Nominate a UH Librarian for the 2017 I Love My Librarian Award

Our nation’s librarians transform their communities, schools and campuses, and improve the lives of the people they serve every day. If a librarian has made an impact on you in a meaningful way, now is your chance to honor their contributions.

Nominate a UH librarian for the 2017 I Love My Librarian Award.

Nominate a UH librarian for the 2017 I Love My Librarian Award.

The I Love My Librarian Award encourages library users to recognize librarians in public, school, college, community college and university libraries for their efforts to make a difference in their communities.

Nominations will be open until September 18.

Up to 10 librarians will be selected to win $5,000 and be honored at a ceremony and reception in New York, hosted by Carnegie Corporation of New York. Additionally, each award-winner’s library will receive a commemorative plaque. Winners will be announced on November 30, 2017.

To be eligible, each nominee must be a librarian with a master’s degree in library and information studies from a program accredited by the American Library Association or a master’s degree with a specialty in school library media from an educational unit accredited by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education. Nominees must also currently work in a public library, a library at an accredited two- or four-year college or university or at an accredited K-12 school in the United States.

The award is supported by Carnegie Corporation of New York, the New York Public Library, and The New York Times. It is administered by the American Library Association (ALA), the oldest and largest library association in the world.

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Posted on July 21st, 2017 by Esmeralda Fisher and filed under Announcements | Comments Off on Nominate a UH Librarian for the 2017 I Love My Librarian Award