Archive for the ‘Awards’ category

Call for Jurors – ALA/IIDA Library Interior Design Awards

November 17, 2011

LLAMA/BES is now accepting juror applications for this prestigious awards competition.    Selection of an awards jury considers the juror applicants’ experiences in terms of type of libraries represented, project sizes, geographic areas, and previous jury experiences. Applicants are required to be members of ALA/LLAMA/BES but may not be members of the LLAMA Board of Directors, […]

ALA/IIDA Library Interior Design Awards Competition Now Open

November 17, 2011

Submissions for the 2012 ALA/IIDA Library Interior Design Awards are now being accepted.  This biennial competition is co-sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and the International Interior Design Association (IIDA).  The awards honor excellence in library interior design, and award winners will demonstrate excellence in aesthetics, design, creativity, function, and satisfaction of the client’s […]

2012 Emerging Leaders Application Available

July 13, 2011

ALA is now accepting applications for the 2012 class of Emerging Leaders.  Applications can be found at http://www.ala.org/cfapps/emergingleaders/index.cfm. The deadline to apply is August 1.  Once an application has been submitted , people listed as references in the application will receive automated notices with appropriate links to complete statements of reference.  All reference letters, letters […]

John Cotton Dana Awards Reception

June 26, 2011

Please join us at the John Cotton Dana Awards Reception on Sunday, June 26, 2011 – 4:30pm – 6:00pm. Location: Monteleone, La Nouvelle East/West   The John Cotton Dana Award, sponsored by H.W. Wilson, honors outstanding library public relations, whether a summer reading program, a year-long centennial celebration, fundraising for a new college library, an […]

PR Xchange Best of Show: We’re Looking for the Best of the Best

March 7, 2011

We know your library has amazing promotional materials: Newsletters, program announcements, reading celebrations, advocacy materials, fundraising messages and more – in either print or video formats! Here’s your chance to show them off! It’s that time of year again—we are looking for entries for the LLAMA/PRMS PR Xchange Best of Show competition! How can you […]

Winners of the 2011 John Cotton Dana Library Public Relations Awards

January 20, 2011

New York, NY, January 20, 2011 Five libraries are winners of the John Cotton Dana Library Public Relations Award, which recognizes and honors outstanding achievement in library public relations. The John Cotton Dana (JCD) honor has been awarded continuously since 1946 and is sponsored by the H.W. Wilson Company, the H.W. Wilson Foundation and the […]

Press Conference Scheduled to Announce John Cotton Dana Award Winners

January 3, 2011

A press conference announcing this year’s winners of the John Cotton Dana Library Public Relations Award will be held at the San Diego Convention Center, Room 30-D, on Saturday, January 8, 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. (The San Diego Convention Center is located at 111 West Harbor Drive in San Diego; phone 619-525-5000 for directions.) […]

Who was John Cotton Dana and what is that award about?

October 21, 2010

Contact: Kimberly Terry John Cotton Dana Committee Chair 405-606-3750 kterry@metrolibrary.org Ask your average library customers to name a famous librarian and they might be able to dredge up the name Melville Dewey. Ask a professional in the field, and a variety of names will be recalled, chief among them that of John Cotton Dana. That […]

John Cotton Dana Public Relations Award Applications Now Available

August 11, 2010

Entries for the 64th John Cotton Dana Library Public Relations Award are being accepted now through Dec. 4 by the Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA). Inaugurated in 1946, the John Cotton Dana Award honors outstanding library public relations programs that support a specific project, goal or activity, or a sustained, ongoing program (e.g. the […]

John Cotton Dana Reception to be held Sunday at Annual

June 14, 2010

Join us at a Special Reception to honor the John Cotton Dana Award Winners Sunday, June 27, 2010, four-thirty to six o’clock. Sponsored by H.W. Wilson and the Library Leadership and Management Association Grand Ballroom The Willard InterContinental 1401 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. RSVP by June 21, 2010 Phone 800-367-6770, ext. 2439, or email […]