CILIP | International Award

International Award for making a difference in libraries and information services outside the United Kingdom

In 2005 The International Library and Information Group of CILIP established an annual prize to be awarded to a person, group or committee, which has made a real difference to a community through their work in library and information services in countries outside of the UK.

The 2008 winner is Mr Gray Nyali, Director of the Malawi National Library Service. The award is made in recognition of the way he has developed and taken library and information services out to a large number of people thoughout Malawi, thereby enriching their lives.

The nominee will be or will have recently been working overseas in the library and information sector and the award will recognize an initiative that is either current or has been completed within the last year. Precedence will be given to those who have not already received recognition for their work, e.g. by national organizations or publicity. Any person or group, except members of the current and immediate past ILIG Committees, is eligible. They may be of any nationality and need not be professionally trained librarians.

Any CILIP member may make a nomination.

To make a nomination, complete a proposal form, which can be requested from the Secretary of ILIG by e-mail to ilig@cilip.org.uk or by mail to Roadways, Bussage, Stroud, Glos. GL6 8BB, UK.

The deadline for receipt of completed nominations is 31 January of the award year.

The award is made in June. There is a cash prize of £100, plus one year's free subscription to Focus, ILIG's journal.

Winner of the 2007 award

This was Mrs Jan Lewis for her work in prison libraries in Barbados. We were delighted that she was able to be in U.K. to receive her award in person at CILIP's Award Dinner during Umbrella 2007.

Winner of the 2006 Award

The winner was Mrs Khan Quay Kin, Head of Information Services, University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus.

Updated: 15 April 2008