|
The Oxford Online Library Champion Awards, launched by Oxford University Press (OUP) and the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA), celebrate and reward the achievements of public library authorities in promoting access to the five prestigious Oxford Online resources available to public libraries across England following the landmark national licence agreement between OUP and the MLA in March 2006.
Read the Oxford Online Library Champion Awards press release...
Read the Oxford Online Library Champion Awards flier...
The agreement underlined OUP's core mission to promote widespread access to top quality information and scholarship, and usage of Oxford Online resources by public library members across England has since increased dramatically.
Librarians have played an invaluable role in this success story, and OUP and the MLA launched these new awards to celebrate their efforts in promoting Oxford Online resources to the public, to showcase individual achievement, and to inspire best practice.
There were four award categories, and libraries were able to enter more than one category. The first category is for an individual rather than a team of library staff:
Oxford Online Library Champion of the Year
Best Overall Strategy to Promote Awareness of Oxford Online Resources
Best Website Promotion of Oxford Online Resources
Most Effective Staff Training on Oxford Online Resources
The closing date for entries was 5.30pm on Tuesday 30 October 2007.
The awards were judged by a panel in November and were presented to the winners on Thursday 06 December at Online Information 2007.
What the award winners received:
- The winner of the Oxford Online Library Champion of the Year Award will receive a luxury two-night stay for two in Oxford, lunch at the Printer's House of OUP and an individual tour of the OUP Museum, a tour of the Bodleian Library, and a personal copy of the new edition of the leatherbound Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (worth £250).
- Winners of the other three award categories will be able to choose five titles (worth up to £5000) from the Oxford Digital Reference Shelf for their library authority - titles available include the 5-volume Encyclopedia of British Literature and the 4-volume Encyclopedia of Children's Literature. A copy of the new edition of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary will also be given to a nominated individual (worth £125).
- Excellent publicity for the library service and recognition for outstanding staff contributions.
Award categories
Oxford Online Library Champion of the Year
This award is for an exceptional librarian who has successfully championed Oxford Online resources. We have specifically designed this category to honour one outstanding individual.
Best Overall Strategy to Promote Awareness of Oxford Online Resources
This award is for the public library authority which has carried out the most imaginative and effective range of awareness campaigns to promote the availability of Oxford Online resources to library members and the general public.
Best Website Promotion of Oxford Online Resources
This award is for effective use of online promotion through the library service and local authority website.
Most Effective Staff Training on Oxford Online Resources
This award will recognize library services that have developed effective training and awareness programmes for staff.
Entry criteria
- The Awards were open to all public library authorities in England.
- Promotional activity must have been undertaken since the start of the OUP/MLA National Agreement in March 2006 and the closing date of the Awards, October 30 2007.
- Library authorities were able to enter more than one category.
Terms and conditions
- The prizes must be accepted as offered. There can be no alternative awards, cash or otherwise.
- Employees and family members of the MLA or OUP are not eligible to enter.
- All entries become the property of Oxford University Press and the MLA. The decision of OUP will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.
- The Awards are open to all public library authorities in England.
- Promotional activity must have been undertaken since the start of the OUP/MLA National Agreement in March 2006 and the closing date of the Awards, October 30 2007.
Judging
Entries were judged by a panel of five, including representatives from the MLA, OUP, and at least one independent judge.
| 
