Archive for the ‘Awards’ category

Swap and Shop PR Xchange: We’re Looking for the Best of the Best

March 11, 2010

We know your library has amazing promotional materials:  Newsletters, program announcements, reading celebrations, websites, YouTube videos and more.  Here’s your chance to show them off!   It’s that time of year again—we are looking for entries for the LLAMA/PRMS Swap and Shop Best of Show competition! How can you enter? Download the Best of Show entry […]

AIA/ALA Library Buildings Award seeks Jury Nominations

February 23, 2010

The Building and Equipment Section (BES) Library Building Awards Committee of The Library Administration and Management Association (LLAMA) is seeking nominations and applications for jurors for the 2011 Library Buildings Award competition. Jointly sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and the American Institute of Architects (AIA), the prestigious biennial awards recognize distinguished accomplishments in […]

John Cotton Dana Awards Featured in Library Journal

January 27, 2010

LLAMA’s John Cotton Dana Awards for excellence in library public relations are featured in today’s issue of Library Journal: http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6716486.html?nid=2671&rid=#reg_visitor_id&source=title

AIA/ALA Library Buildings Award seeks Jury Nominations

January 25, 2010

Chicago:  The Building and Equipment Section (BES) Library Building Awards Committee of The Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA) is seeking nominations and applications for jurors for the 2011 Library Buildings Award competition.  Jointly sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and the American Institute of Architects (AIA), the prestigious biennial awards recognize distinguished accomplishments […]

2010 John Cotton Dana Library Public Relations Award Winners Announced

January 21, 2010

Six 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 Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA), […]

LLAMA seeks John Cotton Dana Library Public Relations Awards entries

August 14, 2009

Entries for the 63rd 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 […]

2009 AIA/ALA Library Building Award Recipients Announced

March 16, 2009

The Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA), a division of the American Library Association, and the American Institute of Architects (AIA) announced today the eight recipients for the 2009 AIA/ALA Library Building Awards. Biennially, representatives from the AIA and the American Library Association (ALA) gather to celebrate the finest examples of library design by architects […]

LLAMA seeks “Best of Show” award entries

February 24, 2009

Exhibit your library public relations masterpieces by entering LLAMA’s annual “Best of Show” awards competition. Sponsored by the Swap & Shop Committee of the Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA) Public Relations and Marketing Section, the competition recognizes the very best in public relations materials produced by libraries in the 2008 calendar year. Judging in […]

2009 Call for LLAMA/Section Committee Volunteers

February 11, 2009

LLAMA and its sections are evolving to meet the changing needs of members, and we need your talent and ideas!  Please volunteer for a division or section committee here: http://www.ala.org/cfapps/committee/volunteerform When you login, you’ll see the opportunities available for LLAMA and any section to which you belong.  When you submit the form, it will be […]

Ray English wins 2009 Hugh C. Atkinson award

February 11, 2009

CHICAGO — Ray English, Azariah Smith Root director of libraries at Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, has been named the 2009 winner of the Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award. English will receive a cash award and a citation during the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Chicago, at the Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA) […]