Program is available on the OCLC Web site

IFLA / OCLC Fellows for 2007 named

The 2007 Fellows are:

Mr. Kodjo Elolo Atiso, Librarian, Animal Research Institute, Achimota, Ghana
Mrs. Alicia Chavarria Esguerra, Instructor/Librarian, Bulacan State University, City of Malolos, Bulacan, Philippines
Mrs. Pauline Nicholas, Information Specialist, Mona School of Business, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica
Mrs. Elisangela Alves Silva, Information Assistant, Abrinq Foundation for the Rights of Children and Adolescents, São Paulo, Brazil
Ms. Nevena Tomić, Library Manager, Cultural Centre "Students' City," Belgrade, Serbia continue reading the details

NB. Since its 2001 launch, the program has hosted 28 individuals representing 21 countries.
The IFLA/OCLC Early Career Development Fellowship Program supports library and information science professionals from countries with developing economies. The Fellowship program provides advanced continuing education and exposure to a broad range of issues in information technologies, library operations and global cooperative librarianship. Since its inception in 2001, the program has welcomed 28 librarians and information science professionals from 21 nations. more....

IFLA/OCLC Fellows for 2006

IFLA/OCLC Fellows 2005

IFLA/OCLC Fellows For 2004

IFLA/OCLC Fellows for 2003

IFLA/OCLC fellowships 2001

Awards, Rewards and Scholarships

Mortenson Center for International Library Programs ...connecting librarians around the world

Pratt-SILS SUMMER INSTITUTE IN FLORENCE- 3 weeks, May 28 - June 15, 2007

Rovelstad Scholarship in International Librarianship

Traditional Fulbright Student Awards

USEFI. Fulbright fellowships (Indian and US Nationals)

UNESCO FULBRIGHT INTERNSHIPS

Scholarships for Indian students - Shastri Indo Canadian Institute

RESEARCH & SCHOLARSHIP, Liverpool John Moores University

The SATKAL Awards 'Satinder Kaur Ramdev Memorial Trust for Advancement of Librarianship' (acronym SATKAL)

Scholarships in India @ LISGateway.com

Fellowships in India @ LISGateway.com

Dr.Harish Chandra-Sushila Chandra Best LibrarianAward (National level)

Resources Relating to International Librarianship see also Scholar-in-Residence Program

National and International Scholarships, Regents of the University of Minnesota, Center for International Programs