Nominations for the 2012 Awards are closed.

Check back soon for an announcement of winners! Join us on Tuesday evening, June 5, for an Awards Reception

at the Annual New Jersey Library Association Conference in Atlantic City, NJ.

Thank you to all who submitted nominations for the 2012 NJLA Honors & Awards!

2012 NJLA Award Criteria (PDF):

• Intellectual Freedom Award

• Journalism Award

• Librarian of the Year Award 
  

• Library Champion Award

• Library Service Award/Trustee Recognition Award

• NJLA/NJASL Amy Job Partnership Award

• Public Relations and Marketing Award

• PR /Marketing Rubric: check this out to get a better idea of what the committee looks for in a winning nomination.

• Rising Star Award Brand New Award!

Check out the complete list of 2011 NJLA Award Winners here.  Also, check out photos from the 2011 Spring Conference & the Awards Reception on the NJLA Flickr Page.

JOSEPH DA ROLD, Committee Chair

Plainfield Public Library
800 Park Ave.

Plainfield, NJ 07060
tel: (908) 757-2305

fax: (908) 754-0063

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SUBCOMMITTEE FUNCTIONS

• To identify and establish appropriate honors and awards to recognize individuals and/or groups for meritorious accomplishments in the field of library service.
• To recommend to the Executive Board particular individuals or groups to be honored by appropriate citation at the Annual meeting.
• To consider for recognition by resolution, persons or groups who have made significant contributions to the profession, including those of notable achievements, recent retirees and those who have died, and to report these names to the Executive Board for their consideration.
• To recommend to the Executive Board any submission to any national awards, Including a NJ trustee for the ALA library trustee citation.
• To draft and present all citations and resolutions for the approval of the Executive Board, then to the membership for consideration
• To file a copy of each resolution in the Archive and to send a copy to the person concerned or, in the case of a deceased person, to the next of kin.