Hello,
We are in process of accepting applications for the 2012 Carnegie Whitney Award. Please post the below details to appropriate list serves. Let me know if you have any questions.
Thank you,
Mary Jo Bolduc
Sr. Administrative Assistant - Publishing
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American Library Association
50 E. Huron
Chicago, IL 60611
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Carnegie-Whitney Awards up to $5,000
The American Library Association Publishing Committee provides a grant of up to $5,000 for the preparation of print or electronic reading lists, indexes or other guides to library resources that promote reading or the use of library resources at any type of library.
Funded projects have ranged from popular, general-reader proposals such as "ReadMOre," a reading list for Missouri's state-wide reading program, to more specialized, scholarly proposals such as "Librarianship and Information Science in the Islamic World, 1966-1999: An Annotated Bibliography."
Applications must be received by Nov. 4, 2011. Recipients will be notified by the end of February 2012.
For more information and guidelines, visit http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/publishing/sundry/alapubawrds/carnegiewhitney.cfm or contact Mary Jo Bolduc, Grant Administrator, American Library Association, 50 E. Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611; Fax (312) 280-5275; e-mail: mbolduc@ala.org.