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Nominations are being accepted for the 2012 Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) Outstanding Publication Award.  If you are interested in nominating a publication for either of the awards, contact the chair of that award jury. The deadline for nominations and supporting materials is December 1, 2011.

The award honors an author or authors who have written the year's outstanding monograph, article or original paper in the field of technical services, including acquisitions, cataloging, collection management, preservation, continuing resources and related areas in the library field.  The award consists of a citation and $250 contributed by ALCTS.  Publications from 2011 are eligible.  Reprints of earlier publications will not be accepted.  The evaluation criteria include:  intellectual content; practical value;theoretical value; scholarship; presentation; and style.  Papers published in Library Resources & Technical Services (LRTS) are not eligible.

Membership in ALCTS isn't required to make a nomination or for nominees.

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:  Mary Beth Weber, chair, Publication Jury, mbfecko@rulmail.rutgers.edu

Visit the Outstanding Publication Award page for more information:
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alcts/awards/printmedia/opub.cfm

ALCTS is a division of the American Library Association.

Mary Beth Weber
Head, Central Technical Services
47 Davidson Road
Rutgers University Libraries
Piscataway, NJ  08854
732-445-0500 (phone)
732-445-5888 (fax)
mbfecko@rulmail.rutgers.edu