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ALSC Distinguished Service Award

This award honors an individual member of the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) who has made significant contributions to and an impact on, library service to children and/or ALSC.  The recipient receives $1,000 and an engraved pin at the ALSC Membership Meeting during ALA Annual Conference.

Criteria

  • Applicant should be an individual who has made an immediate or sustained contribution to the understanding or expansion of library services to children or ALSC

Requirements

  • The nominee and the individual making the nomination must be personal members of ALSC as well as ALA; organizational members are not eligible
  • Individuals nominated my be chosen from any facet of library services to children
  • The designee may be a practicing librarian in a public or school library, a library or information science educator, a member of the library press, or an editor or other employee of a publishing house
  • The designee may be active or retired

Announcement of the Winner

The winner will be announced at ALA Midwinter Meeting in early January.

How to Nominate

Please print or type this application and submit four (4) copies of the application form to the committee chair:

Tish Wilson
Assistant Dir., Youth Services
Dayton Metro Library
215 E Third St.
Dayton, OH 45402-2103

All applications must be postmarked no later than December 1, 2008.  Questions?  Contact Tish Wilson at TWilson@daytonmetrolibrary.org.

2009 Distinguished Service Award Application

 




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