[Publib] LJ Paraprofessional award

[Sara Weissman]

Paraprofessional of the Year Award Nominations:  DEADLINE EXTENDED:
Nominations due JANUARY 10TH, 2006

Library Journal will honor one support staffer with its 7th annual
Paraprofessional of the Year award in its March 1, 2006, issue. Sponsored
by Brodart Library Supplies & Furnishings, which underwrites the $1500
cash prize and a reception to honor the winner at the American Library
Association conference in June, the award recognizes the essential role of
paraprofessionals in providing excellent library service. It places
special emphasis on the efforts of the winner to further the role of
paraprofessionals in the library profession. The winner will be profiled
in the March 1 issue of LJ.

Nominating Criteria:

The criteria for LJ's Paraprofessional of the Year are excellence in
performing their job, including contribution(s) enabling the library to
best serve its constituents and/or its community (whether town,
college/university, school, or corporation), the encouragement of reading
and the use of the library's resources, a commitment to free access to
information for all, and the candidate's work to build networks,
organizations, and/or groups to back excellence in library work and new
career paths for support staff, and improved communication and the
breaking down of barriers between support staff and the MLS librarians
with whom they work. Nominating letters should name the candidate and
describe in 500 words or less why the nominee deserves the award.
Supporting letters and accompanying material will be considered, but the
nominating letter itself will be of prime importance.

Nominations may be e-mailed to fialkoff at reedbusiness.com.

Nominations sent through regular mail should be addressed to:

Francine Fialkoff
Library Journal
360 Park Avenue South
New York, NY 10010