ProQuest/SIRS State and Regional
Intellectual Freedom Achievement Award
| Past Recipients | 2006 Proquest/SIRS Award Press Release |
The ProQuest/SIRS State and Regional Intellectual Freedom Achievement Award is given to the most innovative and effective intellectual freedom project covering a state or region. Programs may be one-time, one-year or ongoing/multi-year efforts. The award consists of a citation and $1,000 donated by ProQuest.
Examples might include a statewide public relations initiative to promote awareness of intellectual freedom, programmatic assistance to meet a broad-based censorship challenge, coalition building or education outreach efforts, or effective reorganization or management of an intellectual freedom committee.
State libraries or library associations, educational media associations or programs, legal defense funds, intellectual freedom committees or coalitions and related parties are eligible for nomination by themselves or others.
Sponsor and Deadline
The SIRS-ProQuest State and Regional Intellectual Freedom Achievement Award is sponsored by the Intellectual Freedom Round Table (IFRT) of the American Library Association (ALA) and ProQuest.
The deadline for nominations is December 1 of each year.
Nominations
Full criteria and nomination forms are available from the Office for Intellectual Freedom, American Library Association, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611.
Nominations and supporting evidence should be sent to:
Nanette Perez, IFRT Staff Liaison, ALA, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. Telephone: 312-280-4223 or 800-545-2433, ext. 4223. Fax: 312-280-4227. E-mail: nperez@ala.org.
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