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[padg] ALCTS Award announcement
Here is a new ALCTS award (Brian Schottlaender was the first
recipient, last year) to think about in terms of preservation
colleagues.....
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Nominations for the 2008 Ross Atkinson
Lifetime Achievement Award sought
Nominations
are being accepted for the 2008 Association for Library Collections &
Technical Services (ALCTS) Ross Atkinson Lifetime Achievement Award. The
award recognizes the contribution of a library leader who has
demonstrated exceptional service to ALCTS and its areas of interest
(acquisitions, cataloging and classification, collection management and
development, preservation and reformatting, and serials). Selection of
the winner is based on the person's accomplishments, as they relate to
leadership including, but not limited to: recognized leadership in
professional associations at local, state, regional or national level,
with emphasis on ALCTS; acknowledged leader in and by the library
community-at-large; significant contribution to professional literature;
exemplary research in ALCTS areas; or recognition of achievements, e.g.,
awards, citations, etc. The award winner receives a citation honoring
his/her contributions and a stipend of $3,000 generously donated by
EBSCO. Nominees must be ALCTS members. Self-nominations will not be
accepted.
Send nominations, including, name, address, phone number and e-mail
address of nominee and nominating party; a formal statement of
nomination, with a rationale for the nomination; a resume, vita or
extensive narrative career outline upon which the award jury can base its
determinations; and letters of endorsement to: Mary Case, chair, Ross
Atkinson Award Jury,
marycase@xxxxxxx.
The deadline for nominations and supporting materials is December 1,
2007.
For additional information on this and other ALCTS awards, visit the
ALCTS Web site at
http://www.ala.org/alcts.
ALCTS is a division of the American Library Association (ALA).
Ann Swartzell
Weissman Preservation Center
Harvard University Library
90 Mt Auburn St
Cambridge MA 02138
a_swartzell@xxxxxxxxxxx
617/495-8596 FAX:
617 - 496 - 8344