Love Your Natomas Librarian?

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Nominations are open through Sept. 12 for the Carnegie Corporation of New York/The New York Times “I Love My Librarian Award.”  The award encourages library users to recognize the accomplishments of librarians in public, school, college, community college and university libraries for their efforts to improve the lives of people in their community.

Up to 10 librarians nationwide will be selected to win $5,000 and be honored at a ceremony and reception in New York, hosted by The New York Times. Winners will be announced in December.

Last year, more than 2,000 library users nationwide nominated a librarian. Previous winners have been lauded for starting community gardens, helping students with severe disabilities read classic works of literature, for helping non-traditional students learn new technology to get better jobs and more.

Each nominee must be a librarian with a master’s degree from a program accredited by the American Library Association (ALA) in library and information studies or a master’s degree with a specialty in school library media from an educational unit accredited by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education.  Nominees must be currently working in the United States in a public library, a library at an accredited two- or four-year college or university or at an accredited K-12 school. 

The award is supported by Carnegie Corporation of New York and The New York Times and administered by the ALA, the oldest and largest library association in the world; and The Campaign for America’s Libraries, ALA’s public awareness campaign about the value of libraries and librarians.

Nominations are accepted only at through an online form.