*   *Esther J. Piercy Award: *

              This award, a $1,500 grant and citation donated by YBP,
  Inc., recognizes contributions to library collections and technical
  services by a librarian with no more than 10 years of professional
  experience who has shown outstanding promise for continuing
  contribution and leadership.  Winners will be chosen based on
  accomplishments related to technical services and resources in such
  areas as:  leadership in professional associations at local, state,
  regional or national level; contributions to the development,
  application or utilization of new or improved methods, techniques and
  routines; significant contribution to professional literature; and
  conduct of studies or research in the technical services.

*Send nominations*, including, a statement giving the reasons for
nomination, the date your nominee entered his or her first professional
position and a resume or narrative career outline to:  Eleanor Cook,
chair, Piercy Jury, cookei@appstate.edu.

Eleanor I. Cook
Serials Acquisitions Coordinator & Professor
Belk Library, ASU Box 32026
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28608-2026
828-262-2786
828-262-2773 (fax)
cookei@appstate.edu