Fwd: Nominations sought for LITA/OCLC Kilgour award - deadline December 31

[Zoe Stewart-Marshall]

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>From: Heidi Hanson <hh41 at umail.umd.edu>
>
>Nominations are invited for the 2005 Frederick G. Kilgour Award for 
>Research in Library and Information Technology, sponsored by OCLC, Inc. 
>and the Library and Information Technology Association (LITA), a division 
>of the American Library Association.  The deadline for nominations is 
>December 31, 2004. The Kilgour Award honors research relevant to the 
>development of information technologies, especially work which shows 
>promise of having a positive and substantive impact on any aspect of the 
>publication, storage, retrieval and dissemination of information, or the 
>processes by which information and data is manipulated and managed.  The 
>award consists of $2,000 cash and an expense paid trip to the ALA 
>conference (airfare and two nights lodging).
>
>Nominations will be accepted from any member of the American Library 
>Association.  Nominating letters must address how the research is relevant 
>to libraries; is creative in its design or methodology; builds on existing 
>research or enhances potential for future exploration; and/or solves an 
>important current problem in the provision of information resources.  In 
>addition, a complete curriculum vita and a copy of several seminal 
>publications by the nominee must be included. Preference will be given to 
>completed research over works in progress. More information and a list of 
>previous winners can be found at www.lita.org.
>
>Currently-serving officers and elected officials of LITA, members of the 
>Kilgour Award Committee, and OCLC employees and their immediate family 
>members are ineligible.
>
>Send nominations by December 31, 2004, to:
>
>Heidi Hanson            hhanson at umd.edu
>LITA/OCLC Kilgour Award Committee Chair
>Information Technology Division
>University of Maryland Libraries
>College Park, MD  20742
>
>The award will be presented at the LITA President's Program during the 
>2005 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, Illinois.
>
>--
>Heidi Hanson
>Systems Librarian
>Information Technology Division
>University of Maryland Libraries
>College Park, Maryland 20742
>phone: 301-405-9338 | fax: 301-314-8100 | email: hhanson at umd.edu
>