LIANZA Professional Awards

A reminder to members that LIANZA is once again calling for nominations and applications for LIANZA Professional Awards and now is the time to think about:
• Putting yourself forward to be recognised as an Associate;
• Noticing the achievements of others and support them to put themselves forward for the recognition of Associate;
• Working with others to nominate your colleagues for an award of Fellow, Letter of Recognition or a Merit Award; or
• Nominating yourself or a colleague for the NEW Award of Merit – Digital Services

The closing date for these awards is WEDNESDAY 31 MARCH 2010. Follow the links below to read the full criteria and download application forms information for each award.
ASSOCIATESHIPS
An Associate of LIANZA is awarded to a personal member of the Association of 5 years who has demonstrated the knowledge, skills, judgement, attitude and commitment of a professional Librarian or Information Manager.
http://www.lianza.org.nz/development/awards/professional/associates.html

FELLOWSHIPS
A fellowship is the highest level of professional attainment awarded by the Association. It is only awarded to a personal member of the Association of 10 years who has made a significant contribution to the advancement of librarianship and/or information management through a sustained record of achievements, or who has demonstrated outstanding qualities of leadership, teaching or research.
http://www.lianza.org.nz/development/awards/professional/fellowship.html

LETTERS OF RECOGNITION
The recipient of a LIANZA Letter of Recognition is an individual or organisation who/which has rendered a significant and special service to the Association, or demonstrated continuing service over a period of time to the Association, or made an outstanding contribution to librarianship, libraries or information management New Zealand. A certificate is awarded to the successful nominee.
http://www.lianza.org.nz/development/awards/professional/lor.html

JOINT LETTER OF RECOGNITION FOR BICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN NEW ZEALAND AOTEAROA
The recipient of the Joint Letter of Recognition for Bicultural Development within New Zealand Aotearoa is an individual, group or organization who has rendered a significant and special bicultural service to the library and information profession within New Zealand, Aotearoa, or demonstrated commitment to biculturalism over a period of time to the profession, or made an outstanding contribution bi-culturally to librarianship, libraries or information management in New Zealand. The recipient need not be a member of LIANZA. http://www.lianza.org.nz/development/awards/professional/jlorbiculturaldev.html

AWARD OF MERIT MARKETING
Awarded to personal members of the Association who has contributed in an outstanding manner to library and/or information services in the area of marketing in New Zealand. http://www.lianza.org.nz/development/awards/professional/meritmktg.html

AWARD OF MERIT MANAGEMENT
Awarded to personal members of the Association who have contributed in an outstanding manner to library and/or information services in the area of management in New Zealand.
http://www.lianza.org.nz/development/awards/professional/meritmngmt.html
AWARD OF MERIT DIGITAL SERVICES - NEW AWARD
Awarded to a personal member of the Association who has contributed in an outstanding manner to library and/or information services in the area of digital library service development in New Zealand.
http://www.lianza.org.nz/development/awards/professional/meritdigital.html

The closing date for all awards listed above is WEDNESDAY 31 MARCH 2010, if you have any questions about any of the above LIANZA Awards or to check the length of your membership please contact the LIANZA Office: office@lianza.org.nz or 04 473 5834


OTHER LIANZA AWARDS
Applications and nominations for other LIANZA awards are also open, closing dates are below. Further communications and details will be emailed to remind you of these closing dates over coming weeks.

Monday 31 May 2010 - Edith Jessie Carnell Travelling Scholarship, Ada Fache Fund, John Harris Award, Rua Mano Award

Wednesday 30 June 2010 - 3M Award for Innovation in Libraries, YBP / Lindsay Croft Award for Collection Management, Nielsen BookData Research Award, Paul Szentirmay Special Librarianship Scholarship

For further information visit - http://www.lianza.org.nz/development/awards/index.html


Megan Button Manager
LIANZA