Awards
Help us celebrate diversity in libraries and information. The Diversity Awards are usually every two years and were first awarded in 2002.
Diversity Award 2010
The CILIP Diversity Group wants to celebrate diversity within the library and information sector with the Diversity Award.
The award will be presented at the Diversity Group Conference on Monday 14 June 2010 at CILIP in London. The award is for an individual or a team who have shown a commitment to the advancement of diversity in the library world. The shortlisted people/ teams will be invited to the Diversity Conference, where the winner will be announced.
The closing date for entries is Friday 30 April 2010.
Details on criteria and how to enter as well as entry forms are available on our How to enter page.
More details about past winners are in the Past award winners page.
About the Diversity Awards
"Our profession has a crucial role to play in breaking down the barriers that prevent all citizens from accessing the information and the resources that they need," says Kal Dale, past Chair of CILIP's Diversity Group.
"Library and information services also have a responsibility to provide and promote career opportunities and development for all their staff. But while a great deal of important work is done in the promotion of diversity through library services up and down the country much of it is unseen and therefore unacknowledged."
The Diversity Awards aim to change this fact by recognizing outstanding achievement in the promotion of diversity through library and information services and to highlight examples of good practice in this area to the rest of the profession.
In the past there has been separate awards for personal achievement and organisational change, but we have decided to have one award in 2010.
Last updated: 10 March 2010