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ALA 2017 Youth Media Award Winners

It’s award season! On Monday, Jan. 23rd, ALA announced the top books, video and audio books for children and young adults. Some of the awards announced include: Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery and Printz awards. Check out our previous article about Minnesota author Kelly Barnhill’s win of the Newbery award!

See below for a few examples of awards and winners!
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CMLE Winners at the ITEM Conference!

It is always good to get professional awards. And when they come from your peers, they are even more special! At this year’s Information and Technology Educators of Minnesota (ITEM) conference in Minneapolis, CMLE was proud to have not one but TWO winners!!

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From the left: Willie L. Jett II, Angie Kalthoff, Maria Burnham, and Erich Martens

Angie Kalthoff, @mrskalthoff,is a Technology Integrationist in St Cloud School District 742. She won the award for Technology Support  She was joined by her very proud Superintendent Willie L. Jett II. Right after the ITEM conference ended, she continued her advocacy for libraries and technology work by leading sessions at the Code.org workshop at the North Dakota Association of Technology Leaders conference in Minot!

Our own CMLE Board President Maria Burnham, @MariaBurnham4 ,Technology Integrationist at Sauk Rapids-Rice High School, won the award for Library Media Specialist of the Year. She was joined by her equally proud Principal Erich Martens.

Both Angie and Maria have been very active in the library community of central Minnesota; as well as both reaching out to work with their peers. I can tell you that the applause for both women was thundering, as the conference attendees recognized the work they have done to improve service and technology for their communities. It was great to see, and to be a part of, the celebration of the achievements of so many interesting library people.

Take a moment to applaud their achievements! It is great to work in a community with high-achieving people; we all benefit from their example, and we can all work out new strategies to keep our skills sharp and our library services aimed helping our patrons!!

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MLA Announces Recipients of 2013 Annual Awards

Information in this post was submitted and written by Kristen Mastel, MLA President received 10/31/13.

The Minnesota Library Association is pleased to announce the winners of the 2013 MLA Annual Awards:

  •  William DeJohn (posthumously) was the recipient of the William G. Asp Distinguished Career Award in memoriam for his gifts of leadership and collaboration, his support of MLA, and his dedication to the role of libraries and their staffs in addressing the lifelong learning needs of Minnesota residents.
  • Susan Hansen, Rochester Public Library, received the Above & Beyond Award for exemplary service to the Rochester Public Library community and “above and beyond” teamwork and support for her colleagues.
  • Michelle Filkins and Jennifer DeJonghe received the Above & Beyond Award on behalf of the David Barton Community Labyrinth and Reflective Garden, Metropolitan State University, for creating both a fitting memorial to Library Dean David Barton and an innovative way for the library and university to engage with its students and with the local community.
  • Anna Hulseberg, Gustavus Adolphus College, received the MLA President’s Award in recognition of her attention to detail, process improvements, and financial management while serving as Minnesota Library Association treasurer.
  • Kirsten Clark, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, received the MLA President’s Award in recognition of her dedication to the Intellectual Freedom Committee as Chair, service as Member-at-Large, and leadership in redesigning the MLA logo.

Once again, congratulations to this year’s award recipients! If you would like to learn more about award category mentioned above, feel free to visit MLA’s Awards page, online.
Kristen Mastel, MLA President

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