April 07, 2008
BCR Member News
Awards, Grants and Bequests
The Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), presented the PLINKIT (Public Library Interface Kit) Collaborative with the ASCLA Leadership and Professional Achievement Award, a citation given to one or more ASCLA members in recognition of leadership and achievement in the following areas of activity: consulting, multi-type library cooperation, networking, statewide service and programs and state library development. PLINKIT is a collaborative project of the Oregon State Library, Colorado State Library, Texas State Library and Illinois Regional Libraries that allows small libraries to customize and enrich websites. More...
The Las Vegas-Clark County (Nevada) Library District and Vegas PBS were honored by Women in Communication with an Electronic Media Award for their 30-second Spanish public service announcement (PSA).
Wyoming public libraries are the recipients of a $9.1 million endowment approved by the Wyoming State Legislature and signed into law to go into effect July 1, 2008. Distribution of the funds will occur based on a tiered system, along with an award of $100,000 when $2.3 million in matching funds is cumulatively raised statewide by all the library foundations.
The Alaska Division of Libraries, Archives and Museums and the Washington State Library received awards of $40,000 each from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Connecting to Collections: Statewide Planning program to be used to create conservation plans for collections held in their respective institutions.
The University of Washington Libraries (Seattle) are the grateful recipient of a $700,000 bequest from David Bell, owner of the local used-book store, Magus Books, located near the campus. A special endowment will be created to preserve the libraries' special collections.
Montrose (Colorado) Regional Library District-Naturita Branch Library, is a winner of the ALA Association for Library Services to Children (ALSC) second annual Bookapalooza program. Libraries receive a collection of children's materials including books, videos, audiobooks and recordings produced in 2007.
The Dubuque Carnegie-Stout (Iowa) Public Library received a $150,000 gift from the Woodward Foundation, to be used towards the library's renovation project.
The University of Alaska Anchorage Library's website was selected as the "College Library Website of the Month" by the Communication Committee of Association of College and Rural Libraries (ACRL) College Library Section. Check it out at consortiumlibrary.org/.
Libraries in 12 of BCR's member states received Great Stories CLUB grants to support book discussion programs targeting troubled teens. The grants, organized by the American Library Association Public Programs Office (PPO), in cooperation with the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), with major funding provided by Oprah's Angel Network, gives young adults the opportunity to discuss books relevant to the challenges in their lives. More...The D'Arcy McNickle Library at Salish Kootenai College (Montana) proudly opened access to a new digital collection of more than 20 years of the Char-Koosta News (tribal newspaper of the Flathead Reservation), funded by an IMLS grant and in collaboration with the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library of the University of Montana.
Molly Raphael, the Director of Libraries for Multnomah County (Oregon), has been awarded the Arthur Flemming Civil Rights Award for her efforts to increase diversity in library employment, collections and programing. The award is given by the Managers of Color affinity group of Multnomah County.
