News & Press Releases
BCALA Announces the 2025 Literary Awards Winners
Black Caucus of the American Library Association, Inc. BCALA Literary Awards Contact: Gladys Smiley Bell, 757-727-5185 or [email protected] Press Release ...
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BCALA EBook Literary Awards
Press Release For Immediate Release May 22, 2024 Contact: Tiffany A. Duck or [email protected] Newport News, VA ...
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BCALA Board Officer Change Announced
BCALA Board Officer Change Announced After a unanimous vote for his removal from office in the best interest of the organization, the BCALA Board and Dr. Jason Alston, current Vice President, have come to a mutual decision regarding a...
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Sage Renews Scholarship To Promote Diversity Within Librarianship
Los Angeles, CA (March 14, 2024) Sage and the Joint Council of Librarians of Color (JCLC) have extended a partnership to provide scholarships to Library Information Science students from the National Associations of Librarians of Color...
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Immediate Past President Shauntee Burns-Simpson Receives the 2023 DEMCO/BCALA Award for...
On Sunday, June 25, 2023 during the 2023 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, IL, the Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA) honored Immediate Past BCALA President Shauntee Burns-Simpson with the 2023 DEMCO/BCALA Award for Excellence...
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QUEENS PUBLIC LIBRARY PARTNERS WITH LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS AND ARCHIVES ACROSS THE...
QUEENS PUBLIC LIBRARY PARTNERS WITH LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS AND ARCHIVES ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO CELEBRATE 50 YEARS OF HIP HOP Highlights Include a Conversation with Rapper and Public Enemy Frontman Chuck D, Symposium on Hip Hop Style and Fashion, and...
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