For immediate release | January 26, 2021
Call for applications for Sullivan Award for Public Library Administrators Supporting Services to Children
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CHICAGO — The 2021 application process for the 91´«Ã½’s Sullivan Award for Public Library Administrators Supporting Services to Children is open.
This award honors an individual who has shown exceptional understanding and support of public library service to children while having general management/supervisory/administrative responsibility that has included public library service to children in its scope.
The annual award consists of a commemorative gift and a 24k gold-framed citation.
Do you know of a public library administrator who has made significant contributions in support of public library service to children? Please complete the online application, along with attachments of supporting docentation, by Feb 1, 2021: .
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