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Subject: Call for Nominations - 2007 Thomson Gale Award for Excellence
in Reference...
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 11:34:31 -0500
From: Anne Behler <[log in to unmask]>
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*Call for Nominations for the 2007 Thomson Gale Award for
Excellence in Reference and Adult Library Services
*
In August, the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) issued its
annual call for nominations for awards to be given by the Association in
2007. Among the prestigious awards that RUSA will make is the Thomson
Gale Award for Excellence in Reference and Adult Library Services. The
Award is given to a library or library system for developing an
imaginative and unique resource to meet patrons' reference needs. The
resource can be a bibliography, a guide to the literature of a specific
subject, a directory, a database, or any other project that has helped
the library meet adult or children's reference needs. Tools, guides, or
databases that have been developed for reader's advisory or adult
service questions and needs are also eligible for the award. This award
was established 1990.
The award will be presented at the 2007 American Library Association
Annual Conference in Washington, DC and will include a citation and a
$3,000 prize. Nominations are made in writing, stating in detail how the
resource has contributed to meeting patronsÂ’ reference needs. All
nomination should include the following:
1. description of the resource
2. description of the format, e.g., card file, database, etc.
3. list of sources used to compile the resource
4. target audience
5. criteria used in selecting material for inclusion. (If the resource
is inclusive, please state so clearly).
6. breadth of coverage, i.e., time and subject
7. explanation of what makes the resource imaginative or unique
Additional information is available at:
http://www.ala.org/RUSATemplate.cfm?Section=rusaawards&Template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=136873
<http://www.ala.org/RUSATemplate.cfm?Section=rusaawards&Template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=136873>
The award has been given annually since 1991. Recent recipients include
New Orleans Public Library, Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center
Library, University Library/ University of Nebraska at Omaha, Richmond
(British Columbia) Public Library, North Carolina State University
Libraries, Smithsonian American Art Museum, and Orange County Library
System, Orlando (Fla.)
Please send us your letter and relevant documentation to the Committee
Chair, Kathy Tomajko, by *December 15, 2006.
*
Please do not hesitate to call or email me with any questions you might
have about the award or the nomination process. The Committee members
and I look forward to hearing from you!
/On behalf of the Committee,
Anne C. Behler
/
Anne C. Behler
Reference Librarian
University Libraries
Maps Library
University Park, PA 16802
Ph: (814) 865-0139
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