The committee gave the event a Dixieland flare with jazz music and sparkling gold bowler hats, while conference attendees swamped the tables for copies of library program guides, calendars, policy guidelines, summer reading program pamphlets and general library promotional materials. Judith Gibbons, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives and a committee member, said the Swap and Shop is an annual opportunity to share ideas and innovation. All types of libraries are encouraged to participate. While the Swap and Shop was an informal and lighthearted mingling of business with socializing, the more serious job of the committee has already been completed for 1999. The John Cotton Dana Award, sponsored by H.W. Wilson, honors outstanding library public relations and is open to all libraries, agencies and association which promote library service.
Judges are public relations specialists from around the country.
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