The Alibris Collection Award is an annual grant of books to an academic, public, special, or K-12 library supporting specific collection development projects that advance the mission, priority areas, and goals of the selected library.

The purpose of the Award is to help provide materials for libraries with replacement projects, retrospective collection-development projects, or routine collection building needs.

Procedures and deadline for award applications

To apply for the award, please do the following:

• Create an online wishlist of desired titles.
• Send an e-mail to libraries@alibris.com, notifying us that you would like your wishlist to be considered for the Alibris Collection Award. Include a brief statement of interest concerning the desired collection and needs of your particular library.

Award applications should be submitted via e-mail to libraries@alibris.com, and must be received by December 1, so that the winning library can be selected and the award announced the following January.

Winners

We thank everyone who submitted an entry and invite you to apply again next year. For more details, read the press release.

2010 winners
Museum of Natural Sciences (North Carolina): reference materials regarding reptiles.
Burlington County Public Library (New Jersey): books for senior citizen population.
Everett Community College (Washington): replacement copies of books lost in arson fire.

2009 winners
Wapello School District (Iowa): historical fiction books to replace over-stressed collections.
Mark Twain School and Academy (Michigan): books to prepare students for an increasingly global economy.

2008 winners
International Community School (Georgia): K-6 public school is the home to the highest percentage of refugees in the southeastern United States and serves a low-income population with limited resources to buy books
Katrina Research Center Repository at the University of Southern Mississippi (Mississippi): plans to build a collection of books and multimedia materials that are related to the effects of, and the recovery from, Hurricane Katrina and other coastal disasters

2007 winners
YWCA Metropolitan Chicago (Illinois): books benefiting sexual assault survivors
Granby Public Library (Colorado): replacement project for lost and damaged books
Bahia Street (Brazil): English-as-second-language books for impoverished Brazilian girls

2006 winners
Flower Mound Public Library (Texas): beginning reading books, matching reluctant readers with "pet partners"
Golden Gate School (Alaska): anti-bullying books and multi-cultural biographies

2005 winners
Cincinnati Children's Hospital (Ohio): books about development disabilities for patient library
Baxter County Public Library (Arkansas): books about Japanese-American internment camps during World War II

2004 winners
Andrews Elementary School (Texas): Spanish-language children's books
Southwest Missouri State University (Missouri): theatrical monologues

Administration of the award

The Award is to be administered by the Alibris Collection Award Review Committee, appointed by Alibris at ALA Annual, and includes both librarians and booksellers. If you would like to volunteer to serve on the Review Committee, please contact us.

Alibris for Libraries is the leading library supplier of used, new and hard-to-find books, movies, and music

Alibris has millions of out-of-print, older in-print, and otherwise unavailable titles in stock. We offer flexible payment options, consolidated shipping, and custom tools for managing replacement and collection development projects.

For more information

E-mail: libraries@alibris.com
Toll-free phone: 1-877-ALIBRIS (1-877-254-2747)