The Manitoba Library Association is very pleased to announce that the winners of the 2008 Library Innovation of the Year Award are the Winnipeg Public Library’s Booked teen website, and the Info Long Term Care current awareness service maintained by Laurie Blanchard of the J.W. Crane Memorial Library, Deer Lodge Centre.

BOOKED teen website
Winnipeg Public Library

The Winnipeg Public Library’s new teen website BOOKED was launched on February 25, 2008, with a focus on providing an engaging and relevant online destination for youth that will contribute to increased Library use by teens. The website is an interactive place for teens to contribute their own original content, book reviews, photography, top-10 lists and poll ideas. The project was undertaken in partnership with members of the Library’s Youth Advisory Council consisting of teens recruited from areas throughout Winnipeg. Since the launch on February 25, BOOKED has received visits from 3,340 unique visitors: nearly 1,000 more visits than for all of 2007!


Info Long Term Care Current Awareness Service
Laurie Blanchard, Outreach Librarian, Long Term Care
J. W. Crane Memorial Library, Deer Lodge Centre, University of Manitoba Health Sciences Libraries

The Info Long Term Care current awareness service alerts healthcare professionals working in geriatrics to relevant and useful websites, resources, journal literature, and new books available through the J.W. Crane Memorial Library. The J.W. Crane Memorial Library has been a long-standing provider of information on aging and long-term care, and Laurie Blanchard set out to devise a new way of delivering that information beyond its primary clientele. Through the use of a weblog interface, RSS and social bookmarking tools, Laurie has created a rich and authoritative ‘portal’ with targeted content from evidence-based sources for users around the world seeking information on geriatrics and long-term care. Since its launch in October 2007, Info Long Term Care has received in excess of 4,000 visitors with an average of 90 visits per week.

We would like to draw your attention to our call for nominations for the annual Manitoba Library Association Awards - for Service and Innovation. As the Chair of the Awards sub-committee, Michael Dudley (MLA's Academic Libraries Director) will be working with other members of the MLA Executive to review nominations and select award recipients. The awards are as follows:

Manitoba Library Service Awards (deadline: April 1)

The service awards honour people - librarians, library workers, trustees, volunteers - who have made an important contribution to the development of libraries and library services in our province. Each year the winner will be presented with the award at the Annual General Meeting or Manitoba Libraries Conference.

Anyone may make a nomination, on their own behalf or on behalf of an organization. Nominations should be submitted in the form of a letter of not more than two pages, naming the person and detailing the work they have accomplished for libraries. A Committee chosen by the MLA Executive will consider the nominations and choose the winner. We all know people who have significantly contributed to our field; now is the time to give them the credit they deserve! Nominations are accepted by email at manitobalibrary@gmail.com.

Library Innovation of the Year Award (deadline: April 1)

The Manitoba Library Association's Library Innovation of the Year Award is given to libraries who through innovative thinking have created or demonstrated improvements in library services. Winners are presented their awards at the Annual General Meeting or Manitoba Libraries Conference. Visit our news area to find the winners of last year's Library Innovation of the Year and celebrate innovation in Manitoba libraries! Nominations are accepted by email at manitobalibrary@gmail.com. Anyone can make a nomination.
 
For full information on the awards please visit the MLA website at http://mla.mb.ca/awards-bursaries 
 
We look forward to hearing from you. Thank you!

The Scholarships & Awards Committee is very pleased to announce the recipients of the Jean Thorunn Law and John Edwin Bissett Scholarships for 2009:

Jean Thorunn Law Scholarship: Marian Ramage
John Edwin Bissett Scholarship: Alix-Rae Stefanko and Carla Epp

Congratulations on your achievements and best wishes for your continued success!

The Manitoba Library Association is seeking nominations for the
following awards. Please visit the following documents for more
information.

Anyone may make a nomination, on their own behalf or on behalf of an
organization. Nominations should be submitted in the form of a letter of
not more than two pages, naming the person and detailing the work they have accomplished for libraries. A Committee chosen by the MLA Executive will consider the nominations and choose the winner. We all know people who have significantly contributed to our field; now is the time to give them the credit they deserve! Nominations are accepted by email at manitobalibrary@gmail.com.

Manitoba Library Service Awards (deadline: April 15)

http://mla.mb.ca/pdf-and-documents/service_award_pdf 

 
The service awards honour people - librarians, library workers,
trustees, volunteers - who have made an important contribution to the
development of libraries and library services in our province. Each year
the winner will be presented with the award at the Annual General
Meeting or Manitoba Libraries Conference.

Library Innovation of the Year Award (deadline: April 15)

http://mla.mb.ca/pdf-and-documents/innovation_award_pdf

The Manitoba Library Association's Library Innovation of the Year Award
is given to libraries who through innovative thinking have created or
demonstrated improvements in library services. Winners are presented
their awards at the Annual General Meeting or Manitoba Libraries
Conference. 

The Scholarships and Awards Committee is very pleased to announce that the recipient of the 2010 Manitoba Library Service Award in the professional category is Kathleen Williams, Administrative Coordinator of Community Outreach and Marketing at Winnipeg Public Library. The service award honours an individual who has made an important contribution to the development of libraries and library services in our province. Kathleen received her award at the Manitoba Libraries Conference held at the Delta Winnipeg in May.

The list of Kathleen’s accomplishments is lengthy, however, some recent highlights include the development of initiatives targeted toward newcomers, Aboriginal communities, and adult literacy learners; the creation of a series of Canadian Language Benchmark orientation materials on WPL for the EAL classroom; the establishment of the Check It Out! Reading Zone mobile library service, which currently serves two core area sites in Winnipeg on a bi-weekly basis; and in April 2010, Kathleen established the first provincially-funded Adult Literacy Program in Manitoba to be hosted and administered by a public library.

Congratulations to Kathleen on her achievements, and best wishes for continued success!

The Scholarship and Awards Committee would like to congratulate the 2010
Jean Thorunn Law and John Edwin Bissett Scholarship recipients.

Jean Thorunn Law: Wendy Rondeau, Carla Epp and Andrea Siemens
John Edwin Bissett: Alix-Rae Stefanko and Wendy Rondeau

Congratulations, good luck and best wishes for your continued success.

Larry Penner was awarded the MLA LIT Program Award last night at the Creative Arts Awards Dinner, which took place at the Red River College's Roblin Centre. This award is given to an individual who demonstrates academic excellence and career promise in library and information services.

Congratulations, Larry!

The Scholarship and Awards Committee would like to congratulate the 2011 Jean Thorunn Law and John Edwin Bissett Scholarship recipients. 

Jean Thorunn Law: Elizabeth Stregger
John Edwin Bissett: Wendy Rondeau, Kim Parry, Hannah Loewen and Allison Hasselfield

It was another year of strong applications and it’s great to see so many smart, enthusiastic and committed individuals entering the profession.

Congratulations to the recipients, good luck and best wishes for your continued success.