Facebook home of sla rhode island, a nonprofit organization for innovative librarians and information professionals. Mary loves to write historical fiction and her books for bloomsbury the falconers knot, troubadour and david have been followed by shakespeares ghost and the ravenmasters boy. And i dont just look at the winners but also what made the shortlists too. The front cover of drew daywalt and oliver jeffers awardwinning book. Sapir award kristina wirtz for performing afrocuba. The sla is very grateful for this sponsorship, without which the award could n. Award is to be used to defray costs associated with attending annual summer conference of the special libraries association. Page 5 i have enjoyed my time on the board, and would like to thank all the board members for their dedication and thoughtfulness during the past year on our behalf.
National theatre book wins sla award the bookseller. Knowledge management in libraries slovenian library. This annual award, now in its fifth year, is designed to support school libraries and to reinforce the importance of nonfiction, whilst highlighting the high standard of resources available. Awards bestowed by sla headquarters on philadelphia chapter members sla presidents citation. Orchard software was named to the 2015 indiana chambers best places to work list. The edward victor gant scholarship fund award backgroundhistory. Leah lievrouw 2012 top book award, american sociological association, communication and information technology section, for alternative and activist new media polity, 2011. Sla information book award 2019 judges and childrens overall winner view title.
History and milestone singapore logistics association. Sla information book award 2019 up to 7 shortlist view list. Winners and information on the bookbrowse awards, the pulitzer prize for letters, drama and music, the booker prize, the the john newbery medal, the edgar awards, the national book critics circle award, the national book awards, the costa book awards, the indie booksellers choice awards, the womens prize for fiction, and the winning books with. Recommended citation university of nebraska omaha, service learning academy, sla p16 initiative, volume 5, issue 2, spring 2015 2015. Adam davidson, the creator of nprs planet money podcast and peabody awardwinning new yorker staff writer explains our current economy.
A childrens book about the national theatre has been announced as the overall winner of the school library association slas information book award 2016. Africa, india, and the afrasian imagination, recently. Life time achievement award 2015 national conference on emerging trends in libraries and librarianship, july 25 july 2425, 2015, jawahar lal nehru university jnu, new delhi 2015. Slas are used by vendors and customers as well as internally by it shops and their end users. Slas exhibition catalog from the architecture biennale empowerment of aesthetics has now been honored with the prestigious title. The ukla book awards seek to celebrate childrens books in order to. Published by usborne publishing, 2015 how do flowers grow written by katie daynes published by usborne publishing, 2015 shortlisted for the royal society young peoples book prize 2016 longlisted for the sla information book award 2016 edward lears book of nonsense published by usborne publishing, 2014 chicken licken. The school library association sla is an independent organization in the united kingdom which promotes libraries and literacy in schools. News division members and friends get together for a nohost dinner pub crawl to start kick off the 2015 conference. Image, voice, spectacle in the making of race and history.
Now in its 10th year, the wellcome book prize celebrates the best new books that engage with an aspect of medicine, health or illness. The shortlist for the information book award 2015 pictured above has just been announced. Originally taking place at the free word centre, it then moved for a few years to bath as part of the childrens book festival, until coming back to london in 2015 and the 6 th story roof cafe at carmelite house, home of sponsor hachette. Awarded to a new information professional in order to encourage participation in sla and chapter activities. Gant, former provost and professor of civil engineering. The pupil library assistant of the year award is to recognise the contribution made by pupils who work in their school libraries, to acknowledge the skills gained and to give them. The society for linguistic anthropology was proud to award the following prizes at the 114th aaa annual meeting in denver. Information book award the information book award is in its eighth year and was a major development for information books. The information book award presentation evening is now a firmly established fixture of the childrens book world calendar. The new rules for thriving in the twentyfirst century. Sla annual meeting travel award posted march 18, 2015 1. These top companies in the state were determined through employer reports and comprehensive employee surveys. Welcome to the 11th annual international awards, sponsored by american book fest. Recognized worldwide for the high quality they represent, the ala youth media awards, including the prestigious newbery, caldecott, printz, and coretta scott king book awards, guide parents, educators, librarians, and others in selecting the best.
The cop award is more than just a professional certification, for us in sla, it is an award for lifes professional work, and it embodies the highest ethical principles. They can specify bandwidth availability, response times for routine and ad hoc queries, response time. Sla information book award, excelsior, blue peter, roald dahl funny prize, peters, booksellers ya award. Sla information book award 2017 outstanding contribution winner view list. The following 12 books have been submitted and are now being considered for the edward sapir book award. The sla was founded in 1937 and is based at kembrey park in northeastern swindon. The actual rankings for the companies will be unveiled at a may 7, 2015, awards dinner, presented at the jw marriott in downtown indianapolis. Comments off on sla school librarian of the year award 2015 announcement of the honour list the sla school librarian of the year award is the school library associations prestigious honour to recognize the excellent work that is carried out in school libraries every day and highlight the best practice of those whose work is outstanding.
The information book award is an annual event run by the school library association sla designed to both raise awareness and reinforce the importance of nonfiction texts. Judging the sla information book award federation of. Sla information book awards 2017 childrens choice winners view list. The first, the great big book of families, won the inaugural sla information book award in the under 7s category. Maleeff, 2014 chair of the online content advisory council ocac for taking on the role of social media manager for sla in the summer of 2014. The sla research award this year goes to gaurav desai of the english department. Sla school librarian of the year award 2015 federation.
Sla was conferred the ns mark gold accreditation and national service ns advocate award organisations award. Nomination criteria 2019 publication authorship award. The list contains a sampling of book awards and recommended reading lists that highlight highquality literature for young people about diverse peoples and triumphs of the human spirit. The 2016 shortlists were recently announced and feature a wide range of interesting information books across three age categories. The list of awards below was originally published in children and libraries vol. Winners will be announced to the sla membership at the sla business meeting, held during the aaa annual meeting in denver november 1822. Named for slas founder and first president, the award is granted to an information professional to recognize a lifetime of achievement as well as exceptional service to sla, to the library and information profession. Established in 1979 and first given in 1987, the scholarship is a gift of the university of connecticut board of trustees and the family and friends of edward v. Winner the sla information book award, 2015 winner orbil prize 69 year olds, bologna, 2015 highly commended cilip information services group, 2015 shortlisted ycn professional awards illustration, 2015 special mention bologna ragazzi award, nonfction, 2016 nominated biennale of illustration, bratislava, 2015. Each year the american library association honors books, videos, and other outstanding materials for children and teens. Gaurav has published two monographs and nine edited collections. In 2015, the sla congress, the main event of the slovenian library association will be held on september 21. One of these collections, an anthology of cultural theory and criticism, has become a standard reference and classroom text. The school librarian of the year award 2015 is sponsored by macmillan childrens books and softlink.