Think about community volunteers, library trustees, library friends, library staffers, in fact anyone whom you believe has made an important difference in your library community, or who has traveled that extra mile to make things significantly better and/or more effective for your library.  

Submit a one page nomination letter with relevant information that describes the individual’s commitment to library service. Include his or her name, address, phone number and email address. Send the nomination to the Velma Moore Award Committee at kls823@rochester.rr.com or mail it to Karen Achilles, 4477 Snug Harbor, Geneva, NY.  The nominator should include their full contact information as well.  The deadline for submission of this prestigious annual award is February 15, 2008.

This award was established in 1962 to honor the memory of Velma Moore who worked as a very effective library activist from 1947 to her death in 1961. Mrs. Moore was one of the chartered members of the Library Trustees Foundation of New York (predecessor of NYSALB). For two terms she was the organization’s president and also served as trustee, for 33 years, of the Kenmore Public Library (near Buffalo, NY). She was the wife of former NYS Lieutenant Governor Frank C. Moore.  The award carries a $750 stipend to be donated to the library or library service of the award winner’s choice.  The winner will be presented with an attractive engraved plaque at the NYSALB Trustee Institute each spring.