Distinguished Service
Award Application
The Distinguished Service Award recognizes an individual or an organization
for contributions to SCASL and/or school media programs throughout the state
of South Carolina. Business professionals or organizations, authors, illustrators,
educators, and media specialists who have given sustained and/or outstanding
service at the state level may be nominated. Membership in SCASL is not required
for this nomination.
Application
Purpose:
To recognize an individual, group,
or business that has made an outstanding contribution
to South Carolina school librarianship, school library
media services, and/or SCASL.
Criteria:
The following information must be completed
according to the directions provided below. Label
all sections. Do not exceed space limitation indicated.
Font size must be no less than 12. Do not use folders
or binders. Extra materials will not be considered
(i.e. photos, newspaper clippings).
A. Cover Sheet. Please include the
following information:
Name of Nominee, Home Address, Telephone,
Present Position, Work Address, Work Telephone. Is
Nominee a Member of SCASL? How Long?
Name of Nominator, Address and Telephone of Nominator, Signature of Nominator
B. Write a statement of the nominee’s outstanding and sustained contribution
toward furthering the role of the library and its development in elementary
and/or secondary education emphasizing: (two pages).
Administrative leadership and effort
Contribution to the concept of effective school library service.
Success in interpreting the role of the school library in the statewide educational
program,
Supportive data must be included in the text of the statement in narrative
or tabular form. References to publications and speeches must be documented
in footnotes.
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Six copies of the completed application
must be mailed and postmarked no later than
than October 15, 2009 and mailed to Betsy Long, SCASL Awards Committee Chair, PO Box 2442, Columbia, SC 29202.
The committee cannot consider any applications postmarked
after the deadline. Applications by email or fax
will not be accepted.
The presentation of this award will
be made at the SCASL annual conference.
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