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Ralph R. Shaw Award for Library Literature Presented to an American librarian for an outstanding contribution to library literature published during the three years preceding the presentation. 1959-1976 Print ALA Libraries and librarianship Randolph Caldecott Medal: Awarded to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.
Library instruction began in the nineteenth century in the United States. [2] In 1880, Justin Winsor, president of the American Library Association (ALA), redefined the role of the librarian as also a teacher. [3] In a 1912 ALA survey, 57% of respondents offered required or elective library instruction courses. [4]
Education for librarianship, including for paraprofessional library workers, varies around the world, and has changed over time. In recent decades, many institutions offering librarianship education have changed their names to reflect the shift from print media to electronic media, and to information contained outside of traditional libraries.
A school library (or a school media center) is a library within a school where students, and sometimes their parents and staff have access to loan a variety of resources, often literary or digital. The goal of a school library or media center is to ensure that all members of the school community have equitable access "to books and reading, to ...
A teacher-librarian, also known as a school librarian or school library media specialist (SLMS) is a certified librarian who also has training in teaching.. According to the American Association of School Librarians (AASL), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), the official title for a certified librarian who works in a school in the United States is school librarian.
The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) is a division of the American Library Association (ALA) [1] that has more than 7,000 members and serves primary school and secondary school librarians in the U.S., Canada, and even internationally. Prior to being established in 1951, school librarians were served by the School Library Section ...
The National Library of Education is a library in the United States serving as a primary resource center for education information. The library provides collections and information services to the public, as well as to the education community and other government agencies on current and historical education programs, activities and publications of the U.S. Department of Education.
Arsenals of a Democratic Culture: A Social History of the American Public Library Movement in New England and the Middle Atlantic States from 1850 to 1900 (Chicago: American Library Association 1947) Garrison, Dee. Apostles of Culture: the public librarian and American society, 1876–1920. Free Press (1979) ISBN 0-02-693850-2; Gisolfi, Peter A ...