Awards
Fiona Campbell of Melbourne Library Service has been awarded Frontline Trainee of the Month for January 2010. Congratulations to Fiona and her supervisor, Shirley Prescott on winning this international award.
Barrett Reid Scholarship 2009
The Barrett Reid and Margery C. Ramsay Scholarships are funded by the State Library of Victoria as part of the Statewide Public Library Development Projects. They commemorate two individuals who made outstanding contributions to Victorian Public Libaries and enable winners to conduct research projects for the benefit of all public libraries. The Scholarships have been awarded every year since 1997.
The Barrett Reid Scholarship for 2009 has been awarded to :
Jennie Bolitho from Bayside Libraries to will be research and train in the area of Bibliotherapy. She will visit the UK and undertake the "Get into Reading " training. Back in Melbourne, she will use this knowledge to conduct a pilot program and create a web-based toolkit to enable Victorian public libraries to expand their services to the community in partnership with health professionals.
As Jennie did not require the full amount of the Scholarship, the Library Board agreed to make a special grant to Sally Jones from Moonee Valley Library Service. Sally will develop a strategic document which addresses negative attitudes which many young people have about traditional public libraries. Sally will use the grant to visit the Teen Library at the Laurelton Branch of Queens Borough Public Library in New York.
For information about previous winners of the Barrett Reid and Margery C. Ramsay Scholarships and the reports submitted by scholarship holders please go to:
http://www.libraries.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/infonet/org.cgi?detail=1&id=64