AWARDS & GRANTS
Across Georgia, librarians and the professionals who support them are making a real difference in our schools. The Georgia Library Media Association’s awards and grants highlight those who are helping students and teachers grow as readers, thinkers, and problem solvers. By supporting literacy and encouraging new ideas, these educators are opening doors for students and building stronger school communities.
Judy Serritella Exemplary
Library Program
The Judy Serritella Exemplary Library Media Program (ELMP) was created to recognize those library programs that empower students to be critical thinkers, enthusiastic readers, skillful researchers, and ethical users of information both in vision and in practice.
The GLMA Intellectual Freedom of Information Award recognizes an individual for upholding the principles of intellectual freedom as set forth by the American Library Association of School Librarians and the American Library Association.
In 1971, Mable Wyche Underwood served as president of the Georgia Library Media Department, now GLMA. Her enthusiasm and passion, along with her untiring efforts and service to student library organizations, influenced at least eight of her students and colleagues, including her daughter, Rosalind Underwood Dennis, GLMA President 2007, to join the profession. It is because of these significant contributions to the library profession that the GLMA grant was named in her honor.
The Distinguished School Administrator Award honors a school administrator who has made worthy contributions to the operations of an exemplary school library and to advancing the role of the school library in the educational program.
William E. Patterson Award
William E. Patterson was president of GLMA 1979-80 and editor of the Georgia Library Media Department Newsletter. With these leadership roles and a host of other contributions and involvements in school library media programs, the William E. Patterson Award was established to honor library media professionals for outstanding and continuous service to the Georgia Library Media Association, Inc.
The recipient of this award is determined by the GLMA President.