OLA Archival and Preservation Achievement Award
Description
The Ontario Library Association recognizes individuals and departments who have made substantial achievement in the field of access, preservation and/or conservation.
Eligibility
Nominees may either be an individual person or a group.
- Nominees should be or have been employed in an Ontario library, though non-Ontario experience and contribution will be recognized in the submission.
- There is no requirement for the nominee(s) to be an OLA member.
Criteria
Nominations are evaluated based on the level of improved access, preservation and/or conservation, using the OLA Framework Rubric.
Nomination Procedure
- Nominations will be accepted between: February – November
- Nominators must be a member in good standing of OLA.
Selection Process
- The OLA Awards Committee, which is a subcommittee of the OLA Board of Directors, is responsible for assessing nominations.
- The OLA Awards Committee will present all qualified candidates to the OLA Board for consideration.
Award Presentation Information
- This award is presented at the OLA Super Conference.
2025 Leeds & the Thousand Islands Archives, Leeds & the Thousand Islands PL
2024 Archives and Speical Collections (ARCS) on behalf of the Women’s Archives Initiative, University of Ottawa
2022 Huron Country Public Library, Huron County Digitized Newspapers Project
2020 Local History Room, Oshawa Public Libraries
2019 Ardis Proulx-Chedore, Cochrane Public Library
2018 David Sharron, Brock University
2017 VITA Toolkit, Our Digital World
2016 Not awarded
2015 Not awarded
2014 Sharon Bently, Deputy Chief Librarian, King Township Public Library
2013 Whitby Public Library Archive Digitization Project
2012 Brantford Public Library, for Local History Digital Archives Database Project
2011 Barbara Sweet & Krista Richardson, Prince Edward County Public Library
2010 Not awarded
2009 Linda Burtch, Archives, Sault Ste. Marie Public Library
2008 Not awarded
2007 Not awarded
2006 Mississauga Library System for its Historic Images Gallery
