ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries S eptem ber 1988 / 497 ried out our respective tasks. In observing the dili­ gence with which colleagues carried out their tasks, I have never ceased to be impressed with the capable, committed, and competent librarians with whom it was my privilege to serve. They have been far more numerous than those who have dis­ appointed me. We probably do too much wringing of hands about the problems of the present-day academic/ research libraries. Our predecessors had problems as difficult, and we can certainly take courage from the manner in which they solved them. In an ever-changing postwar world, academic/research librarians developed ways of dealing with their problems, both creatively and impressively. As a library historian, I think it is appropriate to conclude these remarks with a quotation from Jus­ tin Winsor, one of the major academic/research li­ brary leaders of the 19th century. Writing on col­ lege libraries in 1879, Winsor noted: “A collection of good books, with a soul to it in the shape of a good librarian, becomes a vitalized power, among the impulses by w hich the world goes on to improvement.”— L ibrary Jou rn al, 3 (1879): 15. My hope for the bright young people now joining our ranks is that they may find Winsor’s principle as valid for themselves as it has been for me and many other ACRL librarians. And they may also discover that the academic/research library, with a soul to it in the shape of a good librarian, continues to be a vitalized power by which the world goes on to improvement. The Association of College an d R esearch Libraries aw ards p ro g ram , 1 9 8 9 A C R L opportunities and honors fo r you and your colleagues. The Association of College and Research Li- braries sponsors a number of award programs on behalf of academic or research librarianship to rec­ ognize special achievements and outstanding pub­ lications and to foster professional growth. Some­ one you know is deserving of special recognition for their contributions to academic and research li­ brarianship. Take a moment to nominate these outstanding individuals so that they can get the rec­ ognition they deserve. Award-winning opportunities for members of ACRL are described on the following pages. Please review the requirements for each award program and take note of the programs for which you or a colleague are eligible. G en eral submission procedures. Unless other­ wise indicated send nominations and applications to: Name of the Award, Association of College and Research Libraries/ALA, 50 East Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611-2795. S taff contact. If you have questions or need help in compiling information for a nomination, con­ tact Mary Ellen K. Davis, (800) 545-2433; (800) 545-2444 in Illinois; (800) 545-2455 in Canada; or (312) 944-6780. 498 / C &R L News I. ACHIEVEM ENT AND DISTINGUISHED SERVICE Academic or Research Librarian of the Year Award Purpose. To recognize an individual member of the library profession who is making an outstand­ ing national or international contribution to aca­ demic or research librarianship and library devel­ opment. Donor. Baker & Taylor donates the $3,000 cash prize. Criteria. Nominees should have demonstrated achievements in such areas as: 1. Service to the organized profession through ACRL and related organizations. 2. Significant and influential research on aca­ demic or research library service. 3. Publication of a body of scholarly and/or theo­ retical writing contributing to academic or re­ search library development. 4. Planning and implementing a library pro­ gram of such exemplary quality that it has served as a model for others. Submission procedure. Provide supporting rea­ sons for this nomination on each of the four crite­ ria. Please attach a current vita—not a biographi­ cal sketch— and send in eight copies of the nomination materials. Note: Please do not solicit supporting letters seconding your nomination. Such letters will not be considered in the Award Committee’s decision. D eadline. December 1, 1988. Previous recipients. Keyes D. Metcalf and Rob­ ert D. Downs (1978); Henriette D. Avram and Fre­ derick G. Kilgour (1979); Evan Ira F arber (1980); Beverly P. Lynch (1981); W illiam Budington (1982); Richard M. Dougherty (1983); Richard D. Johnson (1984); Jessie Carney Smith (1985); Mar­ garet Beckman (1986); Duane Webster (1987); Edward G. Holley (1988). Miriam Dudley Award for Bibliographic Instruction Purpose. To recognize an individual librarian who has made an especially significant contribu­ tion to the advancement of bibliographic instruc­ tion in a college or research institution. The award honors Miriam Dudley, whose pioneering efforts in the field of bibliographic instruction led to the for­ mation of the ACRL Bibliographic Instruction Sec­ tion. Donor. Mountainside Publishing Company do­ nates the $1,000 cash award on behalf of its publi­ cation, Research Strategies: A Journal o f L ibrary Concepts and Instruction. The award is adminis­ tered by the Bibliographic Instruction Section of ACRL. Criteria. Nominees should have achieved dis­ tinction in one or more of the following areas: 1. Planning and implementation of an academic bibliographic instruction program that provides significant contributions to the field and is recog­ nized as a model for widespread use in other li­ braries. 2. Research and publication that has had a de­ monstrable impact on the concepts and methods of teaching and information-seeking strategies in a college or research institution. 3. Active participation in and significant contri­ bution to an organization devoted to the promotion and advancement of academic bibliographic in­ struction. 4. Promotion, development, and integration of education for bibliographic instruction in ALA- accredited library schools or professional continu­ ing education programs which have served as models for other courses and programs. Submission procedure. Write a letter outlining how the candidate meets the above criteria. Nomi­ nees need not necessarily meet all the criteria. Please attach a current vita—not a biographical sketch. Send nominations to: Barbara Wittkopf, Dudley Award, Central Reference Department, Troy H. Middleton Library, Louisiana State Uni­ versity, Baton Rouge, LA 70803-3338. Call Bar­ bara Wittkopf, if you have questions or need assist­ ance in compiling nomination forms. Phone: (504) 388-8875. Note: Nominees will be judged on an in­ dividual basis; this award cannot be given to a pair or group of persons. D eadline. December 1, 1988. Previous recipients. Thomas Kirk (1984); Caro­ lyn Kirkendall (1985); Virginia Tiefel (1986); Evan Ira Färber (1987); Sharon Hogan (1988). Hugh Atkinson Memorial Award Purpose. The award honors the life and accom­ plishments of Hugh C. Atkinson, one of the major innovators in modern librarianship, and recog­ nizes outstanding achievement (including risk- taking) by academic librarians that has contrib­ uted significantly to improvements in the area of library automation, library management, and/or library development or research. D o n o r. The award is jointly sponsored by ACRL, the Library Administration and Manage­ ment Association (LAMA), the Library and Infor­ mation Technology Association (LITA), and the Resources and T ech n ical Services Division (RTSD), four divisions of the American Library Association, and is funded by an endowment cre­ ated by divisional, individual, and vendor contri­ butions given in memory of Hugh C . Atkinson. Ad­ ditional funds are sought to bring the endowment to at least $100,000. Send your tax-deductible con­ tributions to Hugh Atkinson Memorial Award, ACRL/ALA, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611- 2795. The first award consisted of an unrestricted $2,000 cash prize and a plaque. Eligibility. The nominee must be a librarian em­ ployed in a university, college or community col- 500 / C &R L News lege library in the year prior to application for the award and must have a minimum of five years of professional experience in an academic library. In­ dividuals may nominate themselves or be nomi­ nated by others. Criteria. The nominee must have demonstrated achievement (including risk-taking) that has con­ tributed significantly to improvements in the area of library automation, library management, and/ or library development or research. Submission procedure. Those wishing to nomi­ nate someone (including themselves) for the award should write a letter outlining how the candidate meets the above criteria. Letters should be accom­ panied by a current copy of the candidate’s vita. D eadline. December 1, 1988. Previous recipien ts. Richard M. Dougherty (1988). II. PROFESSIONAL D EV ELO PM EN T AND RESEARCH Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship Purpose. To foster research in academic librari­ anship by encouraging and assisting doctoral stu­ dents in the field with their dissertation research. Donor. The Institute for Scientific Information donates the $1,000 cash award and citation. Eligibility. The recipient of the fellowship must meet the following qualifications: 1. Be an active doctoral student in the academic librarianship area in a degree-granting institution. 2. Have completed all course work. 3. Have had a dissertation proposal accepted by the institution. 4. Recipient of the fellowship may not receive it a second time. 5. The applicant need not be an ACRL member. Criteria. The proposal will be judged primarily on merit with emphasis on the following: 1. Potential significance of the research to the field of academic librarianship. (No attempt will be made to define academic librarianship but the subject should be consistent with topics usually published in College & R esearch Libraries or pre­ sented at ACRL meetings.) 2. Validity of the methodology and proposed methods of analysis. 3. Originality and creativity. 4. Clarity and completeness of the proposal. 5. Presentation of a convincing plan for comple­ tion in a reasonable amount of time. 6. Evidence of a continuing interest in scholar­ ship such as a previous publication record. Submission procedure. Qualified students who wish to be considered for the fellowship may apply by submitting a brief (ten pages or less double­ spaced) proposal that includes the following: 1 . Description of the research, including signif cance and methodology. 2. Schedule for completion. 3. Budget and budget justification for items for i­ which support is sought. (These must be items for which no other support is available.) Examples of acceptable budget items are printing, computer time, fees to subjects, data input, statistical con­ sulting, photography, art work, typing and profes­ sional travel. 4. Name of dissertation advisor and committee members. 5. Cover letter from dissertation advisor endors­ ing the proposal. 6. An up-to-date curriculum vitae should ac­ company the proposal. Because of limits imposed by timing consider­ ations, applications may be made for research un­ der way; e.g ., a student who begins research in the Fall may apply for support for expenses incurred from the Fall until the time the award is made. D eadline. December 1, 1988. Previous recipients. “The Planning Function in Management of University Libraries: Survey Anal­ ysis, Conclusions, and Recommendations” (Stan­ ton Biddle, 1983); “An Examination of Levels of Work Performed According to Time-Stratified Sys­ tems Theory” (Donald Gould, 1984); “State Coor­ dination of Higher Education and Academic Li­ braries” (Vickie L. Gregory, 1985) and “The Leader Role in Influencing the Central Environ­ ment of Academic Libraries” (Joanne Euster, 1985); “The 1965-1975 Faculty Status Movement as a Professionalization Effort with Social Move­ ment Characteristics: A Case Study of the State University of New York” (Gemma DeVinney, 1986); “The Title Page as the Source of Informa­ tion for Bibliographic Description: An Analysis of Its Syntactic and Semantic Characteristics” (Ling Hwey Jeng, 1987); “Managerial Motivation and Career Aspirations of Library/Information Science Students” (Sarla R. Murgai, 1988). Martinus Nijhoff International West Euro­ pean Specialist Study Grant Purpose. Established in 1985, the annual grant supports a wide variety of research topics pertain­ ing to West European studies, librarianship, or the book trade. Proposals may focus on the acquisition, organization, or use of library materials from or re­ lating to Western Europe. Current or historical subjects may be treated. The objectives of the study may be of either practical use or scholarly value to the community of librarians and researchers. D onor. Martinus Nijhoff International funds this study grant which covers air travel to and from Europe, surface travel in Europe, lodging and board for no more then fourteen consecutive days. Maximum amount of 10,000 Dutch guilders or U.S. dollar equivalent is awarded per year. Funds may not be used for salaries, research-related sup­ plies, publication cost, conference fees, or equip­ ment purchases. The award is administered by the Western European Specialists Section of ACRL. Criteria. The primary criterion for awarding the grant is the significance and utility of the proposed 502 / C &RL News project as a contribution to the study of the acquisi­ tion, organization, or use of library materials from or relating to Western Europe. The award com­ mittee will review the proposals with the following questions in mind: 1. What is the work to be accomplished? The proposal should be explicit as possible about the current state of knowledge in the area and what will be achieved by the successful completion of the study. 2. What is the need and value of the proposed re­ search? The proposal should provide persuasive ev­ idence that the study is of practical use or scholarly value to the wider community served by the grant. 3. What is the methodology for carrying out the proposed work? The research design should be as specific as possible and demonstrate why the Euro­ pean component is essential. 4. Is the work accomplishable within the time­ frame proposed? If the study extends beyond the 14-day limit of the grant, the proposal should spec­ ify how the additional work will be completed and funded. 5. Are the applicant’s qualifications sufficient to carry out the study? Submission procedures. Six copies of the applica­ tion should be submitted and must include: 1 . A proposal, five pages or less, typed doubl spaced. 2. A tentative travel itinerary—not to exceed 14 days, including the proposed countries and institu­ tions to be visited and the preferred period of study/ travel. 3. A travel budget, including estimated roundtrip coach airfare, transportation in Europe, lodging expenses, and meal costs. 4. A current curriculum vitae. Obligations o f the grantee. The recipient’s de­ tailed expense statement, with original receipts, is due to ACRL within two months of the trip’s termi­ nation. The grantee is required to submit a report of no less than 4,000 words on the research result­ ing from the study trip to ACRL within six months. It is assumed that in most cases this report will be suitable for publication; if so, ACRL is given first rights of refusal. The grantee should submit an ab­ stract of the report for publication in the WESS Newsletter. In addition, the grantee may be asked to participate in a WESS general discussion group, advice the award committee, or counsel new grantees. Recipients are encouraged, but not re­ quired, to join WESS and become involved in its activities. Deadline. December 1, 1988. Previous recipients. Price indexes of European academic library materials (Frederick Lynden, 1986); Refugee and exile publishing in Western Eu­ e rope (Michael Albin, 1987). Samuel Laze row Fellowship for Research in Acquisitions or Technical Services in an Academic or Research Library Purpose. To foster advances in acquisitions or technical services by providing librarians a fellow­ ship for travel, or writing in those fields. Research projects in collection development or the compila­ tion of bibliographies will not be supported by this fellowship. Donor. The Institute for Scientific Information funds the fellowship, which consists of a $1,000 cash award and a citation. Criteria. The proposals will be judged with an emphasis on the following: 1. Potential significance of the project to acquisi­ tions or technical services work. 2. Originality and creativity. 3. Clarity and completeness of the proposal. 4. Evidence of an interest in scholarship, such as a previous publication record. Submission procedures. Brief proposals (five pages or less, double-spaced) should include the following: 1. Description of research, travel or writing project. 2. Schedule for project. ­ 3. Estimate of expenses. (Examples: professional travel, computer time, photocopying, typing). Recipients of the fellowship will be asked to sub­ mit a brief report of the results of their research. Deadline. December 1, 1988. Previous recipients. “Technical Processing Costs in Large Academic Research Libraries” (Denise Bedford, 1983); “Online Cataloging Systems and the Man-Machine Interface” (Anne L. Highsmith, 1985); “Implementing Technological Change in Library Technical Service Units” (Margaret John­ son, 1987); CD ROM (Carol Kelley, 1988). III. PUBLICATIONS OR ARTICLES Katharine Kyes Leab and Daniel J. Leab American Book Prices Current Exhibition Catalogue Awards Purpose. To recognize outstanding catalogues published by American or Canadian institutions in conjunction with exhibitions of books and/or man­ uscripts. D onor. Katharine Kyes Leab and Daniel J. Leab, American Book Prices Current, established an endowment to fund the awards, which consist of printed citations to the winning institutions or­ ganizing the exhibitions. Eligibility. Catalogues published by American or Canadian institutions in conjunction with an ex­ hibition of books and/or manuscripts which has taken place or which is in progress before August 31, 1988, are eligible. Catalogues must be pub­ lished between September 1, 1987, and August 31, 1988. The entries will be divided into three budget Septem ber 1988 / 503 categories—expensive, moderately expensive, and inexpensive—based upon the production costs as outlined in the entry form. Catalogues may be of varying formats, styles, and scope, but each must represent an exhibition which has taken place. Catalogues may be intended for various types of audiences: scholars, students, or the general pub­ lic. Catalogues may have various purposes: public­ ity, dissemination of information about a collec­ tion, attraction of donations, commemoration of a special occasion, etc. Criteria. Catalogues will be judged on the level of accuracy and consistency of presentation, their clarity, quality of design, and usefulness to the in­ tended audience. Submission procedures. Four copies of the cata­ logue must be submitted with an entry form (avail­ able from the chair of the committee) to: Pat Boze­ man, Chair of the RBMS Committee for Awards for Exhibition Catalogues, Head, Special Collec­ tions, University of Houston Libraries, Houston, TX 77204-2091. All catalogues submitted will be­ come the property of RBMS. If you have any ques­ tions, call Pat Bozeman at (713) 749-2726. D eadline. September 30, 1988. Previous recipien ts. 1987: “Liberty of Con­ science and the Growth of Religious Diversity in Early America, 1 6 3 6 -1 7 8 6 ,” The John Carter Brown Library (first division); “Marks in Books,” Houghton Library, Harvard University (second di­ vision); “Patriots and Orangists: Revolutionary Pamphlets and Caricatures in the Netherlands, 1780-1800,” University of Michigan Library (third division). 1988: “The Larder Invaded: Reflections on Three Centuries of Philadelphia Food and Drink” and “35 Receipts from ‘The Larder Invaded,’” sub­ mitted by The Library Company of Philadelphia and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, tied with “Time: The Greatest Innovator,” from the Folger Shakespeare Library (first division); “Mari­ anne Moore: Vision into Verse,” entered by Rosen- bach Museum & Library (second division); and “The Virgin & the W itch,” submitted by the Har­ vard Law School Library (third division). K.G. Saur Award for Best Article in College and Research Libraries Purpose. To recognize the most outstanding arti­ cle published in C ollege and Research Libraries during the preceding volume year. Donor. K.G. Saur donates the $500 cash award (shared by the authors) and appropriate citation. Eligibility. Articles published in College and R e­ sea rch L ib ra ries during the preceding volume year. Criteria. The winning article will be selected on the basis of originality, timeliness, relevance to ACRL areas of interest and concern, and quality of writing. Submission procedures. Articles for College & Research Libraries may be submitted to Charles Martell, Editor, C ollege & R esearch L ibraries, The Library, 2000 Jed Smith D r., California State University, Sacramento, CA 95819. Previous recipients. “Librarians and Faculty Members: Coping with Pressures to Publish,” by Robert Boice, Jordan M. Scepanski, and Wayne Wilson (November 1987). Oberly Award for Bibliography in Agricultural Sciences Purpose. The Oberly Award, established in 1923, is a biennial award given in odd-numbered years, to an American citizen who compiles the best bibliography in the field of agriculture or one of the related sciences in the two-year period pre­ ceding the year in which the award is made. Donor. The cash award and citation is made possible by a fund established by colleagues in memory of Eunice Rockwood Oberly, late librar­ ian of the Bureau of Plant Industry, U.S. Depart­ ment of Agriculture, and is administered by the Science and Technology Section of ACRL. Eligibility. Bibliographies in the field of agricul­ ture or one of the related sciences compiled by an American citizen during the two-year period pre­ ceding the year in which the award is made. C riteria. Bibliographies submitted for award consideration are judged on accuracy, scope, use­ fulness, format and special features such as: ex­ planatory introductions, annotations and indexes. A ttention, authors College & Research Libraries News can now accept manuscripts submitted on diskette or via ALANET. The C&RL News ALANET number is ALA0306. If yon can upload it, I can down­ load it, because ALANET translates text into pure ASCII files. If you don’t have ALANET or you prefer to send a diskette, make sure it is a 5 1/4-inch floppy for IBM or compatible machines; either 360K or 1.2M will do. We use Xywrite III for word processing, but we can attempt other soft­ ware programs. The best thing to do is convert your text into an ASCII file before sending it, if possible. Always send a paper copy of your manuscript along with the diskette, just in case it is un­ readable. Let us know if you need your floppy returned to you. If you cannot send a manuscript electroni­ cally somehow, submit three paper copies in a standard typeface such as Courier or Pica. Avoid proportional or oversize typefaces. Send all materials to George M. Eberhart, Editor, C&RL News, ACRL/ALA, 50 East Hu­ ron St., Chicago, IL 60611.— GME. 504 / C &RL News Submission procedures. Nominations may be made in the form of a letter and should point out the reasons the bibliography should be considered for the award. A copy of the bibliography should accompany the nomination. Send nominations to the jury chair, Carolyn Warmann, Reference De­ partment, Carol Newman Library, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061. Deadline. January 1, 1989. Previous recipients. The Oberly Award has been presented in the odd-numbered years since 1925. A list of recipients is available from the ACRL of­ fice. A two-year MLS internship program By Lisa Aren Strubbe Inform ation Services Librarian Houston Academ y o f M edicine/ Texas M edical Center Library and Diane G. Schwartz Public Services Coordinator (Acting) A lfred Taubman M edical Library University o f Michigan The University Library Associates program at the Alfred Taubman Medical Library, University of Michigan. T h e University Library Associates program is a two-year, 48-credit hour program of study, work and skill development leading to the Master of Arts in Information and Library Studies degree. It is jointly funded by the University of Michigan Li­ brary and the School of Information and Library Studies. The program is aimed at students wishing to pursue careers in academic librarianship. Students take courses in communication, re­ search methodology, statistics, organizational psy­ chology, personnel management and the organiza­ tion of higher education, in addition to library science. Each student works in a unit of the University of Michigan Library twenty hours per week for the two years of the program. The work component gives the student occasions to apply ideas encoun­ tered in the classroom to a real world situation. The program has the commitment and direct participa­ tion of the University Library administration which stipulates that work experiences be free of clerical duties and focus on the development of pro­ fessional level skills. In the second year the student works on a re­ search project, whose goal is to teach problem solv­ ing skills that will be useful in future professional positions. During any given year eighteen associ­ ates are enrolled in the program. Coordinating committee The associates program is coordinated by a half- time professional librarian, who works with a com­ mittee of faculty from the School of Information and Library Studies and librarians from the Uni­ versity Library. The committee’s role is to recom­ mend policies affecting all aspects of the program including recruitment, class and work assign­ ments, and research projects. In the past year asso­ ciates gained representation on the committee. Recruitment and admissions In itial responsibility for recruitm ent is the School’s. It screens applicants for academic qualifi­ cations and upon acceptance into the Masters pro­ gram, the candidate’s credentials are forwarded to