Making a Difference Award

• Identify and detail one story about your library’s service, programs, initiatives, or partnerships that demonstrate how your library was valuable to your community during 2020.
• For assistance with documenting your story, check out The Library Story: A Strategic Storytelling Toolkit for Libraries.

• Advocacy
• Community Partnership
• Innovative Programming
• Innovative Use of Technology
• Impactful Ideas and Successes in Increasing Cardholders
• Intellectual Freedom
• Outreach
• Public Relations and Marketing
• Innovative Service

1. Nominations must be submitted to your Library Services Consultant by February 12, 2021
2. Nominations may be made by member library staff or board members.
3. Nominations must be signed by the Board Chair.
4. Nominations should follow the template provided.

1. Use the provided form.
2. The Advocacy Committee of the Marigold Library Board will consider every nomination based on the criteria above and will choose the award recipient(s).
3. Awards are presented at the annual Marigold Member Libraries' Workshop.
4. A winner and an honourable mention from a small, medium, and large library will be chosen. Each winner will receive a plaque and a monetary award ($750 for the winners, $250 for the honourable mentions) to be used at the local library board's discretion.

SMALL

Acadia, Acme, Beiseker, Berry Creek, Bighorn, Carbon, Carseland, Cereal, Consort, Delia, Empress, Gleichen, Hussar, Linden, Longview, Millarville, Morrin, Rockyford, Rumsey, Standard, Youngstown

MEDIUM

Banff, Crossfield, Drumheller, Hanna, Irricana, Oyen, Sheep River, Three Hills, Trochu

LARGE

Airdrie, Canmore, Chestermere, Cochrane, High River, Okotoks, Strathmore