James T. Love & J. Frank Dobie Awards
Love Awards: James L. Love was a longtime trustee and library advocate and the recipient of the 1964 TLA Library Trustee of the Year Award. Shortly after his death, the T. L. L. Temple Foundation and the Texas Library Association created the Love Award in 1987 to honor his memory. The annual award amount varies from $700 to $1,000, depending on the fund's investment earnings for the year.
Under the terms of the agreement, the fund is "restricted for a period of 30 years with the earned income to be used for grants to small public libraries in the East Texas area" located in counties in which T. L. L. Temple, or corporations organized by him, operated or owned land. All the counties are in District 5 (NETLS) and District 8 (HALS). The definition of a small public library is one serving 10,000 or fewer individuals.
The Love Award Committee is comprised of the NETLS system coordinator, the HALS system coordinator, and a liaison from the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. For an application form and additional information, contact either the HALS or NETLS system coordinator. The award is announced annually at the Library Friends, Trustees and Advocates Luncheon which is held during the TLA Annual Conference. Due date: 12/17/2011.
J. Frank Dobie Library Trust Awards are monetary awards given each spring to library applicants selected by the Award Committee. The number and amount of awards depend on net income produced by the Trust. In 2011 four libraries each received an award. At Mr. Dobie’s request, announcement of the awards is made at the annual meeting of the Texas Library Association.
According to the terms of the Trust, funds awarded may be used solely for the purchase of books. Note: books which have been reformatted for ease of use, i.e., books in electronic format, are eligible.
Application is open to public libraries in Texas which:
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* A legally established public library is one established as a department of a city or county government by charter, resolution, or ordinance: or by contract as provided for in the Interlocal Cooperation Act, Texas Civil Statutes, Article 4413 (32c): or as a nonprofit corporation chartered by the Office of the Secretary of State for the purposes of providing free public library services, and having a current contract with a city, county, or school district to provide free public library services for the city, county, or school district. |
Award Criteria
In establishing the Trust, Mr. Dobie instructed the Award Committee to take into consideration the degree of support that applicants receive from their communities. Therefore, awards are made not only on the basis of need, but also on the extent to which community governments, library boards, friend’s organizations, and individuals have promoted and supported the library, in comparison with their potential to do so.
Application Deadline:
Applications for the 2011 awards must be received by DECEMBER 17, 2010.
Applications should include, but need not be limited to, the following information to help the Committee determine the support of the library by the community, the support of the community by the library, and the library’s need of additional book resources.
- A brief history of the library and description of its service area.
- The library’s itemized budget for the current year and itemized expenditures for the two preceding years.
- The amount of library income for the current year and two preceding years by source. As applicable, itemized income derived from city government, county government, school district, state government, and federal government, and income derived from the private sector (gifts, fund raising events, etc.)
- The number of full-time and part-time salaried staff by job title and the number of volunteer hours.
- Weekly hours of service.
- The growth of the book collection over the past three years, by volumes and titles. Note: please express in terms of net additions per year as opposed to cumulative figures.
- Circulation statistics for the past three years, in whatever detail they have been kept.
- Any support other than tax funds (which are reported as income) provided by city, county, or school district, such as library quarters.
- Any engagement in library cooperation, such as cooperation of the public and school libraries.
- An account of local efforts in support of the library, extending over one or more years. Statistics provide some evidence of continuing local support of the library, but limited insight to the persistency and intensity of effort that went into their making. Tell how local government, businesses, and citizen groups have contributed to the betterment of the library. Tell of efforts the library staff, board, and friends have made toward the promotion and improvement of library service.
- The kinds of books the library proposes to buy and the reasons for such purchases. There are no restrictions on the kinds of books that may be bought; however, regardless of type, books purchased should be of good quality and lasting value.
- The name and qualifications of the library staff member who would be responsible for book selection, or the name and qualifications of a consultant outside the library who would be willing to advise the library in its book purchases.
Please include a cover sheet with the following information:
Contact person
City
Name of Library
County
System
Address and telephone number
Email Address
Submittal of Application
Applications must be mailed (no faxes) in TRIPLICATE to:
James B. Stewart
Chairman, J. Frank Dobie Library Trust
5008 Evergreen St.
Victoria, Texas 77904
James B. Stewart can be contacted by email at jbstew@suddenlink.net.
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