Call for Nominations (Tuttle International Grant)

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Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003
From: Eleanor Cook (Appalachian State Univ.) <eicook_at_apptechnc.net>
Subject: Call for Nominations

The North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG) invites applicants for
the following grant:

THE MARCIA TUTTLE INTERNATIONAL GRANT

PURPOSE:  The grant will provide funding for an individual working in
any area of the serials information chain to foster international
communication and education through activities involving some aspect of
serials such as, but not limited to:  research, collaborative projects,
job exchanges, and presentation of papers at conferences.  Applicants may
be either serialists practicing in North American countries seeking funding
for appropriate activities involving some aspect of serials taking place
outside North American countries, or serialists practicing outside North
American countries seeking funding for appropriate activities involving
some aspect of serials in North American countries.  The grant is named in
honor of Marcia Tuttle.

TERM OF AWARD:  One year.

ELIGIBILITY:  Applicants may be either serialists practicing in North
American countries (defined for this purpose as the United States, Canada,
Mexico, and Greenland) seeking funding for appropriate activities
involving some aspect of serials taking place outside North American
countries, or serialists practicing outside North American countries
seeking funding for appropriate activities involving some aspect of
serials in North American countries.

Applicants must have at least five years of professional experience in the
serials information chain.  Proposed projects must deal with some aspect
of serials and include foreign travel.  Foreign or English language skills
should be adequate to project needs.

HOW TO APPLY:  Applicants should submit the following materials in
English:

* a completed application
* a written proposal outlining the project and including proposed
completion dates
* current resume or curriculum vita
* a minimum of three references, including one from the applicant's
supervisor (previous supervisor may be substituted if there is no current
supervisor) and one from a colleague at a different institution or company
* a letter of support from the foreign institution or collaborator as
appropriate.

Application forms are available on the NASIG Web Page
<http://nasig.org/award/>.  Applications will only be accepted in
electronic form.  Completed applications and all related materials should
be emailed to:

Philenese Slaughter
Co-Chair, NASIG Awards & Recognition Committee
Felix G. Woodward Library
Austin Peay State University
Phone:  (931) 221-7741
Email:  slaughterp_at_apsu.edu


AMOUNT OF THE AWARD:  The award includes a $2000 grant and a one-year
free NASIG membership.  NASIG will give one award per year or no award,
depending upon the applications.

AWARDEE'S RESPONSIBILITIES:  An essential part of this award is the
dissemination of the results of the project. The awardee is required to
submit a final project report to the NASIG Executive Board.  This report
needs to be suitable for publication in a journal focused on serial
issues such as Serials Review. The final report should include the
purpose of the project, the process followed, the achievements, and a
literature review or bibliography. The awardee is strongly encouraged
to share the results of the project by presenting a workshop or poster
session at the NASIG annual conference following the award.

APPLICATION DEADLINE:  Applications must be emailed by FEBRUARY 15, 2004.
Applications received after this deadline will not be considered.

AWARD NOTIFICATION:  Awardee will be notified by APRIL 1, 2004.

MARCIA TUTTLE BIOGRAPHY

Marcia Tuttle has had a distinguished career in serials librarianship.
She was the winner of the first Bowker/Ulrich's Serials Librarianship Award
in 1985.  Marcia published her landmark textbook, Introduction to Serials
Management, in 1983.  The series continued with five volumes of Advances
in Serials Management, which Marcia originated and co-edited from 1985-1992.
The series is used by all affiliated with the serials business.  This
series was followed by Managing Serials published in 1996.  Another
publication which Marcia began publishing and editing in the 1980's is
The Newsletter on Serials Pricing Issues (NSPI).  Although NSPI ceased
publication in 2001, it was a timely publication for librarians
worldwide with practical information and controversial viewpoints on
serials pricing and related topics.  Marcia also serves on the editorial
board for Serials Review.   With October Ivins, Marcia organized the
Aqueduct Group, a retreat for librarians to discuss a variety of topics
relating to serials. Out of these gatherings came a call for action
known as "The Aqueduct Agenda" which was published in The Chronicle of
Higher Education, Library Journal, and Serials Review.

Marcia was one of a select few to attend a United Kingdom Serials Group
(UKSG) conference in 1984, a meeting of minds/ideas, which resulted in a
genesis of our own serials organization, the North American Serials
Interest Group (NASIG). NASIG held its first conference in 1986.  Marcia
was present at that conference and has attended many NASIG conferences
since.  She served as chair of the Conference Planning Committee (CPC)
for the Tenth Anniversary Conference held at Duke University in 1996.
She has chaired the ALA RTSD (now ALCTS) Serials Section.  Marcia
currently serves as an associate moderator for SERIALST.  She has taught
a generation of serials librarians (and some vendors) in her serials
courses at the library school at the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill.  Marcia loves to travel, and she enjoys making
presentations on serials topics.  Over the years she has been invited
to speak at meetings all over North America, as well as at conferences
in Europe, South Africa and Australia.  A number of these talks have
been published in various library journals.  Marcia Tuttle is indeed a
well-respected international librarian, and it is an honor to have this
International Grant named after her.

(Source cited:  Hepfer, Cindy.  "A Tribute to Marcia Tuttle on her
Retirement," Serials Review: 23, no. 2 (Summer 1997): 1-30; updated by
Philenese Slaughter, Co-Chair of the NASIG Awards & Recognition
Committee 11/7/02)

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