South Australian Library & Information Awards (SALIAs)

The Award:

The SALIA Award will be presented each November at a cocktail event hosted by The State Library of South Australia and ALIA SA. The winner will receive:

• A trophy
• A voucher for a year's personal ALIA membership, or the equivalent discount off an ALIA conference in the year ahead
• Formal recognition on the ALIA website, in ALIA News and in the ALIA Annual Report. 

Who is eligible?

Any individual working in the library or information profession, or professional research in South Australia, and who is a financial member of ALIA (personal or institutional) is eligible for nomination. Nominations can be made:

• By yourself, i.e., self-nomination
• By the manager of your library or information centre or of the parent body, or
• By one of your peers or a professional colleague.

What are we looking for?

A nomination can be entered for one or more of the following categories. Nominees need only be eligible for one of the categories below, and it is essential to outline how/why they meet the category. Consider using the STAR Method (Situation, Task, Action, Result) to demonstrate eligibility.

• Innovative practice in the development of library and information services
• Implementation of new services or new technologies
• Successful collaborative ventures or partnerships in library and information services
• Creative approaches to marketing or promoting library and information services, or the library profession
• Demonstrated dedication to the advancement of the library &/or information profession
• Outstanding library storyteller of the year
• Rising professional (in the industry 2 years or less)
• New initiative of the year
• Outstanding leadership in a library
• Outstanding work in mentorship
• Research or professional work of significant contribution to the library &/or information profession
• Outstanding event/training/class for the year
• Sustainability project (with relevance to the UN Sustainable Development Goals)
• Projects related to disability access and outreach
• Community engagement and outreach – LGBTQIA+ community
• Community engagement and outreach – Indigenous community
• Community engagement and outreach – multicultural community

What are the conditions of entry?

1. Nominations are sought from all sectors of the library and information profession in South Australia.

2. Nominations must be submitted on the nomination form (link above) and should:

• Clearly indicate the category being addressed
• Describe the activities undertaken to meet the given cagegory
• Provide a statement of support from the nominator(s)
• A portfolio to demonstrate evidence of the accomplishments may accompany the submission, but is not mandatory.

3. The selection process will comprise:

• A review for eligibility & suitability by the ALIA SA committee
• Final decisions to be made by a selection panel appointed by the ALIA SA committee.

4. The decisions made by the selection panel are final and no correspondence will be entered into.

5. ALIA SA reserves the right to withhold an award should the selection panel advise that no nominees have met the given criteria.

The consideration process

• After a nomination is received, it is registered and an acknowledgement is sent to the nominator.
• Prior to the awards ceremony contact is made with the shortlisted nominees to establish whether they are willing to accept an award, and to invite them to the ceremony.