The deadline has been extended to February 1 for a number of American Library Association award programs, including the ALA Information Today Library of the Future Award , the Beta Phi Mu Award, the Equality Award, the Gale Cengage Learning Financial Development Award, the Ken Haycock Award for Promoting Librarianship, the Lippincott Award, and the Sullivan Award for Public Library Administrators Supporting Services to Children.

ALA Information Today Library of the Future Award honors a library, library consortium, group of librarians or support organization that has conducted innovative planning or development for patron training programs about information technology in a library setting. The award includes $1,500.

Beta Phi Mu is presented to a faculty member of a library school or an individual for distinguished service to education in librarianship. The award includes $1,000.

Equality Award honors an individual or group for an outstanding contribution that promotes equality in the library profession. The award includes $1,000.

Gale Cengage Learning Financial Development Award is given to a library organization that exhibited meritorious achievement in carrying out a library financial development project to secure new funding resources for a public or academic library. The award includes $2,500.

Ken Haycock Award for Promoting Librarianship honors an individual for contributing significantly to the public recognition and appreciation of librarianship through professional performance, teaching, and/or writing. The award includes $1,000.

Joseph W. Lippincott Award is given to a librarian for distinguished service to the profession. To qualify, the librarian must display outstanding participation in professional library activities, notable published professional writing, or other significant activities on behalf of the profession. The award includes $1,000.

Sullivan Award for Public Library Administrators Supporting Services to Children honors an individual who has shown exceptional understanding and support of library service to children while fulfilling general management/supervisory/administrative responsibilities that included public library service to children. The recipient will receive a plaque and recognition artifact.

For further information about these and other ALA awards, visit the ALA Web site.

Contact: Link to Complete RFP

Submission Deadline: February 1, 2010

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