LIANZA Awards

LIANZA funds 18 regular awards which recognises excellence in librarianship, scholarship, children's book production (fiction, illustration, non-fiction, and Te Reo), as well as encouraging professional development.

LIANZA also administers the 3M Award for innovation in Libraries and the YBP Award for Collection services.

The first award to be established was the Esther Glen Award in 1945 and is New Zealand's longest running book prize.

Through its awards LIANZA encourages improving standards and promotes professional recognition.

2008 AWARDS CLOSING DATES

March

Monday 3  - Children's Book Awards

Monday 31  - LIANZA Associateships
Monday 31  - LIANZA Fellowships
Monday 31  - LIANZA Letters of Recognition
Monday 31  - Award of Merit Management
Monday 31  - Award of Merit Marketing
Monday 31  - Rua Mano Award
Monday 31  - Joint Letter of Recognition for Bicultural Development
                    within New Zealand Aotearoa (New Award)

May

Friday 30 May - Ada Fache Fund
Friday 30 May - Edith Jessie Carnell Travelling Scholarship
Friday 30 May - John Harris Award

June

Monday 30 - 3M Award for Innovation in Libraries
Monday 30 - YBP / Lindsay Croft Award for Collection Management
Monday 30 - Nielsen BookData Research Award