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Library Board of WA Award for Excellence

Nominations are now called for the Library Board of Western Australia Award for Excellence.

The Award for Excellence is intended to recognize a particular service, event, program, piece of research or partnership completed within the last two years by any person, library or organisation in Western Australia.

The award is a valuable opportunity for library practitioners to receive recognition for their achievements in the field of library practice. The winner will be announced at an event in Library and Information Week at the State Library of Western Australia in May 2016, and will receive $5,000 prize money.

Entries close on Friday 8 April 2016.

Further information regarding the Library Board of Western Australia Award for Excellence, as well as the nomination form, can be found at http://www.slwa.wa.gov.au/about_us/library_board/award_for_excellence

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