The Library History Award
Annual Award for the best Essay on Library
History published in, or pertaining to, the British Isles
The Library History Award is an annual award for the best essay on library history published in, or pertaining to, the British Isles. It is organised
by the Library History Group of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals. The Award aims to improve the quality and
increase the quantity of writing on library history in the British Isles. It is sponsored by Emerald. 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, or pertaining to, the British Isles, within the previous calendar year
(2002). Any member of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals 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 Emerald, 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 2002 should be sent, by 30th June 2003, to
Dr John C Crawford,
Chair, Library History Group,
Glasgow Caledonian University Library,
Cowcaddens Road,
Glasgow G4 OBA
Tel : 0141-331-3847
Fax : 0141-331-3005
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