New!! IPAD3 RAFFLE ADDED TO SWONny Awards Gala! Must be present to win. Tickets are cash only purchase. 1 ticket = $5.00 or 5 tickets = $20.00. Come try your luck.

Help us recognize local libraries and library staff as we announce the winners of this year's awards. If you would like to nominate someone or a Library, you may do so here http://tiny.cc/swonnys:
Nominations close, March 15th, 2012.
Descriptions for the awards can be found at the links below:
•Librarian of the Year
•Volunteer of the Year
•Library Support Staff Person of the Year
•Distinguished Service Award
•Library of the Year

For those libraries who do not plan to attend but wish to show support: donations will be accepted in the amount of $100 in exchange for recognition at the event and in our SWONny Awards Book.

6:00 Drinks and networking
7:00 Dinner
7:45 Speaker-Bob Flischel
8:15 Awards presentation

Acclaimed local writer Bob Flischel will speak at the event. Mr. Flischel will speak about the writing process and will share his process in writing his latest, "Message of Glory: The Narrative Art of Roman Catholicism". The book represents Mr. Flischel's fourth volume in a thirty-year journey to document the important institutions in the Greater Cincinnati Catholic Community. More about Mr. Flischel may be found here: http://www.robertaflischel.com/messages-of-glory.

The suggested attire for the event is business casual.

Registrations will be accepted beginning January 1, 2012.
Directions to the parking -
If you are using a GPS or Google maps, enter the address “Dana Avenue and Ledgewood Drive, Cincinnati OH 45207” Here’s a link to that map. Once you get to Xavier, this campus map will be helpful. Please park in the large parking lot to the east of Smith Hall (Williams College of Business) - #32 on the map. From Dana Avenue, turn northbound onto St. Francis Xavier Way, into the central part of Xavier’s campus. Follow the lane around to the right, then turn right into the parking lot. When you get out of your car you will need to walk through Smith Hall to the Learning Commons, which is building #17 on the map. Kennedy auditorium is close to the Dana Avenue entrance, on the 4th floor of the Conaton Learning Commons. There will be signs and volunteers to guide you, and balloons at the entrance to the Learning Commons building.

This year's event is at the Xavier University,Conaton Learning Commons. Join us in this beautiful space. Parking will be complimentary and we will have an open bar with beer and wine and a dinner by the bite. Vegetarian options are included.
Our networking hour will be enhanced by live music and the camaraderie of your peers.
New lower price: Early bird(by February 29):$30.00, Regular single: $35.00, Register as a pair: $65.00
Libraries may buy at the group rate (minimum of 5 tickets) at the Early Bird Rate: $150.00 and receive sponsorship recognition in our SWONny Award Book and at the event.