State Library of Queensland Awards
2008 State Library of Queensland Award winners announced at gala dinner.
Finalists for the John Oxley Award and the Library Board of Queensland were announced during Library and Information Week (19-24 May) and the winners of those Awards and the John Oxley Library Fellowship were announced at the State Library of Queensland Awards Dinner on 5 June.
Over 100 guests enjoyed a memorable evening of fine wine and a sumptuous meal complemented with musical entertainment by celebrated performers Kristin Berardi and the James Sherlock Trio. The announcement of the winners was preceded by an interview by Channel 7’s Sharyn Ghidella with guest speaker Wendy Sharpe, one of Australia’s most significant and awarded artists, and who is featured in the stunning exhibition STUDIO in the slq Gallery where the dinner was held.
Images of the Awards can be viewed via Flickr.
$5000 Library Board of Queensland Award winner
The Winifred Fisher Indigenous Knowledge Centre (IKC) in Cherbourg won the award for its services to the Cherbourg community.
These services range from providing a library to Cherbourg State School students through to playing a traditional role as a Community Library, with more than 800 people using it every month during the school year.
$5000 John Oxley Library Award
The Nambour Chronicle Digitisation team won the award for creating an online library of issues of the Nambour Chronicle from 1903-1955.
Minister for Education, Training and The Arts Minister, Mr Rod Welford described the project as "an excellent example of collaboration between library staff and local government."
$20,000 John Oxley Library Fellowship
The Fellowship was awarded to Gordon Grimwade.
Using the rich resources in the John Oxley Library, Gordon can complete research into the overland migration of Chinese migrants from the Northern Territory to Queensland in the late 19th and 20th centuries.
Mr Grimwade plans to publish a book titled Australia's Long March.
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Last updated: 7th July 2008
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