Awards and Scholarships
NKASL School Library Media Scholarship
Purpose: To encourage and support persons from the state of Kentucky who wish to become certified as School Library Media Specialists.
Applicant must be resident of the state of Kentucky.
Applicant must be a full- or part-time undergraduate or graduate students who is currently enrolled in or has been accepted into a state-accredited program leading to certification as a school media librarian.
NKASL Lifetime Achievement Award
Purpose: This award is given to an individual who has given continuous, sustained support to the school library profession throughout his/her lifetime.
Eligibility: Nominees should have served in the school library profession for at least 10 years.
Outstanding School Media Librarian
Purpose: To recognize the school media librarian who has made outstanding contributions to the profession on local, district, and state levels.
Eligibility: Any NKASL member school media librarian
Guidelines:
At least 5 years of school library service
Has given his or her time and effort for the advancement of school libraries in Kentucky on both local and state levels
Active in community life
Personality that commands respect from other librarians, school personnel and the public
Application has at least 1-3 letters of support
NKASL Service Award for School Administrators
Purpose: To recognize and honor the administrators who have made worthy contributions to the operation of effective school library media services and to stimulate planning, implementing, and support of the library services in the school.
Eligibility: Any local school administrator, such as a principal, head teacher, or assistant principal
Award of Merit
Purpose: To honor those who through individual leadership have advocated effective school library media services in meaningful educational partners. To recognize the responsible and influential role of those other than local school building administrators in developing successful school library media programs. To stimulate planning, implementing and support of the school library services which are essential to a meaningful educational program.
Eligibility: State, country, or district school superintendents, assistant superintendents, directors of curricula and/or instruction, school supervisors, state education department personnel, teachers, parents, school board members, school library coordinators, supportive citizens and organizations.
NKASL Student Technology Award
Purpose: To recognize an outstanding Kentucky school student (grades K-12) who has demonstrated leadership through technology activities coordinated with the school curriculum.
NKASL Joint Technology Project Award
Purpose: To promote the use of technology in the library media center by teachers and students to increase cooperative planning among school media librarians and teachers; and to enhance the acquisition of information skills.
NKASL Outstanding School Library Website Award
Purpose: To recognize an outstanding school library website.
Service Award for Library Clerks
Purpose: To recognize and honor the library clerks who have made worthy contributions to the operation of effective school library media services and supports the library services in the school.
Eligibility: Applicants must be currently employed as a school library clerk in the state of Kentucky and nominated by a current NKASL member.