F A Sharr Award 2025

The F A Sharr Award is named after Francis Aubie (Ali) Sharr, State Librarian in Western Australia from 1953 to 1976, in recognition of his contribution to libraries and librarianship in Western Australia and to the profession more broadly.

Presented annually, the Award recognises a Western Australian librarian, teacher librarian or library technician within their first four years following graduation, who exhibits exceptional potential to contribute to the library profession in WA.

The F A Sharr Award is maintained by the ALIAWest Group, with the generous support of the ALIA WALT Group and the State Library of Western Australia.

Nominations for the 2025 Award will open in 13th April 2026. 

Peer nominations will be open for the first 2 weeks only, to allow the nominated colleague time to prepare their submission before the end date.

Head to the F A Sharr Award webpage for all the information: https://alia.org.au/Web/Web/Our-Members/Award-pages/F_A_Sharr_Award.aspx

Award will be presented at the State Library of Western Australia Library Board Award Night on the 2nd July 2026.

Role of the Recipient

The Award recipient becomes the ambassador for the award and is expected to be actively involved in ALIA by joining the ALIAWest Committee and by promoting the award to encourage applications for the following year. The recipient will also be required to provide a short presentation on how the bursary was spent to the ALIAWest Committee and/or at an ALIAWest event, as appropriate.