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Friends of Libraries Australia(FOLA) 2010 Awards

FOLA has announced the availability to public and other libraries, and to Friends of Libraries groups, of three awards for 2010.
These are the

    • Eric Flynn Award for Library Services for Older Adults
    • Peter McInnes Award for Library Services for Children and Young People
    • Colin Watson Award for Library Advocacy.

The Colin Watson Award is a new award. It is named for Colin Watson, who left an outstanding legacy of advocacy for better public libraries in Australia, and in Victoria in particular.
Each award is $1000 and a certificate.
Nominations may be made by individuals, a team, a library service or a Friends of the Library group. The nomination form is available at www.fola.org.au, and nominations should be received by FOLA by 8 October 2010.
Enquiries may be made to Daniel Ferguson dferguson@fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au

 

Whitehorse Manningham Regional Library Corporation is the winner of the 2008-9 award for the best Regional Library Corporation Annual Report.  This is a new catagory in the Annual Report Awards sponsored by the Institute of Chartered Accountants and auspiced by the MAV.   Congratulations to Geoff Rockow, CEO and to Sally Both and Tracey Olive who did most of the work.

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