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                    SAMUEL LAZEROW FELLOWSHP
       FOR RESEARCH IN ACQUISITIONS OR TECHNICAL SERVICES
               IN AN ACADEMIC OR RESEARCH LIBRARY

     This award fosters advances in acquisitions or technical
services by providing fellowships to librarians for travel or
writing in those fields.  Research projects in collection
development or the compilation of bibliographies will not be
supported by this fellowship.

Award: $1000 cash and a citation donated by the Institute for
Scientific Information.

Deadline: December 1, 1993.

Criteria: The proposals will be judged with an emphasis on the
following:

     1. Potential significance of the project to acquisitions or
        technical services work.
     2. Originality and creativity.
     3. Clarity and completeness of the proposal.
     4. Evidence of an interest in scholarship (previous
        publication record).

     Applicants should submit a brief proposal (no more than five
pages), double-spaced, which includes the following:

     1. Description of research, travel, or writing project.
     2. Schedule for project.
     3. Estimate of expenses (e.g., travel, faxing, data analysis,
        computer time, photocopying)
     4. Up-to-date curriculum vitae.

     Recipients of the fellowship are required to submit a report
of their research results to ACRL for possible publication in C&RL
News.

     To apply, send eight (8) copies of the proposal by December 1,
1993 to:

     Samuel Lazerow Fellowship
     Association of College and Research Libraries
     American Library Association
     50 East Huron Street
     Chicago, IL  60611

     If you have questions or need help in compiling a nomination,
please contact Althea H. Jenkins at (800) 545-2433, ext. 3248,
(312) 280-3248, or U55385@uicvm.uic.edu.