Nominees Sought for ACRL Award
October 2004
Do you know the next winners of the ACRL Women's Studies Section Achievement Awards? The Women's Studies Section of ACRL (a division of the American Library Association) is seeking nominations for two awards that honor major contributions to women's studies librarianship. Each includes an award of $1000.
The ACRL Women's Studies Section Award for Significant Achievement in Women's Studies Librarianship, sponsored by Routledge Press, recognizes one-time achievement, by a group or individual, during the year of the award. Achievement may be in any area of academic women's studies librarianship including: Publication of a monograph, journal article, CD ROM, or website; Talk or other presentation at a nationally recognized conference; Innovation in library instruction in women's studies; Significant creative and innovative contribution to the work of the ACRL Women's Studies Section.
The ACRL Women's Studies Section Award for Career Achievement in Women's Studies Librarianship, sponsored by Greenwood Publishing, Inc., is designed to honor individual career achievement in women's studies librarianship. Nominees should have demonstrated significant achievement and contributions in one or more of the following areas: Service within the organized profession through ACRL/WSS and/or related organizations; Academic/research library service in the area of women's studies; Research and publication in areas of academic/research library services in women's studies; Planning and implementation of academic/research library programs in women's studies disciplines of such exemplary quality that they could serve as a model for others.
Deadline for nominations is December 3, 2004. More information about the awards, including the nomination forms, can be found on our web site at: http://libr.org/WSS/awards/index.html. Past winners of the awards are profiled at http://libr.org/WSS/awards/winners.html.
Sally Willson Weimer, ALA ACRL WSS
Awards Committee
Sociology, Global & International Studies, Global Peace &
Security Collections Librarian
Donald C. Davidson Library, MC 9010
University of
California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
805-893-3454
Fax: 805-893-4676
weimer@library.ucsb.edu