Library history : essay prize

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The Library History Round Table (LHRT) of the

American

Library Association (ALA) is accepting submissions

for

the 2002 Justin Winsor Prize for the best library

history essay. Applications must be received by

February 1, 2002. Receipt will be confirmed with 2

business days

 

The award, named in honor of the distinguished

19th

century librarian, historian, and bibliographer who

was

also ALA's first

president, consists of a $500 cash award. It

includes an

invitation to have the

winner's paper considered for publication in

Libraries

and Culture.

 

Manuscripts submitted should not be previously

published, previously submitted for publication, or

under

consideration for

publication or another award. To be considered,

essays

should embody original

historical research on a significant topic in

library

history, be based on

primary sources materials whenever possible, and

use good

English composition and

superior style.

 

Essays should be organized in a form similar to

that of

articles published in

Libraries and Culture, with footnotes, spelling

and

punctuation conforming to

the latest edition of the Chicago Manual of Style.

Papers

should not exceed

35 typewritten, double-spaced pages.

 

Three copies of the manuscript should be submitted.

The

name and other information identifying the author

should

appear only on

a separate cover letter. Submit manuscripts to Mary

Jo

Lynch, American

Library Association/LHRT, 50 East Huron St.,

Chicago, IL

60611.

Fax and e-mail are not acceptable

 

Decisions will be made by LHRT's Justin Winsor

Prize

Committee chaired by Lorna Peterson, University at

Buffalo (SUNY), School of

Informatics, Department of Library and Information

Studies.

 

 

Dr. Toni Samek

Assistant Professor

School of Library & Information Studies

3-15 Rutherford South, University of Alberta

Edmonton, Alberta CANADA T6G 2J4

Phone: (780) 492-0179

Fax: (780) 492-2430

Web: http://www.ualberta.ca/~asamek/toni.htm