Public Relations Award
Mississippi Library Association Public Relations Award
The Public Relations Award winners will be announced during the Awards Luncheon at the annual Mississippi Library Association convention held in October of each year.
Entries representing Mississippi libraries will be accepted in an organized format relevant to the project: scrapbooks, displays, audio/video tapes, slides, DVDs, online submissions, etc. The categories of entries are as follows:
- Best effort by an individual library to publicize library services around a single theme or event.
- Best coordinated effort of several libraries to publicize library services around a single theme or event.
- Best year-round effort by an individual library to publicize library services in general.
- Best year-round coordinated effort by a group of libraries to publicize library services in general.
- Golden Book Award–Most outstanding volunteer effort by an individual or group deemed to have contributed most to library awareness in the past or present.
- Best newsletter submitted by library group. Please submit one newsletter edition that best represents the library’s best public relations activities.
Guidelines are as follows:
- All entries are required to have a project abstract. Failure to submit abstract will render entry invalid. Online submissions require a written abstract to be submitted providing the appropriate links to entry and the information requested below.
- All parts of an entry must be clearly identified, and their role in the project must be stated.
- Public Relations Awards Criteria have been developed to aid in submission and judging. Please be sure to consult these criteria as entries are developed. Entries will be judged based on these criteria. Based on the Awards Criteria, a minimum score of 75 is required for consideration of award.
See MLA Public Relations Awards Criteria (PDF) - Awards will not be presented if the criteria and minimum score aren’t met.
- Each entry must be accompanied by a separate entry form and include the following information:
Type of Library:
( ) College/ University ( ) Institution ( ) Public ( ) Special ( ) School
| Name of Library | |
| (If branch, list headquarters) | |
| Address | |
| Name and Affiliation of Person Reporting | |
| Phone Number | |
| Entry’s Audience | |
| Entry’s Objective | |
| Estimated Population Served by Library |
The time frame for entries is the fiscal year (October-August) prior to the MLA convention. Entries must be received by September 1 of each year.
Please send your entry (with the above entry form) to:
MLA Attn: Awards Committee, PO Box 13687
Jackson MS 39236-3687 or via email to info@misslib.org
