I Love My Librarian Award

Purpose: There are over 160,000 certified librarians nationwide, and librarians touch the lives of the people they serve every day.  The Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I Love My Librarian Award encourages library users like you to recognize the accomplishments of exceptional public, school, college, community college, or university librarians.  Carnegie Corp. wants to hear how you think your librarian is improving the lives of the people in your school, campus or community.

Eligibility: 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.

Amount available per project: $5,000 plus round-trip travel expenses to New York for award ceremony.

Deadline for HISD Intent to Submit form: September 12, 2014

Deadline for Applications to Funding Agency: September 12, 2014

An Intent to Submit form must be completed and sent to the Office of Community Development in order to apply for any grant for Humble ISD. Please contact Adrianne Holmes at the Office of Community Development at 281-641-8141 for more information.

Link to opportunity:   http://www.ilovelibraries.org/nominate-school-librarian

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