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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.
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