Call for Nominations – Gale Cengage Learning Award for Excellence in Business Librarianship
(A message from award committee member, Bobray Bordelon)
Dear Colleagues,
For those of us in BRASS and/or the field of business librarianship—the Gale Cengage Learning Award for Excellence in Business Librarianship is like the BRASS Lifetime Achievement Award at the Oscars! We honor an individual who has made significant contributions in the field business librarianship.
So please take a look around your professional life and reflect on what contribution to business librarianship has made an impact on your professional career. Now is the time to honor this person for their important contribution with a nomination for this prestigious award. Our sponsor is Gale Cengage Learning.
The recipient will receive a $3000 cash award and a citation. The award and citation will be presented at the RUSA Awards ceremony at the 2014 ALA Annual Conference in Las Vegas June 26-July 1, 2014!
Applicants for this award will be evaluated based on their contribution to the field of business librarianship. These contributions may include, but are not limited to: authorship of a seminal book or articles in business librarianship; development of an imaginative and successful program centered around business within a library; teaching business librarianship in a particularly creative and substantive manner; and displaying strong leadership in a professional association geared to business librarianship.
NOMINATIONS –
To submit a nomination, please download and complete the nomination form, and follow the submission instructions therein. For more information, please visit the award page at http://www.ala.org/rusa/awards/businesslib.
Please email or mail the nomination packet by DECEMBER 15, 2013, to the Committee Chair, Mark E Andersen.
Mark E Andersen
Division Chief
Business Science Technology
Chicago Public Library
400 S. State Street, 4N-7A
Chicago, ILÂ 60605
(p) 312.747.4470
-OR-
andersen@chipublib.org
(Drum roll)… And the Oscar Gale Cengage Learning Award for Excellence in Business Librarianship goes to…stay tuned!
Remember, if you don’t nominate that significant contributor in our field, they can’t be considered for this award!
More information about these awards, including nominating instructions, can be found at the RUSA Awards Web page. Monetary award amounts are subject to change without notice and are contingent upon donor funding supplied at the time the award is presented. Questions about these awards should be directed to the committee chairperson or to Leighann Wood, RUSA awards program coordinator at lwood@ala.org.