ALA GODORT Awards & Scholarship - Overview
Overview of Awards & Scholarship
- James Bennett Childs Award
- LexisNexis/GODORT/ALA "Documents to the People" Award
- Bernadine Abbott Hoduski Founders Award
- NewsBank/Readex/GODORT/ALA Catharine J. Reynolds Award
- W. David Rozkuszka Scholarship
ALA GODORT presents three major awards to recognize
achievements by documents librarians, one award designed to encourage
participation in professional study or publication, and a scholarship for
those pursuing a library science degree. Awards are presented at the
American Library Association Annual Conference each year
AWARDS:
- James Bennett Childs
The James Bennett Childs Award is a tribute to an individual
who has made a lifetime and significant contribution to the field of
documents librarianship. The Award is based on stature, service, and
publication which may be in any or all areas of documents librarianship.
The award winner receives a plaque with a likeness of James Bennett
Childs.
Nomination form for the James Bennett
Childs
Award
LexisNexis/GODORT/ALA "Documents to the People"
The LexisNexis/GODORT/ALA "Documents to the People" Award is a
tribute to an individual, library, institution, or other non-commercial
group that has most effectively encouraged the use of government documents
in support of library service. The award includes a $3,000 cash stipend to
be used to support a project of the recipient's choice. This award is
sponsored by LexisNexis Academic & Library Solutions.
Nomination form for the LexisNexis/GODORT/ALA "Documents
to the People"
Bernadine Abbott Hoduski Founders Award
The Bernadine Abbott Hoduski Award recognizes documents
librarians who may not be known at the national level but who have made
significant contributions to the field of state, international, local, or
federal documents. This award recognizes those whose contributions have
benefited not only the individual's institution but also the profession.
Achievements in state, international, or local documents librarianship
will receive first consideration. The award winner receives a plaque.
Nomination form for the Bernadine Abbott Hoduski
Founders Award
NewsBank/Readex/GODORT/ALA Catharine J. Reynolds Research
Grant
The NewsBank/Readex/GODORT/ALA Catharine J. Reynolds Award provides
funding for research in the field of documents librarianship, or in a
related area that would benefit the individual's performance as a
documents librarian or make a contribution to the field. This award,
established in 1987, is named for Catharine J. Reynolds, former Head of
Government Publications at the University of Colorado, Boulder. It is
supported by an annual contribution of $2,000 from the NewsBank Inc.
Nomination form for the NewsBank/Readex/GODORT/ALA
Catharine J. Reynolds Research Grant
SCHOLARSHIP:
- W. David Rozkuszka Scholarship
The David Rozkuszka Scholarship provides financial assistance
to an individual who is currently working with government documents in a
library and is trying to complete a masters degree in library science.
This award, established in 1994, is named after David Rozkuszka, former
Documents Librarian at Stanford University. The award winner receives
$3,000.
Nomination form for the David Rozkuszka
Scholarship
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