Presented by the Public Library Association and Library Journal.
To submit an application for this award, please visit PLA's Awards Online Application.
The Advancement of Literacy Award committee members are responsible for nominating an award winner at the ALA Midwinter Meeting. That selection is given to the PLA Board of Directors at that meeting, where the name of the winner is announced.
The award, a plaque, will be presented at the PLA President’s Reception during the ALA Annual Conference.
All nominations must be submitted by December 3, 2007. Please use PLA's online awards application to nominate the publisher, bookseller and/or software dealer, foundation or similar group (that is, not an individual) you feel deserves national recognition. Criteria used for judging nominations include: (1) amount of support given to libraries for literacy projects; (2) evidence of long-term commitment to literacy; and (3) encouragement provided to other groups to undertake similar activity.
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2007 |
Jacksonville (Fla.) Public Library Foundation READ San Diego Verizon Foundation |
| 2004 | Elizabeth Fischer, Subrata De (producers), Tom Brokaw (news anchor) of Dateline NBC, NBC News for the one-hour documentary " A Loss for Words" |
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2003 |
Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities - Prime Time Family Reading Time |
| 2002 | Center for Literacy,Philadelphia, Pennsyvlania |
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2001 |
The Providence Journal (R.I.) |
| 2000 | Starbucks Foundation (Seattle, Wash.) |
| 1999 | Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Fund and Mount Clemens Rotary Club [co-winners] |
| 1998 | Second Start Adult Literacy Program (Oakland, Calif.) |
| 1997 | Signal Hill Publications |
| 1996 | Illinois Secretary of State |
| 1995 | Warner Cable–Columbus Division |
| 1994 | California State Library Foundation |
| 1993 | Friends of Literacy through Libraries (Broward County, Fla.) |
| 1992 | Bell Atlantic Foundation |
| 1991 | Baker & Taylor |
| 1990 | Michigan Literacy, Inc. |
| 1989 | Project Plus |
| 1988 | Gannett Foundation |
| 1987 | Fearon Publications |
| 1986 | New Readers Press |
| 1985 | B. Dalton Bookseller |
To submit an application for this award, visit PLA's Awards Online Application.
PLA will forward the applications to the current chair of the Advancement of Literacy Award Jury. PLA reserves the right to extend the application deadline.