Call for Nominations: 2011 Carnegie Corporation of New York/NYT I Love My Librarian Award. Due September 12

Nominations are open for the 2011 Carnegie Corporation of New York/New
York Times I Love My Librarian Award.

The award invites library users nationwide to recognize the
accomplishments of librarians in public, school, college, community
college and university libraries for their efforts to improve the lives
of people in their community.  Nominations are being accepted online at
atyourlibrary.org/ilovemylibrarian through Sept. 12.

Up to 10 librarians will be selected.  Each will receive a $5,000 cash
award, a plaque and will be honored at an awards ceremony and reception
in New York, hosted by The New York Times, in December.

Over the past three years, 30 librarians from across the country have
won the I Love My Librarian Award.  Last year, more than 2,000 library
users nationwide nominated a librarian.  Previous winners have been
lauded for starting community gardens, helping students with severe
disabilities read classic works of literature, for helping
non-traditional students learn new technology to get better jobs and
more.  For more information on previous winners, visit
atyourlibrary.org/ilovemylibrarian.

Each nominee must be a librarian with a master's degree from a program
accredited by the ALA in library and information studies or a master's
degree with a specialty in school library media from an educational unit
accredited by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher
Education.  Nominees must be currently working in the United States in a
public library, a library at an accredited two- or four-year college or
university or at an accredited K-12 school.

The Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I Love My Librarian
Award is administered by the Campaign for America's Libraries, ALA's
public awareness campaign that promotes the value of libraries and
librarians. The Campaign is made possible by ALA's Library Champions,
corporations and foundations.

Call for Nominations: Miriam Dudley Instruction Librarian of the Year Award. Due December 2

The ACRL Instruction Section is now accepting nominations for the Miriam Dudley Instruction Librarian of the Year Award.  For more details please see below or the award Website:  http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/awards/miriamdudley.cfm

This award recognizes an individual librarian who has made an especially significant contribution to the advancement of instruction in a college or research library environment. The award honors Miriam Dudley, whose pioneering efforts in the field of bibliographic instruction led to the formation of the ACRL Instruction Section (formerly ACRL Bibliographic Instruction Section).

Award

No cash award at this time. The Instruction Section is currently seeking a new sponsor for this award.  The award is presented at the ALA Annual Conference.

Criteria

Nominees should have achieved distinction in one or more of the following areas:

• Planning and implementation of an academic instruction program in a library environment that has served as a model for other programs nationally or regionally
• Production of a body of research and publication that has a demonstrable impact on the concepts and methods of teaching and information-seeking strategies in a college or research institution
• Sustained participation in organizations, at the regional or national level, devoted to the promotion and enhancement of academic instruction in a library environment
• Promotion, development, and integration of education for instruction in ALA accredited library schools or professional continuing education programs that have served as models for other courses and programs 

Call for Nominations: ALA NMRT 2012 Board

The NMRT Nominating Committee seeks candidates to run for the following positions:


Vice-President/President-Elect (3 years, 2012-2015)
Secretary (1 year, 2012-2013)
Assistant Treasurer (1 year, 2012-2013. Followed by 2 years as Treasurer, 2013-2015.)
Networking Director (2 years, 2012-2014)
Outreach Director (2 years, 2012-2014)


All interested candidates or nominations should be submitted by October 1, 2011 to: NMRTNominations@gmail.com.


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Call for Nominations: Peer Review Panel for the ALA Research Series. Due April 29

CHICAGO — The ALA Office for Research & Statistics invites nominations for a peer review panel for the ALA Research Series.

The ALA Research Series expands the knowledge base of library research by publishing quantitative and/or qualitative research and analysis that addresses topics important to libraries, librarians and education in the profession–accessible, useful, practical, sustainable research.

 The series is distinguished by:

• Encouraging research based on methods other than surveys, such as observational research, content analysis, grounded theory research and ethnographic technique, as well as research that blends different methods.
• It is not a statistical series.
• It is published annually, monographs and edited volumes.

The ALA Research Series is a peer reviewed publication with an editorial panel comprised of experienced library researchers and practitioners.  The review panel has membership representing a broad array of expertise and perspectives in library research topics. 

Two positions will be filled through this nomination process. Each reviewer serves a three-year term. Terms begin summer 2011.

The deadline for nominations is April 29, 2011. Please go tohttp://www.ala.org/ala/professionalresources/publications/alaresearchseries/peerreviewpanel/index.cfm for more information about the call for nominations.