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United for Libraries/Baker & Taylor Awards for Friends Groups and Library Foundations
Baker & Taylor Awards Application
Two $1,000 awards are donated by Baker & Taylor.
Requirements include:
1. Applicant groups must have a United for Libraries Friends or Foundation group membership valid through June 2019. Please contact United for Libraries to verify your eligibility prior to preparing an entry.
2. Winners will be ineligible for further monetary awards for a period of three years following their selection.
3. Entry materials must include this completed form, the official release form, and the group’s mission statement. Applicants must provide a 2-page summary of a specific Friends’ or Foundation project or program concluding in 2018 that was particularly successful. The summary should be sufficiently explicit to convey an adequate sense of the Friends’ or Foundation’s efforts.
4. Supporting materials (press releases, photographs, clippings, promotional materials) may be included. No materials can be returned.
5. All entries and enclosures may be used by United for Libraries in exhibits, and may be published in The Voice or other United for Libraries publications.
6. Applications will be judged on the following: planning, implementation, innovation, community and volunteer involvement, and measurable results.
7. United for Libraries staff, board members, and their Friends groups, Foundations, and libraries are not eligible.
All application materials must be emailed or postmarked by May 1, 2019. Please email materials to united@ala.org. Contact United for Libraries at (800) 545-2433, ext. 2161 or united@ala.org with questions. Applicants will be notified by June 1, 2019.