Sara Jaffarian
2010 Sara Jaffarian School Library Program Award Announced
Angela Thullen | June 23, 2010
The American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office (PPO) announced that the Jefferson Elementary School Library in Elmhurst, Ill., is the winner of the 2010 Sara Jaffarian School Library Program Award for Exemplary Humanities Programming. The award will be presented at 8 a.m. on Sunday, June 27, during the ALA Annual Conference in Washington, D.C., immediately prior to the Auditorium Speaker Series presentation of Marlo Thomas. The Jefferson Elementary School Library will receive a plaque recognizing the achievement and a cash award of $4,000.
Nicolette Vaillancourt, Learning Resource Center director at Jefferson Elementary School, developed and submitted the winning program, which focused on local history while incorporating several disciplines: art, technology, oral and written communication and research skills. The Elmhurst History project, the product of collaboration between the school librarians and second grade teachers, encouraged students to explore this history of their local community, then work with their classmates to create a variety of presentations including written reports, a mural and a podcast.
The Sara Jaffarian Award was established in 2006 to recognize and promote excellence in humanities programming in elementary and middle school (K–8) libraries. It is presented annually by the Public Programs Office, in cooperation with the American Association of School Librarians (AASL), and named for Sara Jaffarian, whose donation to ALA’s Cultural Communities Fund established the award. Jaffarian, a retired school librarian and long-time ALA member, spent her career passionately advocating for school libraries in every school. The Sara Jaffarian Award is selected annually by a committee comprising members of the ALA Public and Cultural Programs Advisory Committee (PCPAC), AASL and the Association for Library Services to Children (ALSC).
Angela Thullen is Program Officer/Communications for the ALA Public Programs Office
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