[Web4lib] Nominations sought for OCLC/Kilgour Award

[Theresa Liedtka]

Nominations sought for OCLC/Kilgour Award 

The Frederick G. Kilgour Award
The OCLC/LITA Kilgour Award highlights research relevant to the
development of information technologies, especially work that 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 are manipulated and managed.

About the award
First awarded in 1998, the Frederick G. Kilgour Award generally is made
on an annual basis. It consists of $2,000 in cash and an expense-paid
trip to the ALA conference (airfare and two nights' lodging).  Greater
weight is given to completed research over work in progress, and an
emphasis is placed on the clarity with which results are demonstrated or
presented. The award is presented at the LITA President's program at the
ALA Annual Conference.

Eligibility
Librarians and information professionals or others involved in research
and development in information technology are eligible for the Kilgour
award.  Nominations will be accepted from any member of the American
Library Association. Currently serving officers and elected officials of
LITA, members of the Kilgour Award Committee, and OCLC employees and
their immediate family members are ineligible.

Nominating Process
Regular mail and email nominations will be accepted.   The deadline for
nominations is January 17, 2005.

Nominations should include:  
1)     A letter briefly addressing how the nominee's 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.  
2)     A complete curriculum vita for the nominee
3)     A copy of several seminal publications by the nominee.

Nominations should be sent:  
Qiang Jin, Chair, OCLC/Kilgour Award Committee
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 
220 Main Library
1408 W Gregory Dr
Urbana, IL 61801

About the sponsors 
OCLC is a nonprofit, membership, computer library service and research
organization dedicated to the public purposes of furthering access to
the world's information and reducing information costs. More than 50,540
libraries in 84 countries and territories around the world use OCLC
services including cataloging, reference, resource sharing, eContent and
preservation services.    LITA, a division of the American Library
Association, focuses on automated and technological systems within the
library and information field.

Please direct any questions to Qiang Jin at 217-265-6242 or
qiangjin at uiuc.edu

Thanks,
Theresa

Theresa Liedtka
Member, OCLC/Kilgour Award Committee