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The Social Responsibilities Roundtable of the Oklahoma Library Association offers the Ruth Brown Memorial Award to recognize and support programming that addresses issues of social concern as they affect libraries, library collections, and the communities served by these libraries.

Guidelines

1. Entries are limited to libraries, individuals, or organizations in the state of Oklahoma.
2. Entry must be a recent (completed within the last three years) or ongoing project.
3. Application form must be accompanied by materials outlined in Application Instructions.
4. One award will be presented annually.
5. The winner will be recognized at the Annual Conference of the Oklahoma Library Association.
6. Winning entries immediately become ineligible for reentry.
7. Entries may be used by SRRT for the purpose of publicizing outreach efforts and other activities that increase awareness of issues of social concern in the Oklahoma library community.
8. Current members of the Ruth Brown Memorial Award Committee are not eligible to submit entries.

Name of Applicant (Group or Individual):________________________________
Name of Project:____________________________________________________
Contact Person:_____________________________________________________
Position/Title:_______________________________________________________
Institution/Organization:______________________________________________
Address:___________________________________________________________
Phone Number:______________________________________________________
Fax Number: _______________________________________________________
City, Zip:___________________________________________________________
Email Address:______________________________________________________

Using separate sheets, describe your project. Please limit the description to five pages or less. The name of your project and your contact person should appear at the top of each page. Please be sure to address the following points:

1. When did your project take place? How long did it last?
2. How does your project provide a creative response to a social issue?
3. How does your project fill a demonstrated need?
4. How did you identify that need within your community?
5. What measurable impacts did your project have on your community?
6. What kinds of library or information resources did you use, and what role did they fill?
7. How would you foresee another organization adapting this project for its own needs?
8. What financial resources does the project have? Please describe general dollar amounts received.

Also, please attach any supporting documentation you feel is relevant to your project. This evidence may be in any format or combination of formats, i.e., print materials, videos, computer files, letters of support, publicity items such as newspaper clippings, web sites, etc.