Friends of Georgia Libraries (FOGL) is pleased to announce
the recipients for the 2016 Awards for FOGL ‘Best Friend’ and for ‘Fabulous
Friends’ for the year.
FOGL’s 2016 ‘Best Friend’ is Dr. Adrienne Butler, M.D. from
Pierce County, and was nominated this year by the president of the Friends of
the Library, David Rollinson. “Dr. Butler took the initiative to use her own
resources to establish a Friends’ group to assist the library in communicating
with local officials on its needs, and the development of programs to help
library staff in doing their jobs. She
keeps everyone on the same page and in a very gentle way.”
FOGL’s 2016 ‘Fabulous Friends’ are the Friends of the
Houston County Public Library. Director
J. Sara Paulk nominated this Friends’ group based on their efforts over the
last ten years. This information was
provided to Director Paulk: “The Houston
County Friends of the Library has successfully thrived as a county-wide
organization built from several disbanded splinter Friends groups of the
various cities in Houston County. The
focus of our group was to operate as a county-wide association to pool
resources to enable us to make more money for all three county libraries.”
These awards, along with FOGL’s Author Appearance Grant will
be presented at the FOGL Annual Spring Business Meeting and workshop, to be
held at the Athens Library on April 22.
Each year, FOGL seeks to recognize those Friends and advocates who strive
to strengthen Georgia’s libraries.
Nominees are those who have made significant contribution to either
statewide advocacy efforts on behalf of Georgia’s libraries, or have
substantially contributed to the development of a library, or libraries, in the
state.
FOGL congratulates the 2016 winners! You can nominate a group or advocate for
consideration by submitting the completed nomination forms which can be found
on the FOGL website at www.georgia-friends.org . Submissions
for ‘Best Friend’ and ‘Fabulous Friends’ should be received by December 31st
each year.
