----------------------------Original message---------------------------- This message is being cross-posted on multiple lists. Please excuse any duplication. NOMINATIONS SOUGHT FOR THE 1994 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 not necessarily limited to) "writing, compiling, editing, or publishing reference books" or providing "information in other forms for reference use" -- such as computerized databases. The primary requirement is that the work had to "have been published or otherwise made available" during 1993. The award is a bronze medal designed by Rudolph Ruzicka and donated by Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH. TO SUBMIT A NOMINATION To nominate a reference work for the 1994 Dartmouth Medal complete a short nomination form, which is available from the committee chair: Jack Forman Chair, 1994 Dartmouth Medal Committee 4175 Porte de Palmas #171 San Diego, CA 92122 Nominations not submitted on the form must be sent to the committee chair, at the address listed above, and include the following information: 1. Title 2. Author or editor 3. Publisher 4. Name and address of nominator 5. A brief statement supporting the nomination The deadline for all nominations is December 15, 1993. The Dartmouth Medal Committee will meet at the 1994 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Los Angeles to select a winner. The medal will be presented at the RASD Awards Ceremony during the 1994 ALA Annual Conference in Miami/ Miami Beach. This message was posted by: Jim Walsh O'Neill Library Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA 02167 617-552-3354 Bitnet: walshop@bcvms Internet: [log in to unmask] Jim is an ex-officio member of the 1994 Dartmouth Medal Committee