CULC/CBUC is excited to announce that Nominations for the 2025 Ken Haycock Award are now open. The Ken Haycock Award for Promoting Librarianship is awarded to a candidate who has demonstrated exceptional success in enhancing the public recognition and appreciation of librarianship. This may have been accomplished through: Read more information on the Ken Haycock […]
Category: Awards
Congrats to Barrie PL & Richmond Hill PL for their 2024 John Cotton Dana Awards
The 2024 John Cotton Dana (JCD) Award winners, recognized for their strategic communications efforts, have been selected. The John Cotton Dana Awards provide up to eight grants for libraries that demonstrate outstanding library public relations. The award is managed by the Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures division of the American Library Association and EBSCO Information Services […]
Congrats to TPL for the 2024 OLA Library Building Award
The Ontario Library Association is proud to announce the winners of the OLA Library Building Award – Library Architectural and Design Transformation for their exceptional library renovation projects. Congratulations to the library and design teams on their exceptional submissions. The award presentation was made at the OLA Annual Institute on the Library as Place event […]
Now Accepting Nominations for Ken Haycock Award for Promoting Librarianship
Nominations are due December 1st by 12:00 pm EST. Nomination Process Submit a letter explaining how the nominee meets the criteria below. Please provide specific examples. Your letter must include: The nominators name and contact information The nominee’s name and contact information Submit nominations to: info@culc.ca with the subject line containing the nomination title and […]
Margie Singleton, CEO Vaughn PL, named Dalhousie Outstanding Alumni
2023 Dalhousie Outstanding Alumni Award (OAA) Recipient Margie Singleton (MLS’80), CEO of the Vaughan Public Libraries (VPL), is the recipient of the 2023 Dalhousie Outstanding Alumni Award. Originally from Kingston, Ont., Margie completed an undergraduate degree in Urban Geography at Queens University, after which she received her Master of Library Service from Dalhousie in 1980. […]
Richmond Hill & Edmonton PLs win Honorable Mentions at Urban Libraries Council Top Innovators 2023
Urban Libraries Council Names 2023 Top Innovators Today, the Urban Libraries Council (ULC) recognized 16 North American public libraries as Top Innovators for transformative programs that enhance the library field to further equity, education and civic engagement for all. ULC announced the 2023 Top Innovators and Honorable Mentions during the live, virtual 2023 Innovations Celebration […]
Pilar Martinez, CEO, Edmonton PL, receives Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal
Pilar Martinez, CEO, Edmonton Public Library, is the recipient of The Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee Medal. Pilar has led transformative services to help build a thriving and engaged city and is a champion of the value of public libraries. She has been a steadfast champion of the value of public libraries and intellectual freedom […]
Mark Williams, CEO, Milton PL, Awarded Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Pin
MPL Chief Librarian Awarded the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Pin for Service to the Community Staff from MPL were delighted to be able to meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau when he visited Milton on Friday, September 2nd. At the event, in honour of Conservation Halton’s newest park, Area 8, Milton Public Library’s Chief Librarian, Mark […]
VIRL’s Indigenous Voices Initiative wins international ALA award
Vancouver Island Regional Library (VIRL) has another award for the trophy case. VIRL’s Indigenous Voices Initiative has been selected to receive a 2020 American Library Association (ALA) Presidential Citation for Innovative International Library Projects. “Since it launched in 2018, Indigenous Voices has grown into a movement that brings people closer in communities large and small,” […]
Milton PL Wins ALA John Cotton Dana Library Public Relations Award
The 2020 John Cotton Dana Award Winners are: Milton Public Library In response to the rapidly changing demography of Milton, one of Canada’s fastest growing towns, Milton Public Library’s (MPL) in Milton, Ontario newly appointed Chief Librarian hoped to create a new ‘brand’ for the library that supported organizational efforts to better meet the evolving […]