Purpose of the Award:

To honor an individual who has contributed significantly to enriching library services to youth (children and/or teens) in New Hampshire.

Examples of significant contributions:

• Overcoming limitation of resources to develop outstanding library service for youth in the community.
  
• Providing service to a previously unserved or underserved youth population through outreach, creative programming, technology use, or collection development.
  
• Serving beyond one's own institution and helping other libraries enrich their services to children and/or teens.
  
• Promoting youth services through exemplary performance and recognition by the public served.
  
  
  

Criteria for Recipient:

All nominees for the CHILIS Librarian of the Year Award shall be:

• Currently employed in the library field in NH as either a librarian or a library support staff member
  
• Currently a CHILIS member
  
• Currently NOT a CHILIS Board member
  
• Ineligible if they have already received the award
  
  
  

Other Award Information:

Only one CHILIS Librarian of the Year Award will be given each year. If nominees fail to meet the award criteria, then no award will be presented for that year.

The deadline for nomination is January 29th.


The CHILIS Board will review the nominations and select an award winner prior to the CHILIS Spring Conference, where the award winner will be announced. The CHILIS Librarian of the Year will receive one year's free NHLA/CHILIS membership and a gift basket. In addition, the name of the CHILIS Librarian of the Year will be engraved on a plaque, which will be housed in the library of the current CHILIS Librarian of the Year.

Nomination Procedure:


Please complete the nomination form (also available on the CHILIS website) and send one copy postmarked no later than January 29th to the following address:

CHILIS

c/o Local Government Center
PO Box 617
Concord, NH 03302-0617