Ulrich’s Serials Librarianship Award

****Call for Nominations - Ulrich’s Serials Librarianship Award****
Presented by the ALCTS Continuing Resources Section, the Ulrich’s Serials
Librarianship Award consists of a citation and $1,500, generously donated by
ProQuest.

The deadline for nominations is December 1, 2012.

The award is presented to an individual who has made distinguished and ongoing
contributions to serials librarianship, including but not limited to:

— Demonstrated leadership in the serials community through significant
contributions to the work of professional associations and/or to library
education programs
— Scholarship that has had a significant impact on the profession
— Research that advances the theory or practice of serials librarianship
— Development of tools or methods that enhance the access to or management of
serials
— Other advances that lead to a better understanding of the field of serials
librarianship

Nomination packets should include a letter of nomination; three to five letters
of support; the nominee’s resume; examples (no more than three) of the
nominee’s publications or other relevant documents. Self-nominations are
welcome. For additional information, including a list of past recipients,
please refer to: http://www.ala.org/alcts/awards/profrecognition/serialslib.

 Please email nomination packets to Erika Ripley, Chair, Ulrich’s Jury,
eripley@smu.edu
If you do not receive an acknowledgment email or receipt within a day of your
submission, please call and leave voicemail. 

Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Medical Library Association Scholar Award 2012

The Membership and Recruitment Committee of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter (MAC) of the Medical Library Association invites new librarians to apply for a conference scholarship to attend the 2012 MAC Annual Meeting.

This year’s meeting will be part of the MLA Quad Chapter Meeting held at the Tremont Plaza Hotel in Baltimore, MD, October 13-16.

Award

One scholarship will be awarded. The selected recipient will receive complimentary conference registration, which includes most meals, lodging at the conference hotel, and a one-year MAC/MLA membership.

Eligibility Criteria:

Scholarship applicants must be:

• A MAC member with 5 or less years of post-MLS experience

• A first-time attendee at a the MAC/MLA Annual meeting

• Currently employed in a hospital or academic medical center library in the MAC/MLA region: District of Columbia, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, and Western Pennsylvania

• Willing to submit a one-page report detailing their experience and impression of the meeting to appear in MAC Messages Blog.

• Committed to attend ENTIRE meeting from October 13-16, 2012.

Submission Guidelines:

To be considered for this award, you must:

• Obtain a letter of recommendation from your supervisor or library director

• Submit an essay, NO MORE THAN 500 WORDS, describing your interest in participating in the 2012 Conference Scholar Program, your interest in health sciences librarianship, and how attending the MAC/MLA meeting will contribute to your professional development.

• Submit a current resume and cover letter.

Deadline for Submission

Applicants should email their completed applications to the MAC Conference Scholars Program at macscholars@gmail.com by Friday, August 24, 2012.

All scholarship applicants will be notified via e-mail by Friday, August 31, 2012.

Note: The selection committee requests that applicants not register for the MAC Annual Meeting until notified of their status to avoid the need for refunds.

Please contact Ryan Harris, MAC Membership and Recruitment Committee Chair, if you have any further questions, rharris@hshsl.umaryland.edu, 410-706-1315

(Source: macmla.wordpress.com)

ALA’s AASL providing over $50,000 in award opportunities. Applications due Feb 1, 2013.

ALA Press Release

NEWS
For Immediate Release
July 17, 2012

Contact: Jennifer Habley

CHICAGO — The American Association of School Librarians’ (AASL) prestigious awards program will offer more than $50,000 in awards in 2013 to AASL members. AASL’s 10 awards recognize excellence and showcase best practices in the school library field in categories that include research, collaboration, leadership and innovation. AASL personal members are required to fill out applications using AASL’s online awards database. Recipients of awards and grants will be invited to the annual Awards luncheon and ceremony during the ALA 2013 Annual Conference in Chicago.

 The 2013 AASL awards include the following:

• The National School Library Program of the Year (NSLPY) Award, sponsored by Follett Library Resources, recognizes school districts and single schools for exemplary school library programs that are fully integrated into the school’s curriculum. Three winners receive a crystal obelisk and $10,000.
• The Collaborative School Library Award, $2,500, sponsored by Highsmith, recognizes and encourages collaboration and partnerships between school librarians and teachers in meeting goals outlined in “Empowering Learners: Guidelines for School Library Programs” through joint planning of a program, unit or event in support of the curriculum and using media center resources.
• The AASL Research Grant, $2,500, is given to up to two school librarians, library educators, library information science or education professors to conduct innovative research aimed at measuring and evaluating the impact of school library programs on learning and education. This grant is sponsored by Capstone.
• The ABC-CLIO Leadership Grant, up to $1,750, sponsored by ABC-CLIO, is given to school library associations that are AASL affiliates for planning and implementing leadership programs at the state, regional or local levels.
• The Distinguished Service Award, $3,000, sponsored by Baker &Taylor, recognizes an individual member of the library profession who has, over a significant period of time, made an outstanding national contribution to school librarianship and school library development.
• The Distinguished School Administrator Award, $2,000, sponsored by ProQuest, is given to a school administrator who has made worthy contributions to the operations of an exemplary school library and to advancing the role of the school library in the educational program.
• The Frances Henne Award, $1,250, sponsored by ABC-CLIO - Greenwood, enables a school librarian with five or fewer years in the field to attend an American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference or AASL National Conference for the first time.
• The Information Technology Pathfinder Award, $1,000 to the school librarian and $500 to the library, sponsored by Follett Software Company, recognizes and honors a school librarian who demonstrates vision and leadership through the use of information technology to build lifelong learners. There are two categories: Elementary and Secondary.
• The Innovative Reading Grant, $2,500, sponsored by Capstone, is designed to fund literacy projects for grades K-9 that promote the importance of reading and facilitate literacy development by supporting current reading research, practice and policy.
• The Intellectual Freedom Award, $2,000 to the winner and $1,000 to the school library of the winner’s choice, sponsored by ProQuest, is given for upholding the principles of intellectual freedom as set forth by AASL and the ALA.

The deadline for submitting applications or nominations for most AASL awards and grants is Feb. 1, 2013. For the NSLPY award, the deadline is Jan. 1, 2013. All applications will close at 4:30 p.m. CST on the day of the deadline. 

Applicants are encouraged to read all award and grant criteria on the AASL website before applying. Rating sheets are provided to give applicants an understanding of the items the award committee will use to base their scores. Questions about the application process should be directed to Melissa Jacobsen.

The American Association of School Librarians, www.aasl.org, a division of the American Library Association (ALA), promotes the improvement and extension of library services in elementary and secondary schools as a means of strengthening the total education program. Its mission is to advocate excellence, facilitate change and develop leaders in the school library field.

Call for Nominations for the 6th 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

DC Library Association (DCLA) Awards 2012

Rethinking Resource Sharing Innovation Awards 2012

The Rethinking Resource Sharing (RRS) Innovation Awards recognizes and honors an individual or institution for changes they made to improve users’ access to information through resource sharing in their library, consortium, state or country. It is hoped that the award will encourage libraries and librarians to make changes in how they do resource sharing to improve service to users.  RRS looks for efforts where people didn’t wait for the profession to provide better services for users. 

The Rethinking Resource Sharing Innovation Awards consists of a $1,000 cash award and a citation to the entity that applies.  In 2012 Rethinking Resource Sharing will make one award. The most valuable ideas will be posted to the Rethinking Resource Sharing website in the hope that by sharing a great number of creative resource sharing ideas it will inspire others to try and implement similar ideas. 

Miriam Braverman Memorial Prize from the Progressive Librarians Guild (PLG)

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Calling all Activist-Librarians-to-be!!

Are you an LIS student who has been a bit pre- #Occupied? Do you struggle with how to bring together your incipient librarianship and your quest for global justice?

Well, bring those passions together in a exemplary paper, get published, and go to ALA Annual!

The MIRIAM BRAVERMAN MEMORIAL PRIZE, a presentation of the

Progressive Librarians Guild (PLG), is awarded each year for the best paper

about some aspect of the social responsibilities of librarians, libraries, or

librarianship. Papers related to archivists, archives, and archival work are also

eligible.

The winning paper will be published in the Summer 2012 issue of Progressive

Librarian. The winner of the contest will also receive a $300 stipend to help

offset the cost of travel to and from the 2012 American Library Association

(ALA) Annual Conference in Anaheim, CA from June 21-26. The award will be presented at the annual PLG dinner at ALA.

Think you might be interested? Here’s the fine print.

1. Contestants must be library and/or information science students attending a graduate-level program in the United States or Canada.

2. Entries must be the original, unpublished work of the contestant, and must be written in English. Entries may not exceed 3,000 words, and must conform to MLA in-text citation style.

3. To facilitate the blind review process, each entry must include a cover sheet providing the contestant’s name, full contact information (address, phone number, e-mail address), name of the institution where the contestant is enrolled, and the title of the paper. No identifying information, other than the title, should appear on the paper itself.

4. Entries must be submitted electronically, in Microsoft Word or RTF format, to

bravermansubmissions@gmail.com. Entries must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. CST on international workers’ day, or May Day, May 1, 2012.

5. The $300 stipend is available only to help defray the cost of ALA conference attendance in 2012; if the winner of the contest is unable to attend, the money will remain in the Braverman Prize endowment fund and may be donated to a progressive cause at the discretion of the selection committee.

Any questions regarding the contest or the selection process can be directed to the chair

of the selection committee, Steve Lorenz at stevelorz@gmail.com. More information about Miriam Braverman and about the Progressive Librarians Guild is available athttp://libr.org/plg.

Federal Armed Forces Librarians Roundtable Awards accepting nominations for 2012

FAFLRT Award Nominations Due: April 16, 2012

FAFLRT is fortunate to have talented and knowledgeable professionals who make
important contributions to librarianship and the Federal information community. Your dedication is also helping to ensure the future of Federal librarianship. FAFLRT provides a number of opportunities to recognize professional excellence and also support and encourage the next generation of librarians through several special awards:

• The FAFLRT Distinguished Service Award recognizes a FAFLRT member for

         outstanding and sustained contributions to FAFLRT.

• The FAFLRT Achievement Award recognizes an individual for achievement in the

          promotion of library and information services and the information profession in           

          the Federal community.

FAFLRT membership is not required but only FAFLRT members can make nominations.

• The Federal Librarians Adelaide Del Frate Conference Sponsorship Award is given to a library school student who has an interest in working in a Federal Library. The student will receive an award of $1,000 to support attendance at the next ALA Annual Meeting. Students who are currently enrolled in any ALA-accredited library school, who do not already have an ALA accredited degree, and who have expressed an interest in some aspect of Federal librarianship are eligible. Students nominate themselves for this award and must provide a letter of reference.

• The Federal Librarians Cicely Phippen Marks Scholarship is given to a library school student who has an interest in working in a Federal library. The student will receive a scholarship award of $1,500. Students who are currently enrolled in any ALA-accredited library school, who do not already have an ALA accredited degree, and who have expressed an interest in some aspect of Federal librarianship are eligible. Students nominate themselves for this award must provide a letter of reference.

For more information about FAFLRT awards and/or to complete an online nominations

form, visit: http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/faflrt/initiatives/awards/index.cfm

FAFLRT Awards Committee:

Shirley Loo, 202-707-6785 or sloo@crs.loc.gov

Maria Pisa, 410-353-2827 or Pisa.mariag@gmail.com

Electronic Resources & Libraries offer student grant awards to attend ER&L Conference 2012

Electronic Resources & Libraries  - Student Grant Awards to this year’s ER&L Conference

The Electronic Resources & Libraries is proud to announce AIP sponsored student grant awards to this year’s conference. These awards are open to currently enrolled students wishing to attend ER&L 2012. Applications are due February 22, 2012.


Student applicants will be required to supply contact and school information as well as to answer a question related to how attending the ER&L Conference can assist the applicant in achieving professional and academic goals. Please forward to anyone who would be eligible to

apply: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ERLTravelGrant


Many thanks,


Jennifer Elder

ER&L Scholarship Committee Member


Jennifer J. Elder
Journalism & Psychology Librarian
Robert W. Woodruff Library
Emory University
404-712-2833
jennifer.j.elder@emory.edu

Art Libraries Society of North America Worldwide Books Awards for Electronic Resources

This is a call for nominations for the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) Worldwide Books Awards for Electronic Resources.

This award is given in recognition of outstanding electronic resources by ARLIS/NA Individual members in the fields of librarianship, visual resources curatorship, and the arts.  The form of recognition may range from a certificate of merit to a cash award of up to $1,500. Nominated works must have been published during the 2010 or 2011 calendar year. 

Applications and accompanying material must be postmarked by February 3rd, 2012.

Guidelines and application form are available on the ARLIS/NA website:

http://www.arlisna.org/about/awards/wwbaer_guidelines.html

Previous award winners can be found here: http://www.arlisna.org/about/awards/researchawards_history.html#wwer

Questions? Please contact the Research Award Committee Co-Chairs

Kathy Edwards, Clemson University, kathye@clemson.edu

Cara List, University of Oregon, clist@uoregon.edu