At the American Library Association’s mid-winter conference in San Antonio, Texas, the Loudoun County Public Library received the 2006 John Cotton Dana Library Public Relations Award, which recognizes and honors outstanding achievement in library public relations.
The John Cotton Dana Award is given by the American Library Association. Loudoun County Public Library received the award for their program "Hanging Out Rocks!" a campaign that responded to the needs of teens in Loudoun County’s rapidly growing community by giving them a place that they could call their own. "Teen participation, and the many strategies utilized in this thoroughly analyzed and detailed public relations plan, was key to moving the campaign forward and led to additional resources granted for a popular after-hours teen center at the library where "Hanging Out Rocks!" -- stated the John Cotton Dana Award Committee.
The award is jointly sponsored by the H.W. Wilson Foundation, Bronx, New York, with the Library Administration and Management Association (LAMA). The John Cotton Dana Public Relations Award has been given continuously since 1946. The award will be presented to the Loudoun County Public Library at the American Library Association’s Annual Conference in New Orleans, June 2006.
For more information contact Linda Holtslander, lholtsla@loudoun.gov, 703-777-0541