AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

Printable Nomination Form (.pdf)

DESCRIPTION

The ALTA Board of Directors established the Award of Excellence to recognize Library Boards that have enabled and supported their libraries to provide on-going excellent service to their communities over a five-year time period.

The Award is announced at the ALTA Annual General Meeting, held at the Alberta Library Conference. The award is presented to the board in its home community at mutually convenient time as soon as possible after the award is announced.

GUIDELINES

1. Only library boards that are members of ALTA are eligible to receive the award.

2. Nominations for the Award of Excellence may be made by any of the following: staff or board of the library itself, staff or board of the regional library system to which it belongs, the municipality that it serves, or members of the community.

3. The nomination shall include information specified by ALTA as well as board planning documents, photographs/clippings, letters of support, and any additional documentation deemed sufficient to provide a clear picture of how the Board has supported and contributed to the success of its library in meeting community needs.

4. Nominations will be adjudicated by a jury of three:

a) member of the ALTA Trustee Education committee who is not involved with any of the nominated boards;

b) library trustee of a Library Board not nominated; and

c) person connected to libraries, but not currently library staff or trustee.

5. Notices requesting nominations for the Award of Excellence shall be sent to member library boards after the fall meeting of the ALTA Board.

6. No late nominations will be considered.

CRITERIA

1. In general, eligible Library Boards should have:

• enabled and supported their libraries in the provision of on-going excellent library service to their community over a five year time span
• identified present or future needs in their community and implemented services/projects to meet those needs

2. In particular, Boards will have served their communities in at least three of the following ways:

• assessed and responded to future and changing needs or circumstances in their community
• exhibited innovation and creativity in meeting community needs
• embarked on successful fundraising activities to support projects/services that better meet community needs
• established mutually beneficial partnerships with other community organizations through shared planning and sponsorship of services and programs
• enabled their libraries to expand their services/programs to meet community needs