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Public Relations Award Competition Announced

 

John Cotton Dana Library Public Relations Award competition open for 2002

Competition is now open for the 2002 John Cotton Dana Library Public Relations Award contest, sponsored by the H. W. Wilson Company and the Library Administration and Management Association (LAMA).  The deadline for entries is December 28, 2001.

Presented annually since 1946, the award honors outstanding library public relations programs that support a specific project, goal or activity, or a sustained, ongoing program.  Examples might be the promotion of a summer reading program, a year-long centennial celebration, fundraising for a new college library, an awareness campaign or an innovative partnership in the community.

The contest is open to all libraries and agencies that promote library service.  Entries can be for calendar year 2001 (January-December), school year 2000-2001 (Fall-Spring) or any special project that ends in 2001.

Completed entries are received by LAMA and judged by a committee of the LAMA Public Relations Section at the 2002 American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting in New Orleans.  The awards will be presented during the 2002 ALA Annual Conference in Atlanta.

Additional information and entry forms are available at http://www.ala.org/lama/awards/jcd  or contact Shonda M. Russell, communications manager, LAMA, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL  60611; E-mail srussell@ala.org  fax:  312/280-5033; phone: 312/280-5037.

LAMA is a division of the ALA.