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 [email protected], 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 [email protected], 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.
2012 winners
Camden County Library System (New Jersey): Sensory storybooks for autistic
children and "on the spectrum" reference material for families and
individuals of all ages
Northbrook Elementary School (Texas): Fanciful works of fiction to ignite the
imagination and inspire reluctant readers
2011 winners
Spokane Falls Community College (Washington): promoting early literacy via
multicultural folktales
Willard School, Warren City School District (Ohio): reducing the causes and
effects of violence and bullying
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: libr[email protected]
Toll-free phone: 1-877-ALIBRIS (1-877-254-2747)
