University of Wollongong Library staff are challenging students to capture the ‘spirit’ of the new library in a photo competition celebrating Australian Library and Information Week.
The competition, held for the first time this year, asks entrants to submit a photo which capture the ‘energy, spirit and look’ of either the new library at the Wollongong campus or libraries at other University of Wollongong campuses. Library Promotions Coordinator, Claire Collett, said the competition topic was decided upon to make people think about what their library means to them.
“The Library has been vastly improved by the extension process and is now even more of a hive of activity. We’re very proud of it and interested to see how our clients feel about it and interpret that visually,” she said.
The competition is being run in conjunction with Australian Library and Information Week, and while traditionally a writing competition is run, this year library staff decided a different approach was needed.
“We traditionally run a prose and poetry competition at this point in the year to celebrate Library and Information Week. Entries for that competition have been in decline so we decided to try something new this year,” Ms Collett said.
The competition closes on Monday 19 May, and the winners will be announced on Friday 23 May, with first prize a $150 Coles Myer gift voucher. Members of the UOW community are also encouraged to vote for their own favourite photo, with a $50 gift voucher going to the People’s Choice winner.
