The WSS Awards Committee requests nominations for the 2011 Career Achievement Award in Women’s Studies Librarianship. This award is sponsored by Greenwood Publishing Group. This year we expanded the scope of the sustained achievement to include archivists in addition to librarians. The submission deadline is January 6, 2011. More information including the selection criteria and nomination form is available at http://www.libr.org/wss/awards/career.html
Unfortunately, the Significant Achievement in Women’s Studies Librarianship award continues to be suspended. The Awards Committee and the Executive Board are working on the recruitment of a new sponsor.
Selection criteria for the Award for Career Achievement in Women’s Studies Librarianship:
Nominees should have demonstrated sustained achievement in one or more of the following areas:
* Service within the organized profession through ACRL/WSS and/or related organizations;
* Academic/research library or archival service in the area of women’s studies;
* Research and publication in areas of academic/research library or archival services in women’s studies;
* Planning and implementation of academic/research library or archival programs in women’s studies disciplines of such exemplary quality that they could serve as a model for others.
Send all nomination materials to:
Kayo Denda
kdenda@rci.rutgers.edu
Submission Deadline: January 6, 2011.
If you have questions, please contact: Kayo Denda, kdenda@rci.rutgers.edu
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