Library Awards Call For Entries

by | Feb 12, 2014 | Uncategorized

Librarians,
library technicians and other library professionals working in Western
Australian libraries are encouraged to enter one of several upcoming awards in
the field of excellence and innovation.
Both the
Library Board of Western Australia Award for Excellence and the Kay Poustie OAM
Scholarship open for entry Friday 7 February 2014.
The Library
Board of Western Australia Award for Excellence is intended to recognize a
particular service, event, program, piece of research or partnership completed
within the last two years by any person, library or organization in Western
Australia.
The winner
will receive $5,000 prize money.
The Kay
Poustie OAM Scholarship provides a travel grant of up to $8,000 for a
professional library practitioner wishing to extend their knowledge and
research international library practice models that will benefit the Western
Australian public library network.
Sponsored by
Curtin University and the generosity of donors to the State Library of Western
Australian Foundation, the Kay Poustie OAM Scholarship is delivered in
partnership with Public Libraries of Western Australia.
Both awards
are a valuable opportunity for library practitioners to receive recognition for
their achievements in the field of library practice.  The winners will be announced at an event at
the State Library of Western Australia in May 2014.
Entries for
the Kay Poustie OAM Scholarship and The Library Board of Western Australia
Award for Excellence close on Friday 28th March.
Further
information regarding the Kay Poustie OAM Scholarship, as well as the
application form, can be found at www.statelibraryfoundation.org.au 

Further
information regarding the Library Board of Western Australia Award for
Excellence, as well as the application form, can be found at
http://www.slwa.wa.gov.au/about_us/library_board/award_for_excellence.

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