[Libs-Or] [Fwd: [ALA-WO:204] 2006 Madison and Cooke Award Nominations Sought]

Thu Dec 15 15:09:27 PST 2005

I hope someone in Oregon is nominated.

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From: "ALAWASH E-MAIL" <ALAWASH at alawash.org>
Date: 2005/12/15 Thu PM 02:30:14 PST
To: ALA Washington Office Newsline <ala-wo at ala.org>
Subject: [ALA-WO:204] 2006 Madison and Cooke Award Nominations Sought

ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline

Volume 14, Number 124

December 15, 2005

In This Issue: 2006 Madison and Cooke Award Nominations Sought

1)      Nominations sought for James Madison Award

2)      Nominations Sought for the 2006 Eileen Cooke State & Local 

Madison Award

(1) Nominations Sought for the 2006 Eileen Cooke State & Local 

Madison Award 

Each year, the James Madison Award is presented on Freedom of 

Information Day to recognize those individuals or groups that have 

championed access to government information and the public's right 

to know. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Freedom of 

Information Act and the 17th year that ALA will make this award in 

honor of James Madison.

The American Library Association (ALA) seeks nominations to be 

considered for the award to be given on March 16, 2006 at the 

Freedom Forum National Freedom of Information Day program.  FOIA 

Day is an annual event on or near March 16, the birthday of James 

Madison, regarded as the Father of the Constitution, as well as 

the foremost advocate for openness in government.  

TO NOMINATE:

Nominations can be made in letter, email or fax to the American 

Library Association, Washington Office no later than December 22, 

2005.  Submissions should include a statement  (maximum one page) 

about nominee's contribution to public access to government 

information and why it merits the award, and one or more seconding 

letters. Please include a brief biography and contact information 

for the nominee. 

Send nominations by January 3, 2006 to:

JAMES MADISON AWARD

American Library Association

Washington Office

1651 New Hampshire Ave., NW

First floor

Washington, D.C. 20009-2520

Or by e-mail to pmcdermott at alawash.org

For further information or questions, please contact Patrice 

McDermott at 800-941-8478; pmcdermott at alawash.org.  Previous 

recipients of the Madison Award can be seen at 

http://www.ala.org/ala/washoff/woawards.htm 

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2) Nominations Sought for the 2006 Eileen Cooke State & Local 

Madison Award

Each year, the Eileen Cooke State & Local Madison Award is 

presented on Freedom of Information Day to recognize state or 

local individuals, groups, or other entities that have championed 

access to government information and the public's right to know. 

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Freedom of Information 

Act and the 2nd year that ALA will make this award in honor of 

James Madison and Eileen Cooke, for whom the award is named. 

Eileen Cooke - former director of the ALA Washington Office and an 

extraordinary leader in building grassroots awareness of core 

library issues including access to information - was a tireless 

advocate for the public's right to know and a mentor to many 

librarians and trustees.

The American Library Association (ALA) seeks nominations to be 

considered for the award to be given on March 16, 2006 at the 

Freedom Forum National Freedom of Information Day program. FOIA 

Day is an annual event on or near March 16, the birthday of James 

Madison, regarded as the Father of the Constitution, as well as 

the foremost advocate for openness in government.  

TO NOMINATE:

Nominations can be made in letter, email or fax to the American 

Library Association, Washington Office no later than December 

22nd, 2006.  Submissions should include a statement  (maximum one 

page) about nominee's contribution to public access to government 

information and why it merits the award, and one or seconding 

letters. Please include a brief biography and contact information 

for the nominee. 

Send nominations by January 3, 2006 to:

EILEEN COOKE AWARD

American Library Association

Washington Office

1651 New Hampshire Ave., NW

First Floor

Washington, D.C. 2000-2520

Or by e-mail to pmcdermott at alawash.org

For further information or questions, please contact Patrice 

McDermott at 800-941-8478; pmcdermott at alawash.org.

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