Established in 2002, the Academic Librarians in Public Service (ALPS) Award for Outstanding Service is presented to an academic public service librarian, or team of same, whose outstanding service has made a real difference to students, faculty, or colleagues in British Columbia.
The award will be presented at this year’s BC Library Conference in Victoria, BC. For more information or to register for the conference, see: http://www.bclibraryconference.ca.
You can find the ALPS Nomination Form here: http://www.bcla.bc.ca/ALPS/ALPS News/ALPS_Nomination_Form_2011[1].pdf or here: http://www.bcla.bc.ca/alps/ALPS_Award_Nomination_Form_2011-1.doc
ALPS will also publicize the award winner in appropriate media and in a letter to the award winner’s institution.
The ALPS Awards Committee welcomes all nominees for this award. Nomination forms will be accepted until February 28, 2011 and can be submitted via e-mail to Yolanda Koscielski at ysk6@sfu.ca. Nominees or their institutions are required to be BCLA members.
Please be sure to include the following information:
-name of nominator
-name of nominee
-project or reason for nomination
-contact information for nominator in case we need to follow up
Criteria for nomination could include:
-Demonstrated (through example and/or statistics) impact on students, colleagues, or the library
-Demonstrated collaboration with colleagues or other institutions
-Worthy of inspiring similar efforts within the profession
Sincerely,
Your 2011 ALPS Awards Committee
Colleen Bell (University of the Fraser Valley)
Erin Fields (University of British Columbia)
Yolanda Koscielski (Simon Fraser University)
Katherine Miller (University of British Columbia)
Deb Nielsen (University of Northern British Columbia)