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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Kerry Ward [mailto:kward@ala.org]
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 04, 2013 8:10 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Hickson-Stevenson, Pamela<br>
<b>Subject:</b> JCD competition now open<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b>John Cotton Dana Award accepting entries for outstanding library public relations: Eight $10,000 grants will be awarded</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The American Library Association (ALA) is now accepting submissions for the John Cotton Dana Award (JCD). The award, which is managed by the Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA) division of ALA, honors outstanding library public relations.
Eight $10,000 grants are awarded each year by the H.W. Wilson Foundation and the annual Awards Tea is sponsored by the ALA and EBSCO Publishing.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The award is named after John Cotton Dana, the father of the modern library, credited with helping transition libraries from reading rooms to community centers. JCD submissions include strategic library communication campaigns from all sizes and types of
libraries. Submissions include rebranding efforts, promoting unique archives, awareness campaigns and community partnerships. Entries may be submitted by any library, Friends group, consulting agency or service provider, excluding libraries represented by
the JCD Committee members.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>JCD entries are organized around the following areas: needs assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation. Libraries submit samples of their processes, research, media releases, media coverage or other results received plus evaluation of the results
and other documentation and supporting materials that show the scope and effectiveness of the library’s strategic communication effort.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In recognition of their achievement, JCD award winners receive a cash development grant from the H.W. Wilson Foundation. The John Cotton Dana Awards are presented during an Awards reception hosted by EBSCO Publishing held during the American Library Association
annual conference. Entry documents are available at: <a href="http://maildogmanager.com/link.html?url=3688&client=ala1&campaign=1172&email=pstevenson@akronlibrary.org">
http://www.ebscohost.com/jcd</a>. <b>Entries must be received by February 1, 2013.</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b>About the John Cotton Dana Award</b><br>
The John Cotton Dana Award was inaugurated at the 1946 annual conference of the American Library Association. It was named after John Cotton Dana (1856-1929), a librarian called the father of the modern library. About The H.W. Wilson Foundation The H.W. Wilson
Foundation was established in 1952 by Halsey W. Wilson, founder of The H.W. Wilson Company. Over the years the foundation has provided grants to libraries and library related causes. Since 1957 the foundation has supported scholarship grants to all library
schools accredited by the American Library Association in the United States and Canada. Visit the foundation at thwwf.org.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b>About EBSCO Publishing</b><br>
EBSCO Publishing is the producer of EBSCOhost®, the world’s premier for-fee online research service, including full-text databases, subject indexes, point-of-care medical reference, historical digital archives, and e-books. The company provides more than 350
databases and more than 350,000 e-books. Through a library of tens of thousands of full-text journals and magazines from renowned publishers, EBSCO serves the content needs of all researchers (Academic, Medical, K-12, Public Library, Corporate, Government,
etc.). EBSCO is also the provider of EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS), which provides each institution with a fast, single search box for its entire collection, offering deeper indexing and more full-text searching of journals and magazines than any other discovery
service (<a href="http://maildogmanager.com/link.html?url=3867&client=ala1&campaign=1172&email=pstevenson@akronlibrary.org">www.ebscohost.com/discovery</a>). For more information, visit the EBSCO Publishing Web site at:
<a href="http://maildogmanager.com/link.html?url=3868&client=ala1&campaign=1172&email=pstevenson@akronlibrary.org">
www.ebscohost.com</a>, or contact: <a href="mailto:information@ebscohost.com">information@ebscohost.com</a>. EBSCO Publishing is a division of EBSCO Industries Inc., one of the largest privately held companies in the United States.<o:p></o:p></p>
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For more information, please contact:<br>
Kathleen McEvoy<br>
Public Relations Director<br>
(800) 653-2726 ext.<br>
2594 <a href="mailto:kmcevoy@ebscohost.com">kmcevoy@ebscohost.com</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p>Fred Reuland<br>
LLAMA Program Officer<br>
50 East Huron Street<br>
Chicago, IL 60611<br>
ph. 312-280-5032 fx<br>
312-280-2169<br>
<a href="mailto:freuland@ala.org">freuland@ala.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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