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Check out the full posting here: I Love My Librarian 2010

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“Nominate your librarian for the third year of the Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I Love My Librarian Award!
Nominations for 2010 stay open through September 20.
Nominate a librarian in a:
School Library
Public Library
College, Community College, University Library

There are nearly 123,000 libraries nationwide, and librarians touch the lives of the people they serve every day. The award encourages library users like you to recognize the accomplishments of exceptional public, school, college, community college, or university librarians. We want to hear how you think your librarian is improving the lives of the people in your school, campus or community.
Up to ten winners will be selected this year and receive a $5,000 cash award, a plaque and $500 travel stipend to attend an awards reception in New York hosted by The New York Times. In addition, a plaque will be given to each award winner’s library.
The award is administered by the American Library Association with support from Carnegie Corporation of New York and The New York Times.”

Share the word with the public and other library staff!
Let’s recognize all the great library impact work happening in our district!

Check out the Foundation Center resources housed at the Dauphin County Library System’s largest library ESA.

Online, you can search a database for examples of possible areas of collaboration. Consider how streamlining the work your organization does by combining forces with other libraries and non-profits could help to expand the impact and make the outcomes of your work more visible in the community. Collaboration Ideas.

Use the search to find examples of other non-profits who have joined together in a collaboration to:
-Purchase goods and /or services together
-Share (co-locate) or better utilize space
-Combine marketing efforts
-Share development (fundraising) activities
-Share advocacy efforts
-Form a confederation
-Merge
-Share staffing
-Share staff training

How could your library apply to win the next Collaboration Prize?

The Innovative Services for an Aging Population: Commonwealth Libraries Advisory Committee (ISAP) is offering two categories for awards for public libraries who are serving the older adult population in their communities.

What special/best practices programming has your library presented in the past year for the older adult population or for a culturally diverse community of older adults in you community?

The Innovative Services for an Aging Population Committee (ISAP) is seeking to recognize a Pennsylvania public library that has promoted library services to a culturally diverse population. Public libraries of all sizes are invited to submit applications for the Marietta Y. King and Alberta Walden Still Diversity Award. See application at:AN INVITATION TO APPLY FOR THE 2010

ISAP along with AARP PA is also interested in recognizing and promoting library services for older adults in Pennsylvania. These awards presented by AARP will recognize public libraries that are small, medium or large that has presented innovative and creative programming for older adults. The invitation follows:AARP LIB AWARD ’10 The award application can be seen at: Library Services for Older Adults Award.

Take a look at both the award applications attached, choose the award application that fits your library programming, and fill out the application online. The form will expand as needed. Send applications to:ckoenig@state.pa.us by July 23rd.

There is something new in the applications this year. The ISAP Committee and AARP PA are asking that your Best Practices program for older adults be one that can be replicated easily in another library and has been repeated more than once in the past year in your library.

The award winners will be chosen later this summer and the awards will be presented at the PaLA Annual Conference in Lancaster in October.

Contact information below:

Claudia Koenig | Outreach Advisor
Office of Commonwealth Libraries
Bureau of Library Development
Pennsylvania Department of Education
333 Market Street | Harrisburg, PA 17126-1745
ckoenig@state.pa.us

The Pennsylvania Citizens for Better Libraries (PCBL) is now seeking nominations for nine 2010 Awards to be presented at the PCBL Annual Awards Luncheon during the Pennsylvania Library Association Annual Conference, October 24-27, 2010, at the Lancaster County Convention Center.

This is your opportunity to recognize your library supporters!

Nominations will be accepted for the following awards:

Citizen of the Year: a citizen who has contributed the most to the improvement of Pennsylvania libraries.

Corporate Citizen of the Year: a business or company that has been supportive of a local library as well as the entire Pennsylvania Library community.

Friends Group of the Year: a Friends group that has provided the greatest assistance to its library. The Friends Group must be a member of PCBL..

Friends Newsletter of the Year: the best Friends group newsletter. The Friends Group must be a PCBL member.

Elected State Official of the Year: an official who has been a leader in promoting and supporting Pennsylvania’s libraries.

Library Public Relations Award: a library that has conducted an effective public relations campaign for a specific program or event that has resulted in significant community support.

Lifetime Achievement Award: a citizen or group who has shown exceptional meritorious service to libraries.

Local Public Official Award: a local public official who has been supportive or his/her local library.

Media Award: the best newspaper, radio or TV editorial, article or video in support of libraries.

Please submit a letter of recommendation along with supportive documentation as soon as possible but no later than August 1, 2010, to

Al Kamper, PCBL Awards Chair
427 Wimer Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15237
alkamper@comcast.net

Thanks to the continued support of both individuals and corporate sponsors, scholarship opportunities for MLS courses are available again in 2010 to PaLA members. Three MLS Scholarships are available to Pennsylvania residents and PaLA personal members who are seeking a Master’s degree in the Library Science field that will earn them professional status.

Deadline for submission is May 15, 2010.

This $1,500 award requires that twelve credits must be completed toward the degree during the scholarship year. Verification of enrollment in an ALA accredited program is required.

For details on how to apply go to:displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=57

Libraries have until May 9 to promote Woman’s Day magazine’s newest initiative, “why the library is important to my community.” The American Library Association (ALA) and Woman’s Day are looking for stories that showcase the importance and value of libraries within the communities they serve.

Women ages 18 and up are invited to send in their stories in 700 words or less to: womansday@ala.org. Up to four stories will be profiled in the March 2011 issue of the magazine or at womansday.com.

A downloadable Web button that can be linked to the official rules on the Woman’s Day Web site is also available-www.womansday.com

The initiative continues a nine-year partnership between the magazine and ALA’s Campaign for America’s Libraries that has generated millions of dollars worth of editorial coverage for libraries. Since 2002, Woman’s Day has asked its readers to write in about “how the library has changed my life,” “how the library helped improve my health” and “how the library helped me deal with the tough economy.”

Woman’s Day magazine is a Partner in the Campaign for America’s Librariesindex.cfm, 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.

MLS Invites 2010 Coming Up Taller Award Nominations for excellence in afterschool, out-of-school, and summer arts and humanities programs.

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) invites nominations for the 2010 Coming Up Taller awards, which honor excellence in afterschool, out-of-school, and summer arts and humanities programs for underserved children and youth. Coming Up Taller is an initiative of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities.

(PCAH) in partnership with IMLS, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). IMLS and its partners encourage programs initiated by museums, libraries, performing arts organizations, universities, colleges, arts centers, community service organizations, schools, businesses, and eligible government entities to participate. Click here for the nomination form: 2010CUTNominationApplication The deadline for nominations is January 29, 2010.

Each year, the Coming Up Taller awards recognize and reward exceptional programs that cultivate character development and life skills in young people, in addition to presenting high-quality arts and humanities learning opportunities. Award recipients receive $10,000 each, an individualized plaque, and an invitation to attend the annual Coming Up Taller Leadership Enhancement Conference.

Nominate a Librarian!

How does a specific librarian touch your community?
Nominations to recognize a special librarian (public, academic, or school categories) are open from Aug. 17 to Oct. 9, 2009. Winners will be announced in early November. Let the New York Times and the Carnegie Corporation honor your favorite librarian! Take a minute to nominate one today.

PaLA is still accepting nominations for the 2009 Awards that will recognize individuals and libraries for remarkable contributions in service. Help us to honor our esteemed colleagues in public, academic, and special libraries-and to recognize the very best among us.

Take the time to nominate a person you know who embodies the camaraderie of libraries. It’s one of the best ways to recognize excellence and to thank the people you value most. All you have to do is complete the nomination form (you must complete a separate form for each nominee in each category).

Please send your nominations for the following awards:

·Distinguished Service Award-presented to an individual in recognition of meritorious service

·Certificate of Merit-awarded to individuals having made outstanding contributions to PA libraries over the past five years

·Elected Official Award-given to an elected official(s) for exemplary support of library service in Pennsylvania

·New Librarian Honors Award-acknowledges the originality and inventiveness of a librarian who has been in the profession fewer than six years

·Trustee of the Year Award-given to a public library trustee to recognize outstanding leadership and service

·Library Support Staff Recognition Award-presented to a Library that encourages its support staff in career development

All nominations and statements of support must be submitted or postmarked no later than 4 p.m. on August 15th, 2009. Download or print the nomination form from PALA’s web site:
2009%20Awards%20Nominations.pdf

The Association for Rural and Small Libraries is pleased to announce that they are offering 2 scholarships for their upcoming conference in Gatlinburg, TN.

This conference, scheduled for Sept 11-13, is specifically designed to meet the needs of library directors, staff and trustees working in small and/or rural libraries across the country. These Scholarships are in honor of Dr. Bernard Vavrek – Founder and Director of the Center for the Study of Rural Librarianship at Clarion University and the other is in honor of the founding board members – those individuals who formed the initial board of the ARSL.

Refer to the scholarship eligibility instructionsarsl-conference-scholarship-information-page and complete the applicationscholarship-application-2 for an opportunity to be considered for this beneficial scholarship.

The Pennsylvania Citizens for Better Libraries (PCBL) is now seeking nominations for nine 2009 Awards to be presented at the PCBL Annual Awards Luncheon during the Pennsylvania Library Association Conference, October 18-21, 2009, at the Harrisburg Hilton..

This is your opportunity to recognize your library supporters.

Nominations will be accepted for the following awards:

Citizen of the Year: a citizen who has contributed the most to the improvement of Pennsylvania libraries.

Corporate Citizen of the Year: a business or company that has been supportive of a local library as well as the entire Pennsylvania Library Community.

Friends Group of the Year: a Friends group that has provided the greatest assistance to its library. The Friends Group must be a member of PCBL.

Friends Newsletter of the Year: the best Friends group newsletter. The Friends Group must be a PCBL member.

Elected State Official of the Year: an official who has been a leader in promoting and supporting Pennsylvania’s libraries.

Library Public Relations Award: a library that has conducted an effective public relations campaign for a specific program or event that has resulted in significant community support.

Lifetime Achievement Award: a citizen or group who has shown exceptional meritorious service to libraries.

Local Public Official Award: a local public official who has been supportive of his/her local library.

Media Award: the best newspaper, radio or TV editorial, article or video in support of libraries.

Please submit a letter of recommendation along with supportive documentation as soon as possible but no later than July 15, 2009, to:

Al Kamper, PCBL Awards Chair
427 Wimer Drive
Pittsburgh PA 15237

alkamper@comcast.net

The Innovative Services for an Aging Population: Office of Commonwealth Libraries Advisory Committee (ISAP) and AARP are interested in recognizing and promoting library service for older adults in Pennsylvania. They invite public libraries, regardless of size, to share their success in serving older adults through innovative and/or creative programming. This award, presented by AARP, will recognize a public library, small, medium, or large, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania that conducts innovative and/or creative programming for older adults.

The following criteria will be considered in selecting the award-winning library:

¨Realistic program goals, plans for continuation of the program and how the older adult, age 50+, is being served by the library.

¨Community involvement in designing library services for older adults.

¨Coordination and collaboration with community organizations serving older adults.

¨Intergenerational aspect of the service.

The award will be presented at the Annual Conference of the Pennsylvania Library Association.

Find the application here:aarp-award-application-form-20091

Nominations for the award must be received by August 21, 2009 to be considered. Please send applications to:

AARP
30 North 3rd Street, Suite 750
Harrisburg, PA 17101

Public libraries of all sizes are invited to submit applications for this award. The applications must be received by August 21, 2009. The awards will be presented at the PaLA Annual Conference in Harrisburg in October.Information and application can be found at: marietta-j-king-and-alberta-walden-still-diversity-award-2009

Applications should be mailed to:

Claudia Koenig
Outreach Advisor
Office of commonwealth Libraries
Bureau of Library Development
Pennsylvania Department of Education
333 Market Street
Harrisburg, PA 17126-1745
ckoenig@state.pa.us