Public Libraries Feature Article Contest

About the Public Libraries Feature Article Contest To recognize articles written by those employed by a public library and published in Public Libraries.

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.

 

Administered by:

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2012 Winner(s)

Choose Civility - Public Libraries Take Center Stage

Valerie Gross, CEO, Howard County (Md.) Library

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

Kenneth Williment, community development manager, Nova Scotia Public Libraries, Halifax, Nova Scotia

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

Kenneth Williment, community development manager, Nova Scotia Public Libraries, Halifax, Nova Scotia

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