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An Update from

MLA Public Relations Awards

The MLA PR Committee has released the application form for the 2007 PR Awards. The application will be included it in your January Bay State Libraries and is available at http://www.masslib.org.

The deadline for submittal is March 9, 2007. Submitters must be MLA members (please renew now if necessary).

All Massachusetts libraries are invited. All categories of PR materials produced after February 2005 are eligible from all types of libraries.

We invite academic, public, school, and special libraries to participate. Awards will be presented on Thursday May 3rd, 2007 at the MLA Annual Conference in Sturbridge, MA. For photos and award winners in 2005, please visit: http://www.masslib.org/PRAwards05/index.html

2007 Award Categories

  • Advertisements
  • Annual Reports
  • Booklists
  • Bookmarks
  • Brochures
  • Community Reading Programs
  • Coordinated Advocacy Campaigns
  • Events
  • Library Cards
  • Logos
  • Media Presentations
  • Merchandise
  • News Coverage
  • Newsletter
  • Posters/Fliers
  • Summer Reading Program
  • Web sites

Paralibrarian Section Awards: Nominations Are Due!

Do you know someone who consistently provides service above and beyond the call of duty? This is your chance to let them know that their hard work is appreciated.

Nominate them for one of the MLA Paralibrarian Section Awards.

2007 Outstanding Paralibrarian of the Year
2007 Paralibrarian Advocate of the Year

The deadline to submit nominations is Friday, March 15, 2007. Awards will be presented at the MLA Conference on May 3rd.

Submit online at http://www.masslib.org: or download and submit by mail to: Gael Nappa 978-373-1586 / gnappa@mvlc.org Or Denise Faucher 508-799-1642 / dfaucher@cwmars.org Guidelines - Information - Nomination Forms available at

Youth Services Section (YSS) Spring Event - March 16

Jane Yolen will be speaking about fantasy and will be signing books on Friday, March 16, at the Tower Hill Botanical Garden in Boylston, Massachusetts.

We will be conducting a booksale, but you can bring your own copies, as well. Refreshments will be served at 9:30 and Ms. Yolen will speak and sign books from 10:00 am - 1:00 pm. The event is $20 for members of MLA and $30 for non-members for pre-registrations and $25 and $35 at the door, respectively. To register, please visit this site: http://www.masslib.org/yss/2007SpringProgram/

Vote on the Revised Standards for Public Library Service to Children in Massachusetts

For those of you who are familiar with the Massachusetts Library Association's (MLA) Standards for Public Library Service to Children in Massachusetts, the document has been updated and revised, after a lot of hard work by the revision committee. In order to be made official, the revised document must be voted on by members of the Youth Services Section (YSS) of MLA at the YSS meeting at the MLA annual conference on May 3. If you are a member of MLA/YSS, then please read the draft at http://www.masslib.org/yss/YSSStandardsforChildren.pdf and be prepared to vote on May 3.