From: Bonnie Tijerina <bonnie.tijerina_at_gmail.com>
Final Call for Piercy Award Nominations
The Esther J. Piercy Award Jury is seeking nominations for the Esther J.
Piercy Award. The award was established by the Resources and Technical
Services Division of the American Library Association in 1968 in memory of
Esther J. Piercy, editor of Journal of Cataloging and Classification from
1950 to 1956 and of Library Resources & Technical Services from 1957 to
1967. The award consists of a $1,500 grant donated by Yankee Book Peddler,
Inc. and a citation presented at the membership meeting of the Association
during the ALA Annual Conference. This award is given to recognize the
contribution to those areas of librarianship included in library
collections and technical services by a librarian with not more than ten
years of professional experience who has shown outstanding promise for
continuing contribution and leadership.
Submission procedure: Nominations shall include 1) name of nominee; 2) date
nominee entered first professional position; and 3) a formal statement of
nomination, with a brief rationale for the nomination, together with a
resume or narrative career outline upon which the award jury can base its
determinations. Letters of endorsement from others should provide
additional evidence of the worthiness of the nominee. The number of letters
of endorsement received for a nominee shall not be a determining factor in
the selection process; rather, the evidence of the person's accomplishments
that they present shall be the factor considered. Nominations for persons
not selected for the award in one year may be resubmitted provided the
person still meets the ten-year limit on length of professional experience.
Eligibility is not limited by country, citizenship, or membership in a
specific organization.
Criteria: Evidence of this promise is determined by the person's
accomplishments, as they are related to technical services and resources,
in such activities as:
* Leadership in professional associations at local, state, regional or
national level;
* Contributions to the development, application or utilization of new
or improved methods, techniques and routines;
* Significant contribution to professional literature; and
* Conduct of studies or research in the technical services.
Send Nominations to: Larry Heiman, Chair of Esther J. Piercy Award Jury at
<mailto:larry.heiman_at_yale.edu>larry.heiman_at_yale.edu. The deadline is
December 1. 2005.
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Bonnie Tijerina
Electronic Resources Coordinator, Collection Development
Georgia Institute of Technology
Library and Information Center
Atlanta, GA 30332-0900
404-385-2044
AIM: bltijerina
<mailto:bonnie.tijerina_at_library.gatech.edu>bonnie.tijerina_at_library.gatech.edu
Received on Mon Oct 31 2005 - 16:30:43 EST