LIS Scholarship Opportunities

SLA LMD 2012 Karen J. Switt Leadership Award

IFLA LIS Student Paper Award 2012

 IFLA LIS Student Paper Award 2012 announcement at the IFLA
Education & Training website
http://www.ifla.org/en/set/student-paper-award.

http://www.ifla.org—www.ifla.org/files/set/student-paper-award/lis-award-brochure-2012-en.pdf

American Psychological Association’s Excellence in Librarianship Award 2012

Call for Nominations for the 6^th American Psychological Association’s Excellence in Librarianship Award

The American Psychological Association’s Excellence in Librarianship Award was created to recognize an outstanding contribution to psychology and behavioral sciences librarianship. The award includes a $2,500 check and an inscribed plaque, which will be presented at the EBSS Forum at the American Library Association Annual Conference in Anaheim in June 2012.

Who Is Eligible?

This award is open to both librarians and allied professionals who have demonstrated significant achievement in librarianship in the social and behavioral sciences.

Examples of achievement may include one or more of the following: instruction, project development, publications, research, or service. APA employees are not eligible.

Who Can Nominate?

Individuals may nominate themselves or others. Nominations will be accepted from library users, students, faculty, library colleagues, or others with knowledge of the nominee’s achievement.

Nomination Procedure and Timeline

Please submit the following electronically by April 16, 2012:

·         Nomination statement (describe the contribution and its significance within and outside of the institution); a current curriculum vitae; and optional supporting documentation may be included with nomination (digital copies or URL’s leading to online documentation)

·         Letters of support (no more than three; at least one letter from a direct beneficiary of the services provided by the nominee is strongly encouraged)

·         Contact information for the nominee

Submissions are being accepted online at APA Excellence in Librarianship Award (excellenceinlibrarianshipaward@apa.org).

Applications will be kept in the award pool for three years. Applications may be updated each year, as long as they are received by the award deadline.

Selecting the Recipient

The recipient will be selected by a committee of peers and be notified in May 2011.

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Please direct questions to APA Excellence in Librarianship Award (excellenceinlibrarianshipaward@apa.org).

Alison K. Cody, MSLIS
Training Specialist, PsycINFO

American Psychological Association 
750 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242 
Tel: (202) 336-5725  |  Fax: (202) 336-5633
email: acody@apa.org | www.apa.org/databases

Nominations accepted for the 2012 John Sessions Memorial Award by RUSA

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2012 John Sessions Memorial Award offered by the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA).

Established in 1980, the award is named in honor of John Sessions, former American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) co-chair of the AFL-CIO/ALA Joint Committee on Library Service to Labor Groups.  The John Sessions Memorial Award recognizes a library or library system which has made a significant effort to work with the labor community and by doing so has brought recognition to the history and contribution of the labor movement to the development of the United States. Such efforts may include outreach projects to local labor unions; establishment of, or significant expansion of, special labor collections; initiation of programs of special interest to the labor community; or other library activities that serve the labor community.

The Russell Library, Middletown, Conn., was the 2011 recipient of the award for their successful Business & Career Programs. The Russell Library provides 10 to 12 workshops annually that aim to help individuals find jobs or change their careers. Programs include job searching, interview coaching, computer classes and stress reduction during job searching, among other topics. With this programming, the library has done significant outreach to union and community members by providing services of special interest to the labor community, as well as connecting with local organizations to publicize their services to job seekers.  The award committee selected the library as this year’s recipient for these notable efforts that are vital in today’s economic climate and for the value the programs hold for the local labor community.

The 2012 award will presented at the RUSA Awards Reception during the ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim, CA, June 21–26, 2012.

To nominate a library or library system, download and complete the nomination form (PDF format), and follow the submission instructions therein. Questions should be directed to the committee chair.

The deadline for nominations is December 15.

ACRL Science & Technology Section Accepting Nominations for the STS Innovation in Science and Technology Librarianship Award

The ACRL Science and Technology Section (STS) is now accepting nominations for the STS Innovation in Science and Technology Librarianship Award.

The purpose of the award is to recognize creative, innovative approaches to solving problems or improving products and services in science and technology librarianship.  The $3,000 award, sponsored by IEEE, recognizes and promotes leadership and initiative that demonstrate impact on the academic and research community. The award is administer by the ACRL Science and Technology Section (STS) and is presented at the ALA Annual Conference each year.

Eligibility

• Any library-related project is eligible for the award.
• Individuals or groups may submit; at least one applicant must be a member of the ACRL Science & Technology Section.
• Projects from the award sponsors (IEEE) are ineligible for consideration.
• Projects of the STS Chair/Vice-Chair while those persons are in office are ineligible from consideration.

• projects demonstrate strong librarian involvement
• projects are be unique and cutting-edge
• projects demonstrate impact on a library’s customer groups and/or the profession
• projects serve as a model to influence other activities
• projects demonstrate effectiveness in overcoming barriers, or skill and persistence in causing change.

Nominations due soon for the ACRL 2012 Excellence in Academic-Libraries-Award

Reminder that Applications are Due Soon:

2012 Excellence in Academic Libraries Awards nominations are due December 2!  These awards recognize an outstanding community college, college, and university library each year and acknowledges the accomplishments of librarians and other library staff as they come together as members of a team to support the mission of their institution. YBP Library Service’s gift of $12,000 provides a $3,000 gift to each of the three winning libraries and $3,000 to support travel by an ACRL officer to the three award ceremonies.  We need your help to identify Libraries that are deserving of this prestigious award.

The Excellence in Academic Libraries Award committee is currently accepting nominations, and the deadline is December 2, 2011.  More information about the award can be found in the Awards section of the ACRL Web site, www.ala.org/acrl.

ACRL’s Miriam Dudley Instruction Librarian of the Year Award

RUSA’s Zora Neale Hurston Award

The deadline for the Zora Neale Hurston Award is December 15th, so there is
still time to make a submission! This award  from RUSA/CODES honors ALA members
who have
demonstrated leadership in promoting African American literature through
projects such as a program, display, collection building efforts, a special
readers’ advisory focus, or innovation in service.

The winner will receive  $1250.00 in funds to attend the ALA Annual Conference,
tickets to the Literary Tastes breakfast and the FOLUSA Author tea, and a set
of the Zora Neale Hurston books published by Harper Perennial.

To nominate yourself or someone you know, please download the nomination form
located on the award web page at
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/rusa/awards/znh/index.cfm

In addition to the form you need to send the following:

**A nomination letter that describes the project

**Photos, booklists, screen captures, or other forms of illustration of the
project

**A brief essay—approximately 250 words—explaining how attending the ALA
Annual Conference will help further the nominee’s efforts to support and
promote African American literature.

The deadline for nominations is December 15th.

Please email, fax, or mail the nomination packet to Cynthia Crosser, Chair,
Zora Neale Hurston Award Committee.

Email: cynthia.crosser@umit.maine.edu
Fax: (207) 581-1653.

Social Science and Humanities Reference Librarian
5729 Raymond H. Fogler Library,
Orono, ME 04469-5729
Voice: (207) 581-3612

Gale Cengage Learning Financial Development Award 2012

Gale Cengage Learning Financial Development Award 2012

Do you know of a library that has had a successful library financial development program?  Recognize this successful project with a nomination for the Gale Cengage Learning Financial Development Award funded by Gale Cengage, Inc. 

ALA is currently accepting nominations for theGale Cengage Learning Financial Development Award(http://www.ala.org/template.cfm?template=/CFApps/awards_info/award_detail_home.cfm&FilePublishTitle=Awards,
%20Grants%20and%20Scholarships&uid=C8C78A5D4960E596.) The Gale CengageAward is given to a library organization that exhibited meritorious achievement in carrying out a library financial development project to secure new funding resources for a public, school or academic library.  This award has been given since 19xx.  A variety of academic, public and school libraries have been the recipient of this awardwhich recognizes the implementation of a financial development project that garners new funding for library services.

The award includes $2,500 and a 24k gold-framed citation.  For more information on the award see the ALA Awards website, http://www.ala.org/ala/awardsgrants/index.cfm. 

Six copies of the nomination form are to be submitted to ALA.   Nominations are due December 15, 2011, with selection of the awardee by the end of February, 2012.  For additional information on this award, contact Liz Bishoff, Award Jury Chair liz.bishoff@gmail.com or Cheryl Malden, ALA Governance Office, cmalden@ala.org. 

SAA’s Waldo Gifford Leland Award seeks nominations

Call for Nominations: 2012 SAA Waldo Gifford Leland Award

Please help us to recognize the best in our profession!

Have you read a great new book about archives? Seen an exceptional new
finding aid? Encountered a new documentary publication that is head and
shoulders above the rest? Has a new web publication really stood out to
you?

If you have, please consider nominating it for the Society of American
Archivists Waldo Gifford Leland Award. Nomination forms, a list of
previous winners, and more information are at
http://www2.archivists.org/governance/handbook/section12-leland. The
deadline for nominations is February 28, 2012.

The annual Leland Award – a cash prize and certificate –
recognizes “writing of superior excellence and usefulness in the field of
archival history, theory, and practice.”
 (Please note that periodicals are not eligible.)

Established in 1959, this award honors American archival pioneer Waldo
Gifford Leland (1879-1966), president of the Society of American
Archivists in the1940s and one of the driving forces behind the founding
of the National Archives.