ILA Awards

[Mary Wilkes Towner]

Hey everybody! I'm writing on behalf of the ILA Awards committee.

One of the important qualities of a leader is being able to recognize outstanding ability and performance among our co-workers and peers.

It's up to us as leaders  to promote our organizations and the services we provide to the public.

One way to validate the importance of libraries in Illinois is to document and publicize the wonderful things we do. The ILA Awards are an established and prominent conduit we can take advantage of to help achieve this goal.

Besides promoting libraries to our public, this is also an opportunity to let our colleagues know about innovative programs and ideas that hard-working librarians and staff throughout Illinois have created. Inspiration and good ideas should be shared.

The first step in this process is to nominate someone for an award.  And this is where you can help. We need to get the word out.

Awards are due this year by May 15^th. Nominating someone for an ILA Award is easy to do. Visit http://www.ila.org/about-ila/ila-awards to learn about all of the awards, then submit the nomination form and all supporting documentation via the ILA Web site.

Be proud! Be Loud! Celebrate our accomplishments by nominating someone for an ILA Award!

Help out the committee! Pass on this news to other folks who might just know a great librarian to nominate for an award.

Thanks for listening!

mary

-- 
Mary Wilkes Towner
Adult Services Librarian
The Urbana Free Library
210 W. Green St.
Urbana, IL  61801
217-367-4405  mto...@tufl.info

Recognize outstanding service.
Nominate someone for an Illinois Library Association award today!  
Nominations are now being accepted online
http://www.ila.org/about-ila/ila-awards