Samuel Lazerow Fellowship
For Research in Collections and Technical Services in Academic and Research Libraries
Samuel Lazerow led a distinguished career as a major contributor to the advancement of information technology at the Library of Congress, the National Library of Medicine, and the National Agriculture Library among others. He ended his career as Senior Vice-president at the Institute for Scientific Information.
This award fosters advances in collections or technical services by providing fellowships to librarians for travel or writing in those fields. Research projects in the compilation of bibliographies will not be supported by this fellowship.
Award
$1,000 cash and a citation donated by the Thomson Reuters.
Criteria
The proposals will be judged with an emphasis on the following:
- Potential significance of the project to acquisitions or technical services work
- Originality and creativity
- Clarity and completeness of the proposal
- Evidence of an interest in scholarship (previous publication record)
Application Procedure
Brief proposals (five pages or less, double-spaced) should include the following:
- Description of research, travel, or writing project
- Schedule for project
- Estimate of expenses (e.g., travel, faxing, data analysis, computer time, photocopying, typing)
- An up-to-date curriculum vitae should accompany proposal
Awardee Obligation
Recipients of the fellowship are required to submit a 6-10 page report of the results of their research to the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) within two months of the project's completion. A 500-word summary for possible publication in C&RL News is also due at that time.
Submissions
Electronic submissions are required. E-mail the application to Megan Griffin at mgriffin@ala.org. If sending multiple files, each file name must contain the applicant's name. Submissions will be acknowledged via e-mail.
Submission Deadline: Friday, December 5, 2008
Information & Assistance
If you have questions or need help in compiling an application, please contact the award committee chair, Jacqueline Samples, Continuing & Electronic Resources Librarian, North Carolina State University, T: (919) 515-7021, E-mail: jacquie_samples@ncsu.edu, or Megan Griffin at mgriffin@ala.org.
Previous Recipients
2008 – Ping Situ and Shuyong Jiang for their research project on vendor-provided records and the experience of a research library in outsourcing cataloging service for its Chinese language materials.
2007 – No recipient
2006 – Kyung-Sun Kim, "Factors Affecting the Selection of Information Sources."
2005– Kristin R. Eschenfelder, "Investigating the Impact of Digital Rights Management Systems on Libraries: A Pilot Study."
2004 – Karen M. Letarte and Jacqueline P. Samples for their research proposal entitled "Looking at FRBR Through Users' Eyes: Toward Improved Catalog Displays for Electronic Serials."
2003 – Katharine Farrell & Marc Truitt
2002 – Jeffrey Beall
2001 – Adam Chandler
2000 – Kyle Banerjee
1998 – Dilys E. Morris
1997 – Linda M. Golian
1996 – Jimmie Lundgren & Betsy Simpson
1995 – Karen A. Schmidt
1994 – Kuang-Hwei (Janet) Lee-Smeltzer
1992 – Eric A. Johnson
1990 – Terence K. Huwe
1989 – Robert H. Burger
1988 – Carol Kelley
1987 – Margaret Johnson
1985 – Anne L. Highsmith
1983 – Denise Bedford
Sponsorship provided by Thomson Scientific
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