Winners of the 7th IFLA International Marketing
Award for 2009
The IFLA Section on Management
and Marketing in collaboration with
Emerald is
pleased to announce the winners of the 7th IFLA International
Marketing Award for 2009.
First place was awarded to
National Library Board (NLB), Singapore, represented by
Sharon Koh, (Sharon_KOH@nlb.gov.sg).
The slogan for the winning campaign is "Go Library."
The GLP is a multi-platform project which aims to entice customers to
the library. Significant inroads were made in outreach efforts, e.g. to
schools, institutes and organisations, where there is increasing need to
make the library relevant to those technologically-inclined who may
receive information from online search engines or other non-conventional
mediums. Through specially targeted programmes the needs of various
demographic groups were addressed. To achieve maximum impact, these
programmes are marketed under the "Go Library" project.
The first-place winner receives airfare, lodging, and registration for
the 2009 IFLA General Conference and
Council to be held this year in Milan, Italy, and a cash award of
$1,000 (U.S.) to further the marketing efforts of the library.
Second place was awarded to
Wrexham County Borough Council, Wales, United Kingdom,
represented by Jane Purdie, (jane.purdie@wrexham.gov.uk).
The second place winning slogan is "Happy Days/Take a Fresh
Look at Your Library."
Third place was awarded to the
Alberta Library, Edmonton, Canada represented by Janis
Galloway and Bill Rice (JGalloway@thealbertalibrary.ab.ca).
The third place winning slogan is "The Alberta Campaign/Books
and Beyond."
More details about these winning campaigns are available from
Christie Koontz, ckoontz@ci.fsu.edu, Information
Coordinator for the jury.
The first place winner will be announced officially at the IFLA press
conference, time and place to be announced. Second and third place
winners will be announced also and awarded with distinctions.
Criteria and
Applications
For this seventh award, applications were available on the IFLA Web.
Altogether there were 22 applicants from 17 countries including
Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, France, Jamaica, Netherlands,
New Zealand, Republic of Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Senegal, Singapore, Spain,
Sri Lanka, Tanzania, United Kingdom and the USA.
Any library, agency, or association in the world that promotes
library service was eligible to receive the award. The IFLA
INTERNATIONAL MARKETING AWARD is to honor organizations that
implement creative, results-oriented marketing projects or campaigns.
Objectives of the
Award
- Reward the best library marketing project
worldwide each year
- Encourage marketing in libraries
- Give libraries the opportunity to share
marketing experiences
This year's applicants were carefully judged on the following:
- Strategic approach to marketing;
- Creativity, originality, innovation and social value;
- Potential for generating widespread public visibility and support
for libraries;
- Effectiveness of communication;
- Commitment to ongoing marketing activities;
- Expression of emotion, sustainability and ethical aspects.
The Jury revised the criteria to facilitate increased understanding
of marketing, and participation by a broader range of countries. A new
goal that was reached was to recognize marketing efforts by developing
countries with fewer resources.
For more information contact the following representatives of the
Jury of the IFLA International Marketing Award:
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