LITA/Library Hi Tech award nominations sought

Contact: Tel Aviv V. Barbee


312-280-4270

For Immediate Release


October 2002

LITA/Library Hi Tech award nominations sought

Nominations are invited for the 2003
LITA/Library Hi Tech Award given each year to an individual or institution for outstanding achievement in communication for continuing education in library and information technology. Sponsored by the Library and Information Technology Association (LITA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), and Library Hi Tech, the award includes a citation of merit and a $1,000 stipend provided by MCB University Press, publishers of Library Hi Tech.
The deadline for nominations is December 31, 2002.

The award, given to either an individual or an institution, may recognize a single seminal work or a body of work, created during or continuing into the five years immediately preceding the award year. The body of work need not be limited to published texts, but can include course plans or actual courses and/or non-print publications such as visual media or hypermedia.

Currently serving officers and elected officials of LITA, members of the LITA/Library Hi Tech Award Committee, and employees and their immediate family of MCB University Press are ineligible.

Nominations must include the name(s) of the recipient(s), basis for nomination, and references to the body of work, and should be sent to Margaret E. Craft, LITA/Library Hi Tech Award Committee

Chair, University of Scranton, Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Memorial, Linden & Monroe, Scranton, PA 18510-4634. The award will be presented at the LITA President's Program during the 2003 ALA Annual Conference in Toronto.