Category Archives: Awards

Welsh librarian of the year winners!

Last night at the CILIP Cymru Wales conference in Cardiff, the winners of the inaugural Welsh librarian of the year award were announced. The judging panel must have had a really hard time choosing the winners from the short listed … Continue reading

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Rewarding marketing of Welsh libraries – the results

For the fourth year running libraries in Wales have been able to compete in a national (all-Wales) competition for marketing awards. These are run as part of the marketing strand of the library strategy (Libraries Inspire), and are organised by … Continue reading

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The librarian of the year long list is announced!

CILIP in Wales have just announced the long list for the Welsh librarian of the year award for 2013 (its first year). To find out who the 12 wonderful librarians are, read the CILIP in Wales blog post. The winner … Continue reading

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Welsh librarian of the year award

CILIP Wales are launching a Welsh Librarian of the Year award for the first time (2013). The award is open to all library and information professionals* working in Wales, and the award will be presented at the CILIP Wales annual … Continue reading

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Be in it to win it! Welsh library marketing awards

It’s that time of year again when library staff across Wales should be busy completing their entry form for the Marketing Innovation Awards. This is the fourth year for these awards and they aim to celebrate the valuable work that … Continue reading

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The low down on marketing Welsh libraries in 2012

I thought I’d written a previous post about the marketing strategy for Welsh libraries (for 2012-16), but in looking for the link it turns out I haven’t! Here I will briefly outline the marketing plan for 2012-13 (which, for complicated … Continue reading

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Calling librarians who do research

Are you a librarian in the UK or the Republic of Ireland who also does some library research? If so, you could be nominated for the Library and Information Science (LIS) Practitioner Researcher Excellence Award. The LIS Research Coalition is … Continue reading

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Library marketing awards awarded!

The Welsh Libraries Marketing Innovation Awards 2012 have now been awarded to six happy library services. The awards are organised by the marketing project team as part of the all-Wales library programme.  Fifteen entries were received in total: ten in … Continue reading

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