Public Libraries Feature Article Contest

Criteria for eligibility are:
- Author(s) must be a public library employee(s) at the time the manuscript is submitted.
- Articles must have been submitted or published in 2011.
- Articles must be feature length. Verso and Perspectives contributions will not be considered.
2012 Winner(s)
Choose Civility - Public Libraries Take Center Stage
Her article, “Choose Civility – Public Libraries Take Center Stage,” which appeared in the July/August 2011 issue of Public Libraries, details how the Howard County Library conceived and developed “Choose Civility,” an ongoing community-wide initiative that aims to enhance respect, empathy, consideration and tolerance in Howard County.
2012 Honorable Mention(s)
From Project to Branch Integration and Sustainability
in the March/April 2011 issue
Co-writers were Tracy Jones-Grant, literacy, ESL, and diversity services manager, Halifax (N.S.) Public Libraries and Denise Somers, manager, Musquodoboit Harbour (N.S.) Public Library and Sheet Harbor (N.S.) Public Library.
It Takes a Community to Create a Library
in the March/April 2011 issue
Co-writers were Tracy Jones-Grant, literacy, ESL, and diversity services manager, Halifax (N.S.) Public Libraries and Denise Somers, manager, Musquodoboit Harbour (N.S.) Public Library and Sheet Harbor (N.S.) Public Library