Celebrate Innovation with ALCTS’s Ingram Coutts Award for Innovation in
Electronic Resources Management
From: Laurel Sammonds Crawford <laurelivysammonds_at_gmail.com>
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Do you know someone whose work represents the finest achievements and
leadership in collaboration and innovation? Celebrate their
accomplishments by submitting a nomination to the 2015 Ingram Coutts
Award for Innovation in Electronic Resources Management!
The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS)
honors an individual and/or group whose significant activities
demonstrate excellence in:
· Building and managing new types of electronic collections and materials
· Addressing selection issues and processes for electronic resources
· Creating effective organizational structures for the workflow
management and development of electronic resource collections
· Increasing visibility, discovery and user access to electronic library
resources
· Sharing what they have learned through publications, presentations,
webinars, etc.
Past award winners include:
· Marie Kennedy for her work as the principal investigator of the
Collaborative Marketing for Electronic Resources project (100
participants from 32 academic institutions) training librarians on
creating a marketing plan for electronic resources, which later led to
the book, Marketing Your Library's Electronic Resources.
· Angela Carreño for her creative leadership in developing and
implementing models for the management, accessibility, and economic
attainment of electronic books through partnerships on state, national,
and international levels for almost a decade.
The award is presented during the American Library Association Annual
Conference, and the recipient receives a citation and a $2,000 award
generously donated by Ingram Coutts Information Services.
Nominations and supporting materials are due December 1, 2014 and should
include:
· Name, address, phone number and email address of each nominee and
nominating party.
· Formal statement of nomination that includes a rationale, a
description of any projects that the nominee has initiated and
successfully completed.
· Additional letters of support and endorsement from others that provide
additional evidence of worthiness of the nominee.
Self-nominations will not be accepted.
Current employees of Ingram Information Services and its subsidiaries
are not eligible for the award.
Please email nominations to: Denise Pan, chair, Ingram Coutts Award
Jury, denise.pan_at_ucdenver.edu
Additional information is available online at
http://www.ala.org/alcts/awards/profrecognition/couttsinnovate
Laurel Sammonds Crawford
Coordinator of Collection Development
University of North Texas Libraries
laurel.crawford_at_unt.edu
Received on Thu Oct 09 2014 - 03:01:42 EDT