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                         Nominations Sought for
                        The 1996 Dartmouth Medal
 
 
 
 
The Reference and Adult Services Division's (RASD) Dartmouth Medal
Committee is seeking nominations for this award honoring "achievement
in creating reference works outstanding in quality and significance."  The
term "creating reference works" may include (but is certainly not limited
to) "writing, compiling, editing or publishing books" or providing
"information in other forms for reference use" -- such as computerized
databases.  Works published or made available for the first time in 1995
are eligible.
 
The award is a bronze medal designed by Rudolph Ruzicka and donated
by Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH.  The medal will be presented at
the RASD Awards Ceremony during the 1996 American Library
Association's Annual Conference in New York City.
 
To nominate a reference work for the 1996 Dartmouth Medal, please
provide the following information:
 
                    Title
                    Author or Editor
                    Publisher/date of publication
 
                    Name, address, phone number, etc. of nominator
 
                    Brief statement supporting the nomination (include any
                    reviews, publisher's brochures, etc.)
 
Please send your nomination(s) to the committee chair:
 
Jim Walsh, Chair
Dartmouth Medal Committee
Reference Services Department                 617-627-3959 (voice)
Tisch Library                                 617-627-3002 (fax)
Tufts University
Medford, MA  02155                            [log in to unmask]
 
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              The deadline for nominations is
                     December 15, 1995
 
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The Dartmouth Medal Committee will meet at the 1996 American Library
Association Midwinter Conference in San Antonio to select a winner.