The Catholic Library Association honors excellence in scholarship, literature and librarianship through the bestowal of nationally recognized Association and Section awards. These awards as well as service and chapter awards are presented at the annual convention.
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Catholic Library Assocation is pleased to announce the awardee of the 2012 Mary A. Grant Award is Catherine Fennell.
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Patricia Polacco Wins 2012 Regina Award Medal |
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 Photo Credit - Donna Claar
The Children’s Library Services Section of the Catholic Library Association is pleased to announce that Patricia Polacco has been awarded the 2012 Regina Medal in recognition of her lifetime achievement in children’s literature. Ms. Polacco will receive the award on April 12, 2012 during the Regina Medal Award luncheon at the Catholic Library Association convention. A book signing will follow the luncheon, and “Conversations with Patricia Polacco” will occur the following day.
Patricia Polacco has written and illustrated over fifty books that celebrate family bonds as well as her Jewish, Irish, Ukrainian, Russian and American heritage. She has received numerous awards, including The Golden Kite Award for Illustrations, the Children’s Literature and Social Responsibility Award, the Jane Addams Peace Association Award, and the Jo Osborne Award for Humor in Children’s Literature.
Ms. Polacco was born in Lansing, Michigan and currently lives in Union City, Michigan, not far from her grandparents’ farm where she lived until 1949. |
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 Father Anthony F. Rigoli, OMI is the 33rd recipient of Catholic Library Association's Aggiornamento Award. The Award is given by the Parish and Community Library Services Section each year in recognition of an outstanding contribution for the renewal of parish and community life in the spirit of Blessed Pope John XXIII.
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The winner of the 2012 John Brubaker Memorial Award is Donald Beagle for his article, “Integrating Digital and Archival Sources in Historical Research: Recovering Lost Knowledge About a Catholic Poet of the Civil War,” which appeared in vol. 81, no. 3 (March 2011) of Catholic Library World. Mr. Beagle will receive his plaque at the CLA Annual Business Meeting in Boston in April 2012.
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Philip F. Neau Memorial Award recipients:
2010 Sally Ann Thompson
2008 Julanne M. Good |
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The Certificate is given for overall excellence with emphasis on superior content.
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