IFLA Communicator of the Year

See: Call for Nominations 2013

IFLA follows current communication trends and seeks to stimulate new forms of communication and information dissemination throughout its structure. Therefore, the main communication channel for IFLA's professional groups is shifting from traditional newsletters in print and PDF to the active use and maintenance of their web pages under the IFLA domain, as well as use of social media, such as blogging, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and other relevant platforms.

To stimulate and foster this transformation IFLA has established the IFLA Communicator of the Year.

This award focuses on IFLA activities of any communicator(s) of any IFLA group. It is important that it is not to be perceived as a personal reward. The Communicator of the Year must be strongly affiliated with identifiable units of the organisational structure of IFLA, and the recipient(s) will receive the award to highlight the achievements within the professional context.

A general call for nominations will be made in June each year.  The IFLA Communicator Award winner will be announced during the Closing Session at the IFLA Congress in August.

The Award intends to stimulate ongoing change and innovation by:

  • Promoting new and effective ways of communicating;
  • Highlighting creativity in the communication work of IFLA's professional groups.

Criteria for evaluation

During the 12 months since the previous IFLA World Library and Information Congress the winner(s) should have demonstrated one or more of the following:

  • Employment of a communication strategy that utilizes the functionality of the IFLA web site and the tools and new technologies available, or demonstrates improvements to previous methods of communicating.
  • Improvements to the accessibility of information about IFLA or its professional units (taking account of, for example, multilingualism, inclusiveness, technology, aesthetics/attractiveness);
  • Effective communication about the activities of an IFLA professional unit;
  • Regular dissemination of information or discussion via the professional unit’s IFLA web site;
  • Improved communication between members of the IFLA community on the areas of their specialism;
  • Innovative ways of reaching out beyond the IFLA community;
  • Improvements to the way in which the Standing Committee or other organizing committee members communicate.

Who can win?

The Award may be presented to a person as well as a group. This means that it can be handed to those in the following roles:

  • Standing Committee Members
  • Section Members
  • Special Interest Group Members
  • Those active in Strategic Proframme Activities

IFLA Staff and Governing Board Members may make nominates, but are excluded from being nominated themselves.

Past recipients

Última actualización: 27 Junio 2013