Eligibility

1. Hold a current 071 Library Media Specialist endorsement from the State of Maine,
2. Practicing in the field of librarianship for at least three years
3. Working as a library media specialist in any capacity in Maine 
4. Member of MASL for the past three years or more
   

Procedure for Nomination

Nomination may come from:

Email completed nomination form and documentation to: awards@maslibraries.org *Please do not mail*

All applications received will be acknowledged by an email confirmation.

Once the nominations deadline has passed, all nominations will be reviewed by the MASL past president. Their unnamed recommendation will be sent to the MASL Board for approval.  After the Board has approved the recommendation, the nominator of the winning candidate will be contacted to arrange presentation of the Award at an appropriate school/district event (this may include surprising the winner if appropriate).  The MASL Board will also honor the winner at an appropriate MASL event after the initial presentation in his or her school district.

Although the award is presented annually and the major emphasis is for contributions made during the previous school year, earlier and continuing activities should be included in the recommendations and will be considered in the adjudicating process.

MASL also reserves the right to forgo presenting the WJT Award in years when there are no candidates or when the MASL Board determines that no candidate submission meets the requirements of the WJT Award.