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2010 Midwinter Meeting Highlights • BOSTON Cognotes • Page 11 Awards » from page 10 ALA’s atyourlibrary.org Features New Content published by W.W. Norton & Company; and Tunneling to the Center of the Earth by Kevin Wilson, published by Harper Perennial, an imprint of HarperCollins. May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Award recognizing an author, critic, librarian, historian or teacher of children’s literature, who then presents a lecture at a winning host site: Lois Lowry will deliver the 2011 lecture. The internationally acclaimed author’s career spans more than 30 years. She is a two-time recipient of the Newbery Medal, in 1990 for Number the Stars, set in Denmark during World War II, and in 1994 for the eerily dystopian The Giver. Both books are published by Houghton Mifflin. For more information on the ALA youth media awards and notables, please visit the ALA Web site at http:// www.ala.org. t y o u r l i b r a r y. o r g , w h i c h launched earlier this year, continues to post lively new content that encourages the public to use their local library. The mission of the site (www.atyourlibrary.org) is to be a catalyst that drives people to their local libraries. The web site works to get the word out that libraries are filled with rich resources, which are easy to access, as well as promote the goals of the Campaign for America’s Libraries. Where available, recommended resources are linked to the World Cat database, which provides a list of the nearest libraries with the recommended item. The web site was launched with funding from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, with additional support provided by the Disney Book Group. Atyourlibrary.org is part of the Campaign for America’s Libraries (www.ala.org/@yourlibrary), ALA’s public awareness campaign that promotes the value of libraries and librarians. Thousands of libraries of all types — across the country and around the globe — use the Campaign’s @ your library® brand. The Campaign is made possible by ALA’s Library Champions, corporations and foundations that advocate the importance of the library in American society. Other partners are Dollar General, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Univision Radio, Verizon and Woman’s Day magazine. CLIST now provides this opportunity each year for a new generation of library advocates to continue the WHCLIST mission of committed, passionate library support Both ALA and WHCLIST want to ensure that the American people benefit from the best library service possible. The WHCLIST Award will be used to further these efforts. For more information contact Kristin Murphy at 202-628-8419, kmurphy@alawash.org. Cognotes Published in conjunction with the ALA Midwinter Meeting and ALA Annual Conference. Editor Frederick J. Augustyn, Jr. The Library of Congress Reporters Brad Martin ABC News Stacy Voeller Minnesota State University, Moorhead Adrienne Chamberlin Simmons College Publisher Deidre Irwin Ross, ALA Assistant Publisher Karee Williams, ALA Managing Editor Deb Nerud Vernon Photography Curtis Compton Production Tim Mercer Jenn Hess CustomNEWS, Inc. WHCLIST Award Announced for Advocacy Day T he White House Conference on Library and Information Services Taskforce (WHCLIST) and the ALA Washington Office announce the 2009 WHCLIST Award, which provides a stipend of $300 for a non-librarian participant to attend Library Advocacy Day on June 29, 2010, in Washington D.C. Not only will the winner attend the rally, but s/he will attend Congressional meetings with his/her elected officials and/or their staffs. The winner will be introduced at the rally and participate in advocacy meetings in Congressional offices. WHCLIST served an historic role in library advocacy nationally, statewide, and locally following the White House Conferences on Library and Information Services in 1979 and 1991. 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