You could be a Winner! TASL and TLA Awards

By Dorcas Hand, Editor of TASLTalks, School Library Advocate, co-founder of www.StudentsNeedLibrariesinHISD.org


So January is the time that nominations and applications for these various awards are mostly due. And most TASL members are oblivious of many of these. So here is a comprehensive list - with links (as much as possible) to the web information about each. Some are simply grants to support a project in your library or your own adventures at TLA Annual conference. Others are awards that recognize service to school libraries above and beyond the basics, and over many years. A few are scholarships towards an MLS or other further education. Some are not given by TASL - I know school librarians who have won CRT’s Siddie Jo Johnson Award for their outstanding service in children’s library service. This award, and some others are by nomination - a group can get together and submit the documentation as a surprise for the potential winner - maybe around their retirement.


You have seen in our blog this year a few posts by winners of some of these - those were to set the stage for this email today. You could be a winner in 2018. But time’s a-wastin’! Skim the list - see what works for you, and get the paperwork done.


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Grants
Woll Memorial Fund (school or public with emphasis on children’s literature)
[Priscilla Delgado]
Librarian of the Year Award [Barry Bishop, HISD]
Distinguished Service Award [Carlyn Gray, Round Rock]
Lifetime Achievement Award [Nora Galvan, PSJA ISD]
Outstanding Services to Libraries Award
Wayne Williams Library Project of the Year Award [Read Across the Prairie, Grand Prairie ISD]
Libraries Change Communities Award [Gregory-Portland ISD & Bell-Whittington Public Library]
Branding Iron Awards – for PR efforts: http://www.txla.org/branding-iron (frequent TASL winners)
Texas Youth Creators Awards (formerly Texas Media Awards)
Junior Library Guild/Diversity & Inclusion Committee ($750 stipend for conference attendance)
Association-sponsored Post Baccalaureate Scholarships
Van Dusen-Tobin-Kaiser (awarded in even numbered years)

Walter H. Escue Memorial Scholarship (Conference Stipend $250)

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