Presented by the Public Library Association and Baker & Taylor. This PLA award will not be presented in 2021. For more information, please visit PLA Awards and Grants.
Purpose and Criteria
The purpose of the Baker & Taylor Entertainment Audio Music/Video Product Award is to promote the development of a circulating audio music/video product collection in public libraries and increase the exposure of the format within the community. The grant was established in 1997 and is sponsored by Baker & Taylor.
Eligibility
Any public library is eligible, with one exception: Public libraries having employees on the current Baker & Taylor Entertainment Audio Music/Video Product Award Jury are ineligible to receive the Baker & Taylor Entertainment Audio Music/Video Product Award.
2020 Recipient
McCracken County Public Library (Paducah, KY)
Past Recipients
- 2019 Ivan O. Davis – Liberty (ME) Library
- 2018 Autauga Prettville (AL) Public Library
- 2017 East Berlin (PA) Community Library
- 2016 Kirbyville (TX) Public Library
- 2015 Edna Zybell Memorial Library, Clarence, IA
- 2014 Broadview (IL) Public Library District
- 2013 Ada (OH) Public Library
- 2012 Tuscaloosa (AL) Public Library
- 2011 Huntsville (TX) Public Library
- 2010 Bailey Cove Branch Library, Huntsville, AL
- 2009 Curtis Memorial Library, Brunswick, ME
- 2008 Kansas City (MO) Public Library
- 2007 L.D. Fargo Public Library, Lake Mills, WI
- 2006 Granby (CO) Public Library
- 2005 Haines Borough (AK) Public Library
- 2004 Petersburg (AK) Public Library
- 2003 Fairview (NJ) Free Public Library
- 2002 Signal Mountain (TN) Public Library
- 2001 Rio (WI) Community Library
- 2000 Harrington (DE) Public Library
- 1999 Hamburg (MI) Township Library
- 1998 Orcas Island Public Library, Eastsound, WA