The annual awards are:
Nominations sought for 2004 RUSA Awards
Contact: Eileen Hardy, Marketing Specialist
312-280-4398
For Immediate Release
August 15, 2003
Nominations are being accepted for the 2004 Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) awards. The application deadline is December 15, 2003. Visit the RUSA Web site for more information and a list of previous recipients at
www.ala.org/rusa under Awards, or contact Eileen Hardy at the RUSA Office, (800) 545-2433, ext. 4398, (312) 280-4398, or ehardy@ala.org. The chair of the RUSA Awards Coordinating Committee is Caroline Long, 202/994-1317, fax: 202/463-6205, e-mail:
cclong@gwu.edu. Nominations for the individual awards are sent directly to the chair of that award committee.
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BRASS Thomson Financial Student Travel Award, $1,000 donated by Thomson Financial Corporation, enables a student with an interest in a career as a business reference librarian to attend the ALA Annual Conference. Committee chair is Greg Fleming, 213/ 740-9167, fax: 213/740-6253, e-mail:
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Boucher (Virginia ) – OCLC Distinguished ILL Librarian Award consists of $2,000 and a citation donated by OCLC, recognizing a librarian for outstanding professional achievement, leadership, contributions to interlibrary loan and document delivery through publication of significant professional literature during the previous two years, participation in professional associations, and/or innovative approaches to practice in individual libraries. Committee chair is Karen A. Oye, 216/368-5309, fax: 216/368-3669, e-mail:
kao3@cwru.edu
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The Dartmouth Medal, donated by Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H., is presented to honor achievement in creating reference works outstanding in quality and significance. It is normally given for works published or otherwise made available during the calendar year preceding the award. Honorable Mention certificates also are awarded. Committee chair is Lara A. Ursin, 509/335-8071, fax: 509/335-1889, e-mail:
lursin@yahoo.com.
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Dun & Bradstreet Award for Outstanding Service to Minority Business Communities, provides $2,000 (up to half of which can be used to cover expense of attending ALA Annual Conference to receive the award) and a citation donated by Dun & Bradstreet,
recognizing a business librarian or library that has created an innovative service for a minority business community, or has been recognized by that community as an outstanding service provider. “Minority business” is defined as Hispanics, African Americans, Asians, Native Americans, or People from the Indian Subcontinent, as classified by the U. S. Government for minority-owned businesses. The award will be based on the library or librarian’s impact on the community. Committee chair is Kay Stebbins, 318/798-4152, fax: 318/797-5156, e-mail:
kstebbin@pilot.lsus.edu.
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Dun & Bradstreet Public Librarian Support Award, consisting of $1,000 and a citation donated by Dun & Bradstreet, supports the attendance at Annual Conference of a public librarian who has performed outstanding business reference service and who requires financial assistance to attend the ALA Annual Conference. Candidates must be members of BRASS/RUSA. The recipient shall have a demonstrated interest in pursuing a career as a business reference librarian and the potential to be a leader in the profession. Committee chair is Linda S. Dausch, 312/747-4469, fax: 312/747-4975, e-mail:
ldausch@chipublib.org.
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The Gale Group Award for Excellence in Business Librarianship (BRASS), $3,000 and a citation donated by The Gale Group, is given to an individual who has distinguished him- or herself in the field of business librarianship. Committee chair is William R. Kinyon, 828/689-1391, fax: 828/689-1474, e-mail:
bkinyon@mhc.edu.
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The Gale Group Award for Excellence in Reference and Adult Services, $3,000 and a citation donated by The Gale Group, is presented to a library or library system for developing an imaginative and unique library resource to meet patrons’ needs. Committee chair is Betty Gard, 701/777-4632 , fax: 701/777-3319, e-mail:
betty_gard@und.nodak.edu.
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The Genealogical Publishing Company/RUSA History Section Award, $1,500 and a citation donated by The Genealogical Publishing Company, recognizes and commends professional achievement in historical, reference and research librarianship. Committee chair is Michael D. Kirley, 213/228-7413, fax: 213/228-7419, e-mail:
mkirley@lapl.org.
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The Monroe (Margaret E.) Library Adult Services Award, a citation, is given to a librarian who has made significant contributions to, and had an impact on, library adult services. Committee chair is Teresa A. Beck, 360/651-7016, fax: 360/651-7571, e-mail:
tbeck@sno-isle.org.
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The Mudge (Isadore Gilbert) – R. R. Bowker Award, $5,000 and a citation donated by R. R. Bowker, is given to a person who has made a distinguished contribution to reference librarianship. Committee chair is Susan J. Beck, 856/225-6033, fax: 856/225-6428, e-mail:
susanb@camden.rutgers.edu.
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The Reference Service Press Award, $2,500 and a plaque donated by Reference Service Press, Inc., recognizes the author of the most outstanding article published in
Reference and User Services Quarterly, RUSA’s official journal, during the preceding two volume years. Committee chair is Lynn Chmelir, 509/335-8139, fax: 509/335-1889, e-mail:
lchmelir@wsu.edu.
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The Sessions (John ) Memorial Award, a plaque, recognizes the efforts of a library or library system to work with the labor community. Committee chair is Harriet Helen Gottfried, 212/982-2453, e-mail:
harrietgottfried@aol.com.
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The Shores (Louis) - Greenwood Publishing Group Award, $3,000 and a citation donated by Greenwood Publishing Group, is given to an individual, team or an organization to recognize excellence in the reviewing of books and other materials for libraries. Committee chair is Julia M. Gelfand, 949/824-4971, fax: 949/824-3114, e-mail:
RUSA is a division of the American Library Association.
