[WLA-All] MPLA Award Nominations Needed!

[Richard Landreth]

MPLA Awards 

New deadline for award nomination submissions – January 31, 2007.
  
MPLA members are encouraged to submit nominations for the following awards
which will be presented at the MPLA-NMLA Joint Conference in March 2007.
Submit nominations to Cassandra Osterloh, MPLA Awards Committee Chair; [
mailto:cassandra.osterloh at gmail.com ]cassandra.osterloh at gmail.com .  

For detailed information on awards see [
http://www.mpla.us/documents/procedures/sec6.pdf ]
http://www.mpla.us/documents/procedures/sec6.pdf on the MPLA web site.

 Awards are: 

1. Carl Gaumer Library Champion Award: To be given to the individual,
organization or company whose positive support of the Mountain Plains
Library Association is demonstrated by constant conscientious endeavors
towards libraries, library staff, trustees and professional activities. 

2. MPLA Distinguished Service Award: To be given to an MPLA member who has
made notable contributions to the library profession or has furthered
significant development of libraries in the Mountain Plains region, or has
performed exemplary service for an extended period of time. In the case of
retired individuals, the nominee may be a past member of MPLA. 

3. MPLA Legislative Leadership Award: To be given to an individual or
group (state legislature, city council, board of education, etc.) in
recognition of exemplary legislative leadership or support for growth and
development of a library or libraries in the MPLA area within the last two
years. 

4. MPLA News Media Support Award: To recognize the news media organization
in the MPLA region making the strongest effort, either in a single
presentation or in ongoing coverage, within the past two years, to promote
libraries and library activities to the community. 

5. MPLA Literary Contribution Award: To be given to an author whose
published writings are most successfully furthering an understanding and
appreciation of the Mountain Plains region. The author need not reside in
the region, and the selection may be based on either a single work or a
body of works.  

6. MPLA Beginning Professional Award: To recognize an MPLA member, who as
a librarian/media specialist within the first five years after receiving a
library/media masters degree, has made a positive impact on the quality
and role of library service. 

7. MPLA Youth Services Excellence Award : To be given to a library that
exemplifies excellence in library services to youth. 

8. MPLA Intellectual Freedom Award: This award is given to an individual
or group making significant contributions to the enhancement of First
Amendment rights.