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Each year ALTA recognizes and rewards distinguished service to library development and literacy through the presentation of the Trustee Citation and Literacy Awards. Two Annual Conference travel grants are awarded through the ALTA/Gale Award for new trustees, and ALTA recognizes library benefactors through the annual Major Benefactor Award. Click here for a recent history of ALTA Awards.


ALTA Trustee Citation

ALTA Announces Trustee Citation Award Winners-
Congratulations to Robert Lyons and Jim Connor!

...from ALA press release, March 11, 2005.

American Library Trustees and Advocates (ALTA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), named Jim Connor and Robert B. Lyons as the 2005 Trustee Citation award winners.  The ALA Trustee Citation, established in 1941 to recognize public library trustees for distinguished service to library development, symbolizes and honors the best contributions and efforts of the estimated 60,000 American citizens who serve on library boards.

Connor is a trustee of Jefferson County Public library in Colorado. Lyons is a trustee of Schaumburg Township District library in Illinois.

 

Connor has been tireless in his efforts to energize the state trustee organization in Colorado, traveling nearly 10,000 miles throughout the region, to build an advocacy network for libraries. His enthusiasm for working with trustees and library advocates has been evident in all who see him at the ALA midwinter meetings and annual conferences. He has, per William Knott, the Jefferson County librarian in Colorado, created a new spirit of advocacy among public library trustees in the West.

 

Connor's recent accomplishments include establishing working relationships with his region's state librarians, setting up a Website for the trustees and advocates in his region, and organizing his many community contacts to speak in support of libraries.

 

"Lyons has been a very active legislative advocate for libraries both on the state and national levels," said Michael Madden, the director of the Schaumburg Township District Library.

 

"Lyons exemplifies the best traits needed in a public library trustee," said Jean Wilkins, director of the Illinois State Library.

 

Lyons has served as board president at both the local library and system level. He has worked steadfastly to improve libraries at the local, regional system, and state level and has helped to pass a number of bond and funding referenda over the years, all of which passed by a large margin. He is the 2002 recipient of the Illinois Library Association Trustee Citation award.

 

The awards will be presented during the Opening General Session of the ALA Annual Meeting in Chicago. During each ALA Annual Meeting, up to two trustees are presented with citations in recognition of distinguished service to library development

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Major Benefactors Honor Award

The 2003 Major Benefactors Honor Award Announced!
Congratulations to the Bank of Southside Virginia and the Clements family!

This year’s ALTA Major Benefactor Award is a two-pronged pat on the back to the Clements family of Carson, Virginia. Both their bank (The Bank of Southside Virginia, and they personally are being honored for their donation of funds and land for the new Carson Depot library in Hopewell, Virginia. The Major Benefactors Honor Award was established to give recognition to individuals, families or corporate bodies who have made major benefactions to public libraries. The award is presented locally, and consists of two specially prepared citations for the recipient(s) and the beneficiary library. The significance of the gift will be measured from the point of view of the recipient library, rather than by the size of the gift alone.

ALA Press Release
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The ALTA Literacy Award

ALTA Announces Literacy Award Winner-
Congratulations to William Wilson!

William Wilson is the winner of this year’s Literacy Award, to be presented at the ALTA SOS Luncheon on Sunday, June 27, 2004. This award is an acknowledgement of his commitment to directly preserve and further literacy in his state. Kudos to Mr. Wilson for his achievement and steadfast work! The ALTA Literacy Award is given annually to a library trustee or an individual who in a volunteer capacity has made a significant contribution to addressing the problem of illiteracy in the United States, particularly as it relates to the role of the public library.

ALA Press Release
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ALTA/GALE Oustanding Trustee Conference Grant

ALTA Announces the 2003 ALTA/Gale Grant Winner-
Congratulations to Joel Hondorp and Karen Dyer!

Congratulations to Joel Hondorp and Karen Dyer, the recipients of this year’s ALTA/Gale Outstanding Trustee Grant. This grant enables public library trustees to attend the ALA Annual Conference for the first time. A grant of $750 each is awarded annually to two public library trustees who have demonstrated qualitative interests and efforts in supportive service of the local public library. Made possible by an annual gift from Gale Research, Incorporated, the grant is administered by the Association for Library Trustees and Advocates, a division of the American Library Association. A formal presentation to winners will be made at the ALTA Opening Session.

ALA Press Release
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