Press Release
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The Library History Award
Annual Award for the best Essay on Library
History published in the British Isles
The Library History Award is an annual award for the best essay on library
history published in the British Isles. It is organised by the Library
History Group of the Library Association. The Award aims to improve the
quality and increase the quantity of writing on library history in the
British Isles. It is sponsored by the MCB University Press and thanks to
their generosity the award was made for the first time in 1996.
Scope and Quality
Items considered for inclusion will normally come within the scope of the
former Bibliography of British Library History. Normally the essay will
relate to a British Isles theme but high quality contributions on foreign
themes will be considered. The author should ordinarily be resident in the
British Isles but need not be a UK citizen.
Essays should embody original historical research on a significant
subject, should be based on original source materials if possible and
should use good composition and style. Essays showing evidence of
methodological and historiographical innovation will be particularly
welcome.
Method
The Award will be made for the best essay on library history published in
the United Kingdom within the previous calendar year (2000). Any member of
the Library Association may nominate a published essay for consideration.
The entries will be judged by a panel of four, viz.:
1) The Chairman of the Library History Group or his nominee who will act as
administrator
2) One other member of the Library History Group committee
3) An external assessor (not a member of the Library History Group
committee,
at the invitation of the Committee)
4) A representative of MCB University Press, normally the editor of Library
Review.
All members of the panel will be excluded from nomination. Members of the
panel may nominate candidates in the absence of other nominations.
Award
The value of the Award will be a cash prize of £200.
Dissemination
The editor of Library Review will have the right to publish an abstract or
shortened version of the essay.
Nominations including 5 copies of the essay which should have been
published during 2000 should be sent, by 30th June 2001, to
Dr John C Crawford,
Library Research Officer,
Glasgow Caledonian University Library,
Cowcaddens Road,
Glasgow G4 OBA
Tel : 0141-331-3847
Fax : 0141-331-3005
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