[Libs-Or] Nominate someone?: Washington Office accepting entries for WHCLIST award

[Diedre Conkling]

Washington Office accepting entries for WHCLIST
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The White House Conference on Library and Information Services Taskforce
(WHCLIST) and the ALA Washington Office is accepting entries for the 2010
WHCLIST Award, which will provide a stipend of $300 for a non-librarian
participant to attend Library Advocacy Day on June 29, 2010, in Washington,
D.C.  The winner will attend the rally and will also attend Congressional
meetings with his/her elected officials and/or their staffs.  The winner
will be introduced at the rally and participate in advocacy meetings in
Congressional offices.

WHCLIST served an historic role in library advocacy nationally, statewide,
and locally following the White House Conferences on Library and Information
Services in 1979 and 1991.  WHCLIST now provides this opportunity each year
for a new generation of library advocates to continue the WHCLIST mission of
committed, passionate library support  Both ALA and WHCLIST want to ensure
that the American people  benefit from the best library services possible.
The WHCLIST Award will be used to further these efforts.

The criteria for the WHCLIST Award are:

   - The recipient should be a library advocate (trustee, friend, general
   supporter) and not a professional librarian.
   - Priority will be given to first-time attendees to a Washington advocacy
   event.
   - Applicants must include a registration form, a letter of reference from
   a library director, school librarian, library board chair, friends’ group
   chair or other library representative.

Representatives of WHCLIST and the ALA Washington Office will choose the
recipient.  The ALA Washington Office will contact the recipient’s senators
and representative to announce the award.  The winner of the WHCLIST Award
will be announced on the Washington Office blog, the District Dispatch.

Entries are due March 1, 2010, and the winner will be announced on March 15,
2010.

To apply for the WHCLIST award, please submit a letter explaining why you
should receive the award and a letter of reference to:
Kristin Murphy
Government Relations Specialist
American Library Association
1615 New Hampshire Ave., NW
First Floor
Washington, DC 20009
202-628-8419 (kmurphy at alawash.org)


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Diedre Conkling
Lincoln County Library District
P.O. Box 2027
Newport, OR  97365
Work phone & fax:  541-265-3066
Work email:  diedre at beachbooks.org
Home email:  diedre08 at gmail.com
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