Call for nominations: ASCLA award honors accessibility-related projects
The Association for Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) seeks nominations for the 2009 ASCLA/KLAS/NOD award.
Sponsored by ASCLA, the National Organization on Disability and Keystone Systems, this award recognizes an innovative and well-organized project that successfully developed or expanded services for people with disabilities. The award can be for a specific service(s) program or for a library that has made its total services more accessible through changing physical and/or attitudinal barriers. The winner receives $1,000 and a certificate provided by Keystone Systems.
Those interested in submitting a nomination can download the award nomination form from the awards section of the ASCLA website or request the form from Liz Markel, ASCLA Marketing Specialist, via e-mail at lmarkel@ala.org. All nominations must be received by Dec. 15. Recent award recipients have included the Braille Institute of Library Services, Los Angeles (2007) for its Telephone Reader Program; the Skokie Public Library (Ill.), Youth Services Department (2006) for its efforts to educate library staff about children with special needs, offer programming for these children and their families and present disabilities awareness programs for the general public; Johnson County Library, Shawnee Mission (Kan.) for its “Literature for the Learning Disabled Adult” program (2005); and the Ward M. Canaday Center for Special Collections, University of Toledo (2004), for its Regional Disability History Archive Project. ASCLA, a division of the American Library Association (ALA), is a diverse organization of librarians and support staff who work in academic and public libraries, state agencies, specialized libraries and multi-type cooperatives, as well as those who are self-employed.
Deadline: December 15, 20089th-12th graders!Express yourself through art and win exciting prizes!Teachers!Your talented students will need your sponsorship to enter. Explore the links above for more details or to enter your student.Award CategoriesThere will be a first place and honorable mention for each of the following categories: Mixed Digital Media, Web Page Design, Graphic Media, 3-D Animation, Interactive Media, Film and Photo Illustration.PrizesThe winner in each category gets a $250 prize and transportation, lodging and food for the student and a parent or guardian to come to Rochester for an awards ceremony in Spring 2009.
Competition categoriesInteractive Media:Interactive media pieces use a combination of graphics, animation, text and user controls in a computer-based environment. The goal of interactive media is to allow people to interact with the image on the screen, controlling what happens. Two examples of widely used interactive media pieces are DVD menus and computer games. Interactive media pieces should be submitted in a Macintosh compatible file format. Self-running interactive media pieces are preferred.Graphic Media:Graphic media pieces are two-dimensional pieces that are created using a combination of graphic elements including: typography, graphics and computer generated imagery that is used for printed materials. Graphic media pieces are intended to deliver a message to an audience. Some examples of graphic media pieces include: logo design, illustrations, technical illustration, advertising posters, product labels, and fine art illustration. Graphic media entries should be submitted using a .PDF file format.Photo Imagery:Photo imagery is a single image that uses photography imagery that is combined to create a composition. Successful photographic imagery pieces are photos of any origin that have some aspect of digital manipulation, such as airbrushed, collage, and manipulated using various digital techniques. The goal of a piece created for photo imagery should achieve a visually interesting and unified composition. Some examples of photo imagery include advertisements that are digitally altered and photographs that have been retouched digitally. Photo imagery entries must be submitted using a .PDF file format. Please also include the original images before alteration, or the original images that were used as part of a composition for judging purposes. All photos must be shot by the photographer, not taken from the internet or another source.Web Page Design:Web page design is the art of creating a visually appealing, easy-to-use web page. Successful web page designs are complete, functional web pages that have good, consistent layouts, use of hypertext links, images, and uses web coding. Web page design entries should be submitted as a compressed file that includes all files and images used to create the web page.Film/Animation: Film/animation pieces are essentially a sequence of moving images that are viewed at high speed, giving the illusion of motion to communicate a message and/or story. Successful film/animation pieces are film or animation shorts that show visually creative ways of expressing a story using time and motion. Techniques used to create film or animation such as cinematography, lighting, and editing will b part of the criteria. Film length should be up to 10 minutes. Film/animation entries must be submitted as a QuickTime .MOV file.Students who enter must: * be in 9-12 grade at time of entry. * be deaf or hard-of-hearing. * have a parent’s or guardian’s permission to participate. * have a sponsoring teacher. * sign a statement that their work is original and no copyrighted materials are used in their submission. * have appropriate permission forms if required by their school district.Artwork must be submitted at the same time as the entry form packet. Students may submit multiple pieces of work, but only one entry per category.Students must: * submit artwork on a CD or DVD by postal mail. Students may submit up to two entries each in a different category. A separate DVD/CD must be submitted for each entry. * complete and submit the application form. * include a recommendation form from a sponsoring teacher. * submit a 150-300 word descriptive essay of the processes used for their project. * submit work that is their own original creative design. Student work must be original, not copied from photographs, images, clip art, or other resources that are not original. * submit artwork that is an individual work, not part of a class project. * give RIT permission to use names, submitted images, likenesses and voices for possible promotion.
RIT Digital Arts, Film and Animation CompetitionRochester Institute of TechnologyNational Technical Institute for the DeafLyndon Baines Johnson Building52 Lomb Memorial DriveRochester, New York l4623-5604
Dear Colleague:It is our pleasure to invite you to nominate up to two individuals for the 2009 Lewis Hine Awards for Service to Children and Youth. These nationally recognized awards, now in their 24th year, are presented annually by the National Child Labor Committee (NCLC) to ten recipients -- five professionals and five volunteers -- for their unheralded and exceptional service to young people...We depend on leaders such as you to identify the outstanding work being done in your community on behalf of children and youth. That work can be of almost any kind, from health and welfare to education and recreation.
The deadline for this year’s nominations is Thursday, October 23, 2008. A distinguished national panel of judges will then make the selections, which will be announced early in 2009.The Lewis Hine Awards seek to identify not the one-time hero, but the individual who has made a commitment to the well-being, growth and development of youth. That commitment may be carried out in a paid job or through volunteering. In either case, the individual’s efforts should symbolize the exceptional work done to improve the lives of young people. We will bring the awardees to New York City for a media-covered ceremony where their outstanding public service will be recognized and each will receive an award of $1,000.
PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR NOMINATIONS TO:NCLC 2009 Lewis Hine AwardsSelection Committee1501 Broadway, Suite 1908New York, NY 10036Nominations will NOT be accepted by fax or email. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:Please call 212-840-1801
ASCLA/KLAS/National Organization on Disability Award A $1,000 award and certificate for a library organization that has provided services for people with disabilities. The award recognizes an innovative and well-organized project which successfully developed or expanded services for people with disabilities. The award can be for a specific service(s) program or for a library that has made their total services more accessible through changing physical and/or attitudinal barriers. Donated by Aetna U. S. Healthcare beginning in 2000 through the National Organization on Disability. Sponsorship was passed to Keystone Systems in 2004. Nomination proposal should include the following information (besides the assumed identification information): project title and period covered by the project specific goals long-term project goals methodology used to meet the specific goals (under "b"). Were people with disabilities included in identifying these goals? Describe activities carried out during the period described in "a"—include any documentation to support how the project goals were reached and increased opportunities for both acceptance and participation of people with disabilities in the community Describe how needed funding was secured and its source(s). Please include in-kind services (if applicable) and include number of volunteers and their estimated dollar value. Describe, if applicable, how the award money will be used and its anticipated result. The nomination form is to be submitted to the Awards Committee chair in six copies. Photographs may be submitted to document project activities. A maximum of three letters of endorsement may be included. Include materials from an LSTA or other grant application, reports, etc. as this is very helpful documentation. Include public relations materials as this is good supporting documentation.
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