Nominations sought for 2006 RUSA awards
Contact: Eileen Hardy
Marketing Specialist
312-280-4398
ehardy@ala.org
For Immediate Release
August 29, 2005
Nominations sought for 2006 RUSA awards
CHICAGO – The Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA) is accepting nominations for its 2006 awards. The application deadline for awards is December 15, 2005, except for the Dun & Bradstreet Award for Outstanding Service to Minority Business Communities, the Dun & Bradstreet Public Librarian Support Award and the Thomson Financial Student Travel Award, which have a deadline of December 1, 2005.
The RUSA awards are:
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The Boucher (Virginia ) – OCLC Distinguished ILL Librarian Award, an annual award consisting of $2,000 and a citation donated by OCLC, recognizing a librarian for outstanding professional achievement, leadership, and contributions to interlibrary loan and document delivery through publication, during the previous two years, of significant professional literature, participation in professional associations, and/or innovative approaches to practice in individual libraries. Committee chair is Suzanne Ward, 765/494-2850, fax: 765/494-9007, e-mail:
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The BRASS Thomson Financial Student Travel Award, consisting of $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 David Flynn, 808/956-2621, fax: 808/956-5968, e-mail:
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The Brody (Sophie) Medal, an award for the U.S. author of the most distinguished contribution to Jewish literature for adults. It consists of a medal for the winner and citations for honor books. Arthur Brody and the Brodart Foundation fund the award, which is given to encourage, recognize and commend outstanding achievement in Jewish literature. Works of fiction and non-fiction for adults published in the United States in the preceding year will be eligible for the award. Committee co-chairs are Danise Hoover, 212/772-4190, fax: 212/772-4142, e-mail:
dhoover@hunter.cuny.edu and Barbara Bibel, 510/238-7171, fax: 510/238-6867, e-mail:
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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 given normally for works published, or otherwise made available, during the calendar year preceding the award. Honorable Mention certificates also are awarded. Committee chair is Michael Levine-Clark, 303/871-2290, e-mail:
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The Dun & Bradstreet Award for Outstanding Service to Minority Business Communities, is an annual award of $2,000 (up to half of which can be used to cover the 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 Judith Faust, 510/885-2968, fax: 510/885-2049, e-mail:
judith.faust@csueastbay.edu. December 1, 2005, deadline. -
The Dun & Bradstreet Public Librarian Support Award, is an annual award of $1,000 and a citation donated by Dun & Bradstreet, to support 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 Rhonda Kleiman, 717/207-0500, ext. 1225, fax: 717/207-0504, e-mail:
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The Genealogical Publishing Company/RUSA History Section Award, consisting of $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 Samuel Boldrick, 305/375-5023, fax: 305/375-3048, e-mail:
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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 Susan Herzog, 704/336-6226, fax: 704/336-2002, e-mail:
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The Mudge (Isadore Gilbert) – R. R. Bowker Award, consisting of $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 Jerilyn A. Marshall, 319/273-3721, fax: 319/273-2913, e-mail:
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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 Susan J. Beck, 856/225-2831, fax: 856/225-6428, e-mail:
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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 Dan D. Golodner, 313/577-8988, fax: 313/577-4300, e-mail:
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The Shores (Louis) – Greenwood Publishing Group Award, consisting of $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 Deborah Costa, 310/206-4564, fax: 310/206-9312, e-mail:
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The Thomson Gale Award for Excellence in Business Librarianship (BRASS), consisting of $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 Lisa O'Connor, 859/257-5679, e-mail:
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The Thomson Gale Award for Excellence in Reference and Adult Services, consisting of $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 Teresa A. Beck, 360/651-7016, fax: 360/651-7151, e-mail:
tbeck@sno-isle.org.
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 Neal Wyatt, 804/768-7738, fax: 804/751-4679, e-mail:
wyattn@co.chesterfield.va.us. Nominations for the individual awards are sent directly to the chair of that award committee.
