The H.W. Wilson Library Staff Development Grant

An annual award consisting of $3,500 and a 24k gold-framed citation given to a library organization whose application demonstrates greatest merit for a program of staff development designed to further the goals and objectives of the library organization.

Staff development is defined as:

"a program of learning activities that is developed by the library organization and develops the on-the-job staff capability and improves the abilities of personnel to contribute to the overall effectiveness of the library organization."

A library organization is defined as:

  1. individual library
  2. library system
  3. group of cooperating libraries
  4. state governmental agency
  5. local, state, or regional association

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