Fwd: Award Competition Announcement

[Roy Tennant]

>Date:         Mon, 5 Feb 2001 13:36:55 -0800
>From: Ginger Collins <collinsginger at YAHOO.COM>
>Subject:      Award Competition Announcement
>
>Dear Listserv Moderator,
>
>Can I ask you to post this announcement for a new
>award competition for librarians to your library
>listserv?
>
>Thank you,
>Kizer Walker, Chair
>21st-Century Librarian Award Committee
>Syracuse University, School of Information Studies
>kwalker at syr.edu
>
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>ANNOUNCEMENT:
>
>The School of Information Studies at Syracuse
>University, Syracuse, NY, is pleased to announce a new
>award competition for librarians in all areas of the
>profession. The 21st-Century Librarian Award will
>recognize a librarian who has been a leader in the
>evolution of librarianship in our increasingly global
>and digital information environment.  The award is a
>project of students in Syracuse's MLS program, who
>have developed the criteria for the award and will
>judge the applications and make the final decisions.
>This is the first annual competition for what we hope
>will become a major award in our field. This year's
>award carries a cash prize of $5,000.
>
>Candidates for the award may be nominated by others or
>may submit applications on their own behalf.
>The deadline for applications is March 30, 2001;
>third-party nominations must be submitted by February
>28, 2001.
>Details about the 21st-Century Librarian Award are
>available at
><http://istweb.syr.edu/librarianaward/>.
>