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     Subject: NASIG Horizon Award Announcement
        Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 15:40:12 -0600
        From: Connie Foster <Connie.Foster@WKU.EDU>
Organization: Western Kentucky University

 2002 NASIG HORIZON AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT

The North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG) is currently seeking
candidates for grants to attend
the 17th Annual Conference to be held at the College of William and
Mary, Williamsburg,
Virginia, June 20-23, 2002. NASIG is an international organization
committed to promoting
communication and sharing of ideas among all people working with or
concerned about serial publications.
More information about the organization is available at
http://www.nasig.org/

DESCRIPTION OF AWARD: The purpose of the NASIG Horizon Award is to
advance the serials profession by providing promising new serialists
with the opportunity to accelerate their knowledge and understanding of
serials by networking and interacting with a wide range of dedicated
professionals working in all segments of the serials information chain.
The award provides the recipient(s) with a firsthand introduction to
NASIG by sponsoring attendance at the NASIG annual conference. NASIG
will pay for all conference registration, housing, and travel costs. In
addition, the recipient(s) will receive a year's free membership in
NASIG and will be invited to serve on a NASIG committee the
year following the award. One award will be given in 2002.

ELIGIBILITY: Applicants must currently be in a position of a
professional nature with primary responsibilities for some aspect of
serials, e.g. head of serials, serials acquisitions, serials vendor,
serials publisher. Applicants must have served in this position for no
more than three years at the time of the application deadline and must
not have been in a professional library or library-related position
(e.g. book vendor, publisher) for more than five years at the time of
the application deadline. Applicants must not have attended any previous
NASIG conferences.
Applicants do not have to be a member of NASIG. Preference will be given
to applicants employed by a North American organization or institution
and to those whose career goals include professional growth and
development in serials.

Application forms will be available after November 15, 2001, through the
NASIGWeb at http://www.nasig.org/public/timedated/horizonaward.html and
from
Claire Dygert, Co-Chair, Awards & Recognition Committee.
Completed applications and all related materials should be sent to:

Claire Dygert, Co-Chair,
NASIG Awards & Recognition Committee
Serials & Electronic Resources Librarian
American University Library
4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20016

Phone: (202) 885-3203
Fax: (202) 885-3226
E-mail: cdygert@american.edu

APPLICATION DEADLINE: February 15, 2002

Applications postmarked after this date will NOT be considered. Fax
submissions are acceptable.

AWARD NOTIFICATION: The award recipients shall be notified by April 1,
2002.

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Submitted by Connie Foster, NASIG Publicist