Network Bulletin No.: 06-44
Date: December 1, 2006
Subject: Awards
Index term: Network Library Awards
NLS is pleased to announce that it will offer the 2006 Network Library of the Year
Award in two categories: regional library and subregional library. At a ceremony
scheduled for April 17, 2007, these two awards will recognize special achievement in
2006. This is the call for nominations for these awards.
Schedule:
January 2 through February 2, 2007: Nominations accepted
February 12 through March 4, 2007: Nominations reviewed
April 17, 2007: Award ceremony at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Eligibility: Only NLS network regional and subregional libraries may be nominated for
the awards.
Purpose of award: The awards commend excellence, innovation, and special
achievement in providing library service to blind and physically handicapped
individuals in a calendar year.
Awards: Each award includes $1,000, a plaque and a certificate for the network
library, and a copy of the plaque and certificate for the administering agency. A
separate plaque recognizing the recipients will be displayed at NLS.
Presentation: The award will be presented at a luncheon at the Library of Congress in
Washington, D.C., on April 17, 2007. This special event for the network libraries and
their administering agencies will be covered in NLS News, in Library of Congress
publications, and in a national news release. NLS will cover travel costs to the
ceremony for a representative of each network library and a representative of their
administering agencies.
Selection criteria:
Nominees will be selected according to the following criteria:
__ Mission support: The extent to which the library reached or
exceeded the ALA
Revised Standards and Guidelines of Service;
__ Creativity and innovation: the extent to which the library
developed new patron services or marketed existing services in an exceptional manner;
__ Patron satisfaction: the extent to which the library met the needs of
its patrons during the year.
Nomination process: Libraries must be nominated by a patron, staff, or manager of
a network library, or by a member of its administering agency. Submissions must
explain how the nominee meets the appropriate criteria, citing specific examples and
providing any supporting statistics for 2006. Nominations must not exceed one page
(250 words) for each criterion. Up to three supporting documents, such as newspaper
articles, reports, statistics, and other commendations, may be included. Submissions
must be in an accessible format and include supporting statements for each criterion.
Deadline: All nominations must be received by NLS no later than February 2, 2007.
Submission: Nomination forms are attached and may be downloaded at:
www.loc.gov/nls/networkdocs/nomination.pdf
Send the nomination form with supporting documentation to ensure arrival at NLS by
the deadline. Nomination documentation must be in accessible electronic format for
subsequent distribution through the Internet so that review panel members who are blind
can access them. Send all nominations by e-mail to__ [log in to unmask] or expedited delivery
service (FedEx or UPS) to the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically
Handicapped (NLS/BPH), Library of Congress, 1291 Taylor Street N.W., Washington,
D.C. 20542-4960, Attn: Chief, Network Division. Do not send nominations by the U.S.
Postal Service. If your submission has not been confirmed by February 9, please contact
Carolyn Hoover Sung at (202) 707-9300.
Selection process: The nominations will be reviewed by a committee consisting of seven
members: the chair, the chief of the NLS Network Division, who will be a nonvoting
member; one representative from each of the three consumer groups (American Council of
the Blind, Blinded Veterans Association, and National Federation of the Blind); two
representatives from public libraries (to be selected by the chair); and one representative
from the North America/Caribbean Region of the World Blind Union. The committee will
review the nominations and submit a list of finalists to the NLS director and the four
network regional conference chairs, who will make the final selections.
For more information contact:
Carolyn Hoover Sung
Chief, Network Division
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