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Library Juice Press Annual Paper Contest

Posted on July 18, 2016 | Leave a comment

**Reminder: Deadline is August 1st**

The intention of this contest is to encourage and reward good work in the field of library and information studies, humanistically understood, through a monetary award and public recognition.
The contest is open to librarians, library students, academics, and others.
Acceptable paper topics cover the full range of topics in the field of library and information studies, loosely defined.
Papers submitted may be pending publication or published in the past year. Unpublished papers are acceptable if they are publicly accessible (informally published) and written in the past year.
Single and multiple-authored papers will be accepted.
Any type of paper may be entered as long as it is not a report of an empirical study. Examples of accepted forms would be literature review essays, analytical essays, historical papers, and personal essays. The work may include some informal primary research, but may not essentially be the report of a study.
Submitted papers may be part of a larger project.
The minimum length is 2000 words. The maximum length is 10,000 words.
Criteria for judgment:
Clarity of writing
Originality of thought
Sincerity of effort at reaching something true
Soundness of argumentation (where applicable)
Relevance to our time and situation
The award shall consist of $1000 and a certificate suitable for framing.
Entries must be submitted by August 1st, to inquiries@libraryjuicepress.com. Entries must be in MW Word or RTF format to facilitate removal of identifying information (PDFs not accepted).
The winning paper, and possibly a number of honorable mentions, are announced on October 1st.
Papers will be judged by a committee selected for their accomplishments in the field, and in order to represent a range of perspectives. The jury uses a blind process in which identifying information is removed from the submitted papers.
Although we are a publisher, submission of a paper for this award in itself does not imply any transfer, licensing, or sharing of your publication rights.
Past winners
2015 – James Lowry, for “Information and the Social Contract,” unpublished at the time of award.
2014 – Michelle Caswell, for “Inventing New Archival Imaginaries: Theoretical Foundations for Identity-Based Community Archives,” published as a chapter in Identity Palimpsests: Archiving Ethnicity in the United States and Canada, Litwin Books, 2014.
2013 – Ryan Shaw, for “Information Organization and the Philosophy of History,” published in JASIST in June 2013.

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The 2015 Social Informatics Best Paper Award

Posted on July 29, 2015 | Leave a comment

Call for nominations for the 2015 Social Informatics Best Paper Award

The Special Interest Group for Social Informatics (SIG-SI) and the Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics (RKCSI) are seeking nominations for an award for the best paper published in a peer reviewed journal on a topic informed by social informatics during the 2014 calendar year. The author or authors will present their paper at the 11th Annual SIG-SI Symposium on Saturday, November 5, 2015 and receive a $1,000 cash award at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) in St. Louis in November, 2015.

Nomination letters should be sent to Howard Rosenbaum (hrosenba@indiana.edu) or Pnina Fichman (fichman@indiana.edu) by August 15, 2015 and must include a full citation, a brief explanation for the nomination, and a copy of the article. Self nominations are acceptable.

Winners will be notified by September 5, 2015.

For more information about the Special Interest Group for Social Informatics

(SIG-SI): http://asistsigsi.wordpress.com

For more information about the Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics (RKCSI):

http://rkcsi.indiana.edu

Pnina Fichman and Howard Rosenbaum
Department of Information and Library Science
School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University

ASIS&T 2015 Annual Meeting
November 6-10, 2015
St. Louis, Missouri

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ACRL Women & Gender Studies Section Career Achievment and Significant Achievement Awards

Posted on December 22, 2014 | Leave a comment

The ACRL Women & Gender Studies Section is accepting nominations for two Awards. WGSS awards are given annually to honor distinguished academic librarians who have made outstanding contributions to women and gender studies through accomplishments and service to the profession. The awards recognize those who have made long-standing contributions to the filed during a career (the Career Achievement Award) and those who have made significant one-time contributions (the Significant Achievement Award.) Selection criteria for the Awards:

The WGSS Career Achievement in Women & Gender Studies Librarianship is designed to honor individual career achievement in women & gender Studies librarianship. Nominees should have demonstrated sustained achievement in one or more of the following areas:
Service within the organized profession through ACRL/WGSS and/or related organizations; Academic/research library or archival service in the area of women & gender studies; Research and publication in areas of academic/research library or archival services in women & gender studies; Planning and implementation of academic/research library or archival programs in women & gender studies disciplines of such exemplary quality that they could serve as a model for others.

The WGSS Award for Significant Achievement in Women & Gender Studies Librarianship recognizes one-time achievement, by an individual or a group, during the particular year of the award. Achievement may be in any area of academic women & gender studies librarianship, including, but not limited to: Publication of a monograph, journal article, website or media product; Talk or other presentation at a nationally recognized conference;  Innovations in women & gender Studies librarianship, including but not limited to instruction; Development of an exemplary program, collection, digitization project, or access tool to serve women & gender studies students and/or faculty; Significant creative & innovative contribution to the work of the ACRL Women & Gender Studies Section.

Additional information and nomination forms are available on WGSS Awards Page http://libr.org/wgss/awards/index.html . Please send your questions and completed nomination materials to Heather Tomkins htompkin@carleton.edu. Deadline January 9, 2015.

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ALCTS Outstanding Publication Award

Posted on October 21, 2014 | Leave a comment

CHICAGO – Nominations are being accepted for the 2015 Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) awards for excellence in publication. ALCTS presents two Publication Awards to honor individuals for outstanding achievement in research and writing in the field of library collections and technical services.    The deadline for nominations and supporting materials is Dec. 1.

  • ALCTS Outstanding Publication Award:

The award honors an author or authors who have written the year’s outstanding monograph, article or original paper in the field of technical services, including acquisitions, cataloging, collection management, preservation, continuing resources and related areas in the library field.  The award consists of a citation and $250 contributed by ALCTS.  Works published in 2014 are eligible.  Reprints of earlier publications will not be considered.  The evaluation criteria include:  intellectual content; practical value; theoretical value; scholarship; presentation; and style.  Papers published in Library Resources & Technical Services (LRTS) are not eligible.

Send nominations, along with a statement giving the full bibliographic citation of the article, book or paper being nominated and reasons for the nomination to:  Rene Erlandson, chair, Publication Jury, rerlandson@unomaha.edu

Visit the Outstanding Publication Award page for more information:

http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alcts/awards/printmedia/opub.cfm

 

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Shirley Olofson Memorial Award (ALA Conference funding)

Posted on October 21, 2014 | Leave a comment

Shirley Olofson Memorial Award Application http://www.ala.org/nmrt/initiatives/applyforfunds/shirleyolofson

Application deadline: December 15, 2014

The Shirley Olofson Memorial Award is presented annually in honor of Shirley Olofson, a well-respected former NMRT president, who died during her term in office. The award, which is intended to help defray costs to attend the ALA Annual Conference, will be presented in the form of a check for $1,000 during the 2015 Annual Conference in San Francisco, CA. The winner will be chosen in January before the ALA Midwinter Meeting. All applicants will be notified in March.

Requirements

Applicants must be members of ALA and NMRT, participate actively in the library profession, show promise or activity in the area of professional development, have valid financial need, and have not attended more than five ALA annual conferences.

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Characteristics of Programs of Information Literacy that Illustrate Best Practices: A Guideline

Posted on March 25, 2014 | Leave a comment
Dear colleagues,
The ACRL Instruction Section seeks to recognize information literacy programs that exemplify the best practices delineated in the document, “Characteristics of Programs of Information Literacy that Illustrate Best Practices: A Guideline.” If your program is exemplary in any of the ten “Best Practices” categories, please consider applying for this honor. Programs that are found to be exemplary by the Information Literacy Best Practices Committee will be showcased on the IS website as part of a new professional development resource.  
To apply, complete the submission form [http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CRGW372]. Select one or more categories for which you would like your program to be considered, then describe how your program exemplifies each selected category. Be sure to include links to any web-based documentation that will help the committee.
Submissions will be judged using the “Best Practices Evaluation Rubric,” developed by the Information Literacy Best Practices Committee. The rubric includes criteria for each of the ten categories in the “Characteristics” guideline and will assist you in communicating the exemplary nature of your program. The Committee will judge each entry using the corresponding section of the rubric. Whether you apply for one or all of the categories, please carefully review the guideline and the rubric before filling out the Submission Form. Both documents are available on the ILBP website at:  http://www.ala.org/acrl/aboutacrl/directoryofleadership/sections/is/iswebsite/committees/bestpractices
The deadline for consideration before Annual is April 30, 2014.
Please let us know if we can be of further assistance, and we look forward to the receipt of your Submission Form. Send me any questions at goetzje@gmail.com.
Best regards,
Joe Goetz
Chair, Information Literacy Best Practices Committee

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Beta Phi Mu/LRRT Research Paper Award for 2014

Posted on February 26, 2014 | Leave a comment

This award is being jointly presented by The Beta Phi Mu International Honor Society (http://www.beta-phi-mu.org/) and the American Library Association’s Library Research Round Table (http://www.ala.org/lrrt/) to recognize excellent research into problems related to the profession of librarianship.  Any ALA member is eligible for this $500 award, and all methodologies and research topics/questions are eligible for consideration.  The criteria to be followed for the selection of an award winner are:

�         Importance of the research question or problem (20 points)
�         Adequacy of the review of relevant literature (10 points)
�         Appropriateness of the methodology used (10 points)
�         Effectiveness of the application of the methodology (20 points)
�         Addition of the findings to the knowledge and/or praxis in the field of librarianship (20 points)
�         Articulation of the conclusions emanating from the study (10 points)
�         Clarity and completeness (10 points)

The submissions will be limited to a 2,000-word abstract. Submissions should be made electronically to the contact person below and must not have been published prior to March 1, 2014. The bibliographic style should follow The Chicago Manual of Style, 16th ed.  for references with volume (date): pages. Individuals may submit only one paper. Jointly authored proposals are acceptable, but all authors must be ALA members, and will split the award of $500.

The deadline for submission is March 1, 2014. All submissions that meet the deadline and the criteria will be considered. The proposals will undergo a blind-review process by a joint BPM/LRRT award committee and the winner will be notified by May 1, 2014.  Please include a title page with title of proposal and author contact information including name, institutional affiliation, mailing address and email address.

The award will be presented during one of LRRT’s research programs at the ALA Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, NV, June 26–July 1, 2014.
Email Submissions as Word documents only to:
Amanda Ros, BPM President and Award Chair
University of Houston-Clear Lake
Alfred R. Neumann Library
2700 Bay Area Blvd.
Houston, TX 77058-1002
Phone: 281-283-3938
Fax: 281-283-3937
rosa@uhcl.edu<mailto:rosa@uhcl.edu>

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Phyllis Dain Library History Dissertation Award

Posted on January 13, 2014 | Leave a comment

The membership of the American Library Association’s Library History Roundtable created and endowed the Phyllis Dain Library History Dissertation Award to recognize outstanding work in our field by emerging library historians.  As chair of the committee to select the 2015 Dain Award winner, I am beginning the solicitation process for the submission of worthy dissertations.  The committee is using the solicitation period to promote library history research among doctoral candidates in library and information science programs as well as in university history departments.  We encourage doctoral students to pursue research on significant topics in the history of libraries, librarians, and librarianship and strongly encourage their faculty advisors to mentor and aid these historical explorations in order to promote interest and excellence in library history. I hope we can count on your active support.

Barry W. Seaver, Ph.D., American History Lecturer, Durham Technical Community College

The full description of the Dain Award and the submission process follows and is available at:

http://www.ala.org/lhrt/awards/phyllis-dain-library-history-dissertation-award

Phyllis Dain Library History Dissertation Award

The Library History Round Table of the American Library Association (ALA) sponsors the biennial Phyllis Dain Library History Dissertation Award. The award is offered only in odd-numbered years. The award, named in honor of a library historian widely known as a supportive advisor and mentor as well as a rigorous scholar and thinker, recognizes outstanding dissertations in English in the general area of library history. Five hundred dollars and a certificate are given for a selected dissertation that embodies original research on a significant topic relating to the history of libraries during any period, in any region of the world.

Eligibility and Criteria

Dissertations completed and accepted during the preceding two academic years are eligible. Dissertations from 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 will compete for the 2015 award. Entries are judged on: clear definition of the research questions and/or hypotheses; use of appropriate primary resources; depth of research; superior quality of writing; and significance of the conclusions. The round table is particularly interested in dissertations that place the subject within its broader historical, social, cultural, and political context and make interdisciplinary connections with print culture and information studies.

Submissions and Selection

The award winner will be selected by the Phyllis Dain Dissertation Award Committee appointed by the LHRT vice chair/chair elect. The winner will be announced in a press release on or about June 1st of the award year. A certificate honoring the author will be presented at the Library History Round Table awards ceremony during the American Library Association Annual Conference.

Four copies of the dissertation and a letter of support from the doctoral advisor or from another faculty member at the degree-granting institution are required. Submissions must be received by January 14, 2015.  Receipt will be confirmed within four business days.

Submit manuscripts to:

LHRT: Dain Award Committee
Office for Research and Statistics
American Library Association
50 East Huron St.
Chicago, IL 60611

Fax and e-mail submissions are not acceptable.

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ACRL Women & Gender Studies Section Awards

Posted on October 5, 2012 | Leave a comment

The ACRL Women & Gender Studies Section is accepting nominations for two Awards. WGSS awards are given annually to honor distinguished academic librarians who have made outstanding contributions to women and gender studies through accomplishments and service to the profession. The awards recognize those who have made long-standing contributions to the filed during a career (the Career Achievement Award) and those who have made significant one-time contributions (the Significant Achievement Award.)

 

Selection criteria for the Awards:

 

The WGSS Career Achievement in Women & Gender Studies Librarianship is designed to honor individual career achievement in women & gender Studies librarianship. Nominees should have demonstrated sustained achievement in one or more of the following areas:

 

  • Service within the organized profession through ACRL/WGSS and/or related organizations;
  • Academic/research library or archival service in the area of women & gender studies;
  • Research and publication in areas of academic/research library or archival services in women & gender studies;
  • Planning and implementation of academic/research library or archival programs in women & gender studies disciplines of such exemplary quality that they could serve as a model for others.

 

 

The WGSS Award for Significant Achievement in Women & Gender Studies Librarianship recognizes one-time achievement, by an individual or a group, during the particular year of the award. Achievement may be in any area of academic women & gender studies librarianship, including, but not limited to:

 

  • Publication of a monograph, journal article, website or media product;
  • Talk or other presentation at a nationally recognized conference;
  • Innovations in women & gender Studies librarianship, including but not limited to instruction;
  • Development of an exemplary program, collection, digitization project, or access tool to serve women & gender studies students and/or faculty;
  • Significant creative & innovative contribution to the work of the ACRL Women & Gender Studies Section.

 

Additional information and  nomination forms are available on WGSS Awards Page . Please send your questions and completed nomination forms to Pamela Mann, pemann@smcm.edu.

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Beta Phi Mu/LRRT Research Paper Award for 2013

Posted on October 5, 2012 | Leave a comment

 

This award is being jointly presented by The Beta Phi Mu International Honor Society

(http://www.beta-phi-mu.org/) and the American Library Association’s  Library Research Round Table (http://www.ala.org/lrrt/)  to recognize excellent research into problems related to the profession of librarianship.   Any ALA member is eligible  for this $500 award, and all methodologies and research topics/questions are eligible for consideration.   The criteria to be followed for the selection of an award winner are:

 

�         Importance of the research question or problem

�         Adequacy of the review of relevant literature

�         Appropriateness of the methodology used

�         Effectiveness of the application of the methodology

�         Addition of the findings to the knowledge and/or praxis in the field of librarianship

�         Articulation of the conclusions emanating from the study

�         Clarity and completeness

The page limit for submissions will be thirty (30) double-spaced pages plus bibliography.  Only complete papers will be considered and submissions should be made electronically to the contact person below.  The submissions must not have been published prior to March 1, 2013 and should follow APA style.   Individuals may submit only one paper.  Jointly authored papers are acceptable, but all authors must be ALA members, and will split the award of $500.

 

The deadline for submission is March 1, 2013.  All submissions that meet the deadline and the criteria (including length of paper) will be considered.  The papers will undergo a blind-review process by a joint BPM/LRRT award committee and the winner will be notified by May 1, 2012.  Please include a title page with title of paper and author contact information including name, institutional affiliation, mailing address and email address.

 

The award will be presented during one of LRRT’s research programs at the ALA Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL, June 27-July 2, 2013. 

 

Email Submissions as Word documents only to:

 

John M. Budd

Beta Phi Mu-LRRT Research Paper Chair

School of Information Science & Learning Technologies

303 Townsend

University of Missouri

Columbia, MO 65211

buddj@missouri.edu

 

 

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