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CAC Updates Jan 21 2025

Dear friends and colleagues, As a fellow pop culture enthusiast, I can’t help but get excited about January—it marks the start of awards season! From the Emmys and the Globes to the Oscars, it’s always thrilling to see our favorites shine. But awards aren’t just for celebrities. Libraries have their own awards, and they play… Continue reading CAC Updates Jan 21 2025

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CAC Client Wins John Cotton Dana Award

We are so excited to share that past CAC client Barrie Public Library has won the John Cotton Dana Public Relations Award for marketing and public relations excellence. They received the award for their 2023 membership drive, an organization-wide campaign with the goal of welcoming 10,000 new members by the end of 2023. The effort… Continue reading CAC Client Wins John Cotton Dana Award

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Reflections from the John Cotton Dana Awards Jury 2019

I spent two days last week in Chicago, reviewing award entries as a member of the John Cotton Dana jury. This is my third and last year of serving on this jury, after winning the award myself in 2016. The John Cotton Dana Award honors outstanding library public relations. Each year, we review dozens of… Continue reading Reflections from the John Cotton Dana Awards Jury 2019

Cordelia Anderson with Charlotte Mecklenburg Library colleagues LaJuan Pringle, Katy Rust, and David Singleton at the John Cotton Dana Award ceremony, Orlando, June 2016
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Receiving the John Cotton Dana Award, June 2016

In June 2016, Cordelia Anderson and her Charlotte Mecklenburg Library colleagues LaJuan Pringle, Katy Rust, and David Singleton received the John Cotton Dana Award at the awards ceremony in Orlando, honored by EBSCO Information Services for their library marketing and communications work.