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The Geisel Award Selection Committee consists of seven members appointed from the ALSC membership at large, serving 2-year terms and led by the committee chair. (Chair + 6) Origin Established in 2004 ...

Advise the Center on emerging trends affecting libraries as well as meaningful and important innovations and activities happening within the profession; Identify, analyze, and share information ...

Platinum Play Hall of Fame The best games for playing in libraries! (A.K.A. The Platys) This Hall of Fame highlights games that are great for use in library collections and library programming. Only ...

The Stonewall Book Awards - Adult Committee shall be composed of 11 members including the chair. The chair is appointed by the RT Chair. The Adults Committee will consider works eligible for the ...

A minimum of five members (i.e. a chair, vice-chair, and three members) Ex-officio members include scholarly communication licensed workshops road show presenter coordinator and research data ...

Backgammon is a classic abstract strategy game dating back thousands of years. Each player has a set of 15 checkers (or stones) that must be moved from their starting positions, around, and then off ...