The Tennessee Association of School Librarians


CLARA HASBROUCK AWARD APPLICATION

PURPOSE
This special award is given to an outstanding individual who has demonstrated dedication and commitment to furthering the cause of school libraries in Tennessee by contributing time, leadership and effort to numerous TASL activities over a period of years.


The 2006 award went  to Mary Jane  Smith.


The recipient must:


Be a member of TASL.


Have demonstrated service to TASL at the state and local level.


Be or have been a school librarian or school library supervisor in the state of Tennessee.


FURTHER:
The award will be given to a truly deserving recipient. Qualifications of the nominee will be the sole criterion and number of nominations submitted will have no bearing on the decision. The award may or may not be given each year.


A person may be nominated any number of times, but the forms and data will have to be resubmitted each year by the deadline.


No person may receive the award during the year he/she is serving as an elected officer or member of a TASL awards committee.


This award committee will consist of 5 TASL members.


Please complete the nomination form found below and submit the proper documentation.


Deadline for this year's nominations is June 30, 2008.


TENNESSEE ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL LIBRARIANS
CLARA HASBROUCK AWARD NOMINATION FORM


NAME OF NOMINEE (MUST BE A MEMBER OF TASL):


TITLE (INCLUDE SCHOOL SYSTEM NAME):


NOMINEE'S COMPLETE HOME ADDRESS:


NOMINEE'S COMPLETE SCHOOL ADDRESS:


NOMINEE'S PHONE NUMBERS (HOME AND SCHOOL):


NOMINEE'S EMAIL ADDRESS (HOME AND SCHOOL, IF KNOWN):


Describe, to the best of your knowledge, the nominee's TASL INVOLVEMENT. Be as specific as possible, including their years of involvement, offices held, committees, services to the organization, etc.


Give information as to the nominee's INVOLVEMENT IN OTHER AREAS, including other areas of education and community activities.




LETTER OF ENDORSEMENT: In 50 words or less, tell why you personally believe that this person deserves to receive the Clara Hasbrouck Award for service to TASL. Please include such information as
1) personal qualities that make this person outstanding
2) contributions made to strengthen TASL
3) Examples of skills that have been exhibited to mentor to or support other TASL leaders


NOMINATOR’S NAME:


NOMINATOR’S COMPLETE HOME ADDRESS:


NOMINATOR’S COMPLETE WORK ADDRESS:


NOMINATOR'S EMAIL ADDRESS (HOME AND WORK):


NOMINATOR’S PHONE NUMBER (HOME AND WORK):


Application deadline is June 30.


SEND APPLICATIONS TO:

Roberta Dunn
2540 Essex Drive
Kingsport, TN  37660