The Young Adult and Children’s Services Sections established the YAACS Award in 2012 to recognize exceptional service in the area of children’s or teen librarianship in British Columbia. The YAACS Award invites nominations of librarians, library technicians, teacher-librarians and others who have, as individuals or teams, demonstrated exceptional dedication in such areas as:
- Commitment to quality service to children, teens, caregivers and supporting organizations
- Collaboration and partnerships with their community
- Promotion of family literacy
- Innovation and creativity applied to the benefit of young people
Completed nomination forms may be sent to the YAACS Award Committee. If you require a nomination form in .docx please contact the committee. Individual nominees or institutions (in the case of a team nomination) are required to be BCLA members. The deadline is Thursday, March 23, 2017.
The YAACS award will be presented at this year’s BCLA Annual Conference or during the BCLA AGM (to be determined shortly).
Yours sincerely,
2017 YAACS Award Committee
Sarah Harrison, chair
Robert Bittner
Lara Harker
Andrea Hoff
Lee Losell