Seeking Nominations for ALCTS Blackwell's Scholarship Award

Nominations are being accepted for the 2009 Association for Library
Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) the Blackwell's Scholarship
Award.  ALCTS presents this Publication Award to honor individuals for
outstanding achievement in research and writing in the field of library
collections and technical services.   If you are interested in
nominating a publication for this award, contact the chair of the award
jury. *The deadline for nominations and supporting materials is Dec.**
1.

Blackwell's Scholarship Award.
*The award honors an author or a group of authors who have written an
outstanding monograph, article or original paper in the field of
acquisitions, collection development or related areas of resource
development in libraries.  Blackwell's will donate a $2,000 scholarship
to the United States or Canadian library school of the winning author's
choice.  The scholarship will be given to a student concentrating in the
acquisitions or collection development areas.  Publications from 2008
are eligible.  Reprints of earlier publications will not be accepted.
The evaluation criteria include:  intellectual content; practical value;
theoretical value; scholarship; presentation; and style.  *

Send nominations*, along with a statement giving the full bibliographic
citation of the article, book or paper being nominated and reasons for
the nomination to:  Narda Tafuri, chair, Blackwell's Jury,
tafurin1@scranton.edu <mailto:tafurin1@scranton.edu>.

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Narda Tafuri <mailto:tafurin1@scranton.edu>

Acquisitions & Continuing Resources Librarian

University of Scranton

Weinberg Memorial Library

Scranton, PA  18510

(570) 941-7811 -- voice

(570) 941-7809 -- fax