<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">I serve on the selection committee for this award. It's a great honor to receive, and a $10,000 prize is awarded to the winners. If your library has put together an amazing PR campaign in the past year, please consider applying!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br>Lisa</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">**</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:black">We are now accepting submissions for the 2022 <a href="https://www.ebsco.com/about/scholarship-awards/john-cotton-dana" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,103,155)">John Cotton Dana Award</span></a> (JCD), one of the most prestigious awards given to libraries and <b>honors outstanding library public relations</b>. <b>Up to eight $10,000 awards</b> will be provided by the <a href="http://www.thwwf.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,103,155)">H.W. Wilson Foundation</span></a> in 2022.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:black">Libraries of all types and sizes are encouraged to apply</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:black"> for a 2022 John Cotton Dana Award. Entries should highlight a strategic communications campaign from the past year. Examples of past campaigns have included rebranding efforts, promotion of archives and special collections, awareness campaigns, community partnerships and special events. Entries may be submitted by any library, Friends group, consulting agency or service provider, unless they are represented on the JCD committee.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:black">Entries for the JCD Award are organized around needs assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation. Entrants are asked to submit documentation to show the scope and effectiveness of their campaign. Examples of these documents may include initial assessments and research, processes for implementation, goals met, creative output, media releases, media coverage and other metrics that establish results.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:black">Applications should be submitted electronically and received by March 18, 2022</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:black">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:black"><a href="https://www.ebsco.com/about/scholarship-awards/john-cotton-dana" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:white;background:rgb(44,172,227)">Learn More and Apply</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:black"><hr size="1" width="100%" align="center"></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:black">Core manages the John Cotton Dana Award, and all JCD judges are Core members. The 2022 John Cotton Dana Award winners will be announced in June 2022 by ALA and <a href="https://www.ebsco.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,103,155)">EBSCO Information Services</span></a> at the <a href="https://alaannual.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,103,155)">ALA Annual Conference</span></a>.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:black">About the John Cotton Dana Award</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:black"><br>The John Cotton Dana Award was inaugurated by The H.W. Wilson Company 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. The Awards are funded by the H.W. Wilson Foundation.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:black">About the H.W. Wilson Foundation</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:black"><br>The Foundation was established by Halsey W. Wilson in 1952 to support the needs of company employees and retirees. Since 1957, <a href="http://thwwf.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,103,155)">The H.W. Wilson Foundation</span></a> has focused on providing financial assistance to causes having the greatest impact on improving the spirit, mind and body of the greatest number of people through aid, support and cooperation with charitable, benevolent, educational and religious institutions. Major donors to the Foundation included Mr. and Mrs. H.W. Wilson, and the H.W. Wilson Company.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:black">About EBSCO Information Services</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:black"><br><a href="https://ebsco.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,103,155)">EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO)</span></a> is the preeminent provider of online research content and search technologies serving academic, school and public libraries; healthcare and medical institutions; corporations; and government agencies around the world. From research, acquisition management, subscription services and discovery to clinical decision support and patient care, learning, and research and development, EBSCO provides institutions with access to content and resources to serve the information and workflow needs of their users and organizations.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></p></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Klinic Slab Medium"">Lisa Hoenig, Director</span></p>
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