LAMA announces 2002 Best of Show winners

Contact: Arawa McClendon


312-280-5035


mcclendon@ala.org

For Immediate Release


July 10, 2002

LAMA announces 2002 Best of Show winners

The Library Administration and Management Association (LAMA) Public Relations and Marketing Section Swap and Shop Committee is pleased to announce the 2002 winners of the Best of Show. The awards are given annually to recognize the best individual pieces of public relations materials produced by libraries in the past year.

This year's winners are:

  • Annual Reports


    Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh


    Toronto Public Library
  • Annual Reports Honorable Mention


    Minneapolis Public Library
  • Bibliographies


    Flint (Mich.) Public Library


    Cuyahoga County Public Library, Parma, Ohio
  • Bibliographies Honorable Mention


    Brooklyn (N.Y.) Public Library


    Lorain (Ohio) Public Library,
  • Calendars of Events


    West Bloomfield Township Public Library, West Bloomfield, MI


    Richland County Public Library, Columbia, S.C.
  • Calendars of Events Honorable Mention


    Metropolitan Library System, Oklahoma City
  • Diversity


    Flint (Mich.) Public Library


    Central Library, Arlington, Va.
  • Fundraising


    Sandusky (Ohio) Library


    Kalamazoo (Mich.) Public Library
  • Fundraising Honorable Mention


    Howard County Library, Columbia, Md.


    Pierce County Library System, Tacoma, Wash.
  • Internet


    Howell Carnegie District Library, Howell, Mich.


    Thomas Jefferson University, Scott Memorial Library, Philadelphia


    Halifax Regional Library, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
  • Internet Honorable Mention


    Baltimore County Public Library, Baltimore


    Loudoun County Public Library, Leesburg, Va.


    Worthington (Ohio) Libraries
  • Newsletters


    Howell Carnegie District Library, Howell, Mich.


    Weber County Library, Ogden, Utah


    Denver Public Library
  • Newsletters Honorable Mention


    Morton Grove (Ill.) Public Library
  • Services/Policy/Orientation


    McCracken County Public Library, Paducah, Ky.


    Flint (Mich.) Public Library


    University of Maryland Libraries, College Park, Md.
  • Services/Policy/Orientation Honorable Mention


    Eastern Kentucky University Libraries, Richmond, Ky.


    Nashville (Tenn.) Public Library


    Richland County Public Library, Columbia, S.C.
  • Special Events/Programs


    William P. Faust Public Library of Westland, Westland, Mich.


    Weber County Library, Ogden, Utah


    Kalamazoo (Mich.) Public Library
  • Special Events/Programs Honorable Mention


    Flint (Mich.) Public Library


    Genesee District Library, Flint, Mich.


    Baltimore County Public Library, Baltimore


    San Francisco Public Library
  • Children's Summer Reading Program


    West Orange (N.J.) Public Library


    West Bloomfield (Mich.) Township Public Library,


    Toronto Public Library
  • Children's Summer Reading Program Honorable Mention


    Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Ky.


    Pierce County Library System, Tacoma, Wash.
  • Young Adult Summer Reading Program


    West Orange (N.J.) Public Library


    Laramie County Library System, Cheyenne, Wyo.


    Baltimore County Public Library, Baltimore
  • Young Adult Summer Reading Program Honorable Mention


    Los Angeles Public Library
  • Adult Summer Reading Program


    Selco, Rochester, Minn.


    Prince George's County Memorial Library System, Hyattsville, Md.

The panel of judges for the 2002 Best of Show Contest were Rita Grierson, graphic artist and printer, Arrowhead Library System; Daniel H. Johnson, assistant professor, humanities faculty, The College of St. Scholastica; and Laurie O'Melia O'Neil, APR, vice president of account services, advertising and public relations, H.T. Klatzky & Associates.

The Best of Show winners were displayed during the American Library Association's (ALA) Annual Conference at the LAMA Swap and Shop Program. A "Best of Show" packet displaying winners from this year's and previous years' competition is available through interlibrary loan from the ALA Library and Research Center, 50 E. Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611.

For more information contact: Karen Richgruber, Community Services Manager, Duluth Public Library, 520 West Superior Street, Duluth, MN 55802. Phone: 218-723-3841 FAX: 218-723-3822 Email:
krichgruber@duluth.lib.mn.usor Arawa McClendon at 800-545-2433 x5035 or
amcclendon@ala.org

LAMA is a division of ALA.