CILIP have just announced Mr. Gray Nyali as the recipient of the 2008 International Library and Information Group (ILIG) Award. This award honours librarians “making a difference in Libraries and Information Services outside of the U.K.”
As Director of Malawi ‘s National Library Service, Mr. Nyali has worked extensively with Book Aid International and various other partners to deliver a public library service that enables the people of Malawi to enjoy democratised access to information, books, education, news, social spaces…
Having read a bit about Mr. Nyali’s work I can see why CILIP chose to honour him. His work demonstrates the true social value of the public library service and the potential impact that the service can have on the lives of individuals and the community.
Congratulations Mr. Gray Nyali, you’re an inspiration to librarians worldwide!
The Library of Digress 
The reward is well deserved by Gray Nyali and by the Malawi National Library Service team as a whole which takes its responsibility to reaching out to all , urban or rural , very seriously.
Let us have some Library Tourism to see what is going on on the ground here in Malawi!
Cheers
This recognition is well deserved by Gray, seeing the contribution that NLS is making in Malawi to all the age groups countrywide. I benefit from one of its satellite libraries in town. Congratulations the NLS team and keep up the good work!!
I personally would like to congratulate Gray Nyali for the award. I could bear testimony to how this gentleman has enhanced the social value of the National Library Service in Malawi in its fight against the HIV and AIDS pandemic.
Our very own Mr Nyali has done us and Malawi proud for the CILIP award that honours Librarians who are making a difference in Libraries and Information Services outside of the U.K. CONGRATULATIONS MR NYALI AND THE NLS FAMILY!!!!!!
Congratulations My. Nyali and your NLS team. You have done great work reaching out to the rural areas.
Wishing you great success as you scale up to more remote areas!
It’s great to see so many of you writing so passionately about the impact that Mr. Nyali has had on your lives and communities.
I’ve found his work truly inspiring and I intend to incorporate the achievements of Malawi’s National Library Service into my own research; investigating and documenting the social value of public libraries. 🙂
We are getting there. You have set an excellent example. Congratulations