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VOLUME 6, · No. 1 FEBRUARY, 1976
WANTED :Awards & Honors Nomina t ions
THE AWARDS AND HONORS COMMITTEE IS PRESENTLY SEEKING NOMINATIONS FOR THE
AWARD CATEGORIES LISTED BELOW TO BE PRESENTED AT THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN Dc·
TOBER. THE COMMITTEE STRONGLY URGES WIDE PARTICIPATION BY THE MEMBERSHIPS OF
OlA AND OlTA IN TH~ SELECTION OF THE HONOREES IN ORDER TO MAKE THE AWARDS TRl
LY MEANINGFUL AND REPRESENTATIVE OF THE THINKING OF THE MEMBERS.
HONOREE
EACH HONOREE SHALL BE A MEMBER OF THE OLA OR, IN THE CASE OF A TRUSTEE,
A MEMBER OF THE OLTA. AWARDS ARE GRANTED TO LIBRARIANS of ACADEMIC, PUBLIC,
SCHOOL, OR SPECIAL LIBRARIES AND TO A TRUSTEE. THE TERM IILIBRARIANII IS DE-FINED
IN THIS CONTEXT ANY EMPLOYEE OF A LIBRARY IN OHIO.
CRITERIA FOR EACH AWARD
DAN SUVAK, LIBRARIAN,
SOUTHERN OHIO CORRECTIONAL
FACILITY, RECEIVED THE 1975
DIANA VESCELIUS MEMORIAL
AWARD.
LIBRARIAN OF THE YEAR: THIS AWARD IS GIVEN IN RECOGNITION OF DISTIN­GUISHED
SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION AND FOR ACTIVE AND INNoVATIVE LEADERSHIP IN
THE DEVELOPMENT OF LIBRARIES AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF LIBRARY SERVICES. IT IS
EXPECTED THAT THE ACTIVITIES OF THE RECIPIENT IN ADVANCING THE CAUSE OF LIBRA
IES, WilL HAVE WON RECOGNITION IN A LARGER AREA THAN HIS IMMEDIATE coMMUNITY.
TRUSTEE OF THE YEAR: THE RECIPIENT SHALL BE IN ACTUAL SERVICE DURING ALL OR
PART OF THE YEAR IN WHICH HE IS HONORED. RECOGNITION IS TO BE GIVEN FOR CON­STRUOTIVE
ACCOMPLISHMENT RATHER THAN LENGTH OF SERVICE AND INCLUDES SUCH AC­TIVITIES
AS ASSISTING THE LIBRARY DIRECTOR IN DEVELOPING SOUND LIBRARY POLI-CIES,
iNTERPRETING THE LIBRARY TO THE COMMUNITY, AND AOVANCING liBRARY SER­VICES
NOT ONLY ON THE LOCAL LEVEL BUT REGIONALLY ANO/OR STATEWIDE AS WELL.
HALL OF FAME - LIBRARIAN AND HALL OF FAME- TRUSTEE:
THE HONOREES OF THESE TWO AWARDS SHALL HAVE CONSIS­TENTLY
MADE IMPORTANT OONTRIBUTIONS TO HIS OR HER LI­BRARY
THAT HAVE MADE AN IMPACT ON LOCAL LIBRARY SER­VICE
AND WHICH HAVE ~AO SOME SIGNIFICANCE STATEWIDE
ANO/OR NATIONALLY. OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP AND .SUPER­lOR
ACHIEVEMENT ARE INDICATED.
DIANA VESCELIUS MEMORIAL AWARD: THE NOMINEE SHALL BE A
MEMBER OF OlA WHO IS EITHER UNDER 35 YEARS OF AGE OR
WHO HAS WORKED FIVE YEARS OR FEWER IN THE LIBRARY PRO­FESSION.
To QUALIFY, THE NOMINEE MUST SHOW OUTSTAND­ING
PROMISE IN SUCH AREAS AS COMMITMENT TO THE CAUSE
OF INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM, EXPANSION OF LIBRARY SERVICE
TO ALL PEOPLE OF THE COMMUNITY, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF
INNOVATIVE METHODS AND PROGRAMS FOR OUTREACH SERVICE.
CITIZEN AWARD:
ENTIRE BOARD OF
THAT HAS MADE A
SERV I OES I N THE
THIS AWARD IS MADE TO A CITIZEN OR AN
TRUSTEES OR OTHER INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP
NOTEWORTHY CONTRIBUTION TO LIBRARY
sTATE OF OHIO.
MEMBERS OF THE OHIO LIBRARY ASSOCIATION AND THE
OHIO LIBRARY TRUSTEES ASSOCIATION ARE URGED TO SUBMIT
NOMINATIONS. THE COMMITTEE MAY ALSO CONSIDER PREVI­OUS
NOMINATIONS. PLEASE USE THE FORM ACOOMPANYING
THIS NEWSLETTER. You MAY MAKE ADDITIONAL COPIES AS
NEEDEO IF YOU WISH TO SUBMIT NOMINATIONS FOR MORE THAN
JNE AWARD. SENO ALL NOMINATIONS TO THE OLA EXEOUTIVE
OFFICE, AWARDS AND HONORS COMMITTEE, ~D SOUTH THIRD
STREET, COLUMBUS, ~3215 . BEFORE MAY 31, 1976.
HELEN OTT, MANSFIELO,TRUSTEE
L. RONALD FROMMEYERI WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY
JANET BERG, MARION ~UBLIC LIBRARY,
CHAIRPERSON
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