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Gale Cengage Learning Award for Excellence in Business Librarianship

Purpose of Award

The Gale Cengage Learning Award for Excellence in Business Librarianship is made annually to an individual who has distinguished him/herself in the field of Business Librarianship.

Criteria

The recipient's contribution may lie in a variety of endeavors, such as authoring a seminal book or articles in business librarianship, the development of an imaginative and successful program centered around business within a library, the teaching of business librarianship in a particularly creative manner, the display of unusually strong leadership in a professional association geared to business librarianship, or other activities that encourage librarians to excel in business librarianship.
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Nomination of Candidates

The selection of a recipient is accomplished through a review of written nominations by the Gale Cengage Learning Award for Excellence in Business Librarianship Committee of the Business Reference and Services Section (BRASS) of the ALA Reference and User Services Association (RUSA).

Nominations must clearly state the contributions of the nominee in the field of business librarianship and explain the significance of the contributions (such as, effect on ideas/practices of the field, extent and depth of research and publishing, effect of leadership on organizations) and the magnitude of their influence. Self-nominations are accepted. Deadline date is December 15.

Form and/or Type of Award

Citation and a $3,000 cash award.

SEND NOMINATIONS TO:
Todd Hines
Social Science Reference Center
Princeton University Library
One Washington Road
Princeton, NJ 08544
Phone: 609-258-4459
thines@princeton.edu