Established in 2016, the LUC awards have recognized excellence among libraries and library workers who are LOUIS members. Each year we take nominations from the membership in the months leading up to the LOUIS Users Conference. The information on this page is also available on the LUC Website.
Here are the awards, along with links to nominate people for the 2024 LUC Awards. Click an award for more information, or scroll down to read about the awards:
- Career Achievement
- Leader in Librarianship
- Library of the Year
- Excellence in Library Support
- Best Outreach
- Outstanding Early Career Librarian
- Timely Librarianship
Career Achievement
The Career Achievement awards recognize distinguished librarians or staff members who are late in their career or retiring and have demonstrated continuous commitment and dedication to the library profession, through accomplishments and service to the profession
Leader in Librarianship
This award recognizes a library administrator, who has shown leadership skills, guidance, and innovative ideas within their library.
Nominate Leader in Librarianship
Library of the Year
This award recognizes a LOUIS member library that demonstrates excellence in at least one of the following areas: service to their community; creativity and innovation in developing specific community programs or a dramatic increase in library usage; leadership in creating programs that can be emulated by other libraries.
Excellence in Library Support
The Excellence in Library Support Award recognizes a library support staff member who is a helpful leader within his or her library and within the LOUIS Consortium.
Nominate Excellence in Library Support
Best Outreach
Outreach and social media programs require organization, planning, and an investment in time for the people dedicated to making the program happen. If successful, an outreach or social media program can lead to an increase in appreciation for, understanding of, and use of the library. The award for Best Outreach recognizes the time and hard work that a person or persons put(s) into planning and executing an event for their library.
Timely Librarianship
The Timely Librarianship Award recognizes a LOUIS member or group who contributed to their library in the form of a project, goal, or other effort related to a theme that embodies the circumstances of the year leading up to LUC.
The 2024 theme is Artificial Intelligence Trailblazer.
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