Dear LIS-EUR-IUGers,

I received this email (below) from John Dillon with the idea of
nominating Bob Duncan for the 2009 Academic/Research Librarian of the
Year Award ACRL award.

I'm more than happy to write a letter to ACRL in support of this idea as
I think Bob's always fantastically supportive.

You can see that John is suggesting that a number of us write letters in
support of this. If you'd like to add your support I'm happy for you to
send your letters to me so that I can send a set on to John. Or if you'd
like to send letters directly to John I'm sure he'd be happy with that.

**Please note that the deadline for nominations is Friday 5th
December.**

Thanks,

Natalie Pollecutt
Wellcome Library

-----Original Message-----
From: John Dillon [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: 25 November 2008 20:15
To: Still, Erik R; Doug Kariel; Katrina Piechnik; Mark Huppert; Martin
Linden; Pollecutt ,Natalie; Welch, Andrew; Beth Juhl; David Jones; said
shafik; Steven Butzel; Strouse, Mary; Sellers, Minna; John Rutherford
Subject: Nominating Bob Duncan for ACRL award

Erik, Doug, Katrina, Mark, Martin, Natalie, Andrew, Beth, David, Said,
Steven, Mary, Minna, and John,

(I started with a couple of you, but others of you occurred to me as
well ! )

I "know" many of you only from the IUG list, but wanted to write and
invite you to help with something, if you'd like.

And please pardon the hastiness or timing of this message...

Per the couple emails (below) to the IUG list recently (about this ACRL
Award) I could not help thinking of Bob Duncan as a candidate.  My own
view is that Bob's contributions over the years and ongoing are just so
outstanding (and phenomenal) that I think he deserves outstanding
recognition.  I don't have any sense of whether he could actually win or
not, but I'm just guessing that his IUG emails and presentations have
greatly helped MANY sites (like ours) that in very practical terms he
has significantly furthered "academic or research librarianship and
library development".

Here's some proposals to consider...

1.  We each send in a letter of support (however brief), as mentioned in
the email below 2.  We each forward the suggestion to some other sites
who might be interested in doing the same 3.  We consider sending a very
brief email (not this one) to the IUG list, signed by a few or all of
us, if you are interested

Comments on above:

1.  Respecting Bob's privacy, I asked him if he minded if some of us did
this, and if he'd provide a Vita.  He was both humbly and shamelessly
agreeable.  Good for him.  

3.  To be honest, I've hesitated sending to the whole list, out of not
trying to embarrass Bob, or seeming like a lone "Bob Duncan booster".
But my appreciation for his help on the IUG probably outweighs my
hesitations.

Please let me know your thoughts, or if you're interested.

thanks, and Happy Thanksgiving!

John

~~~~~~~~~~~
John Dillon
Assistant College Librarian
Library Systems and Technical Services
Geisel Library
Saint Anselm College
603.641.7349
jdillon at anselm dot edu

-----Original Message-----
From: [log in to unmask]
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Herold, Irene
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 5:02 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [IUG] It is Easy to Nominate

Are you considering nominating someone for the 2009 Academic/Research
Librarian of the Year Award?  Submissions are easy-and electronic.

Nominations should include documentation (a letter) that indicates:

*	your name, address, e-mail and phone number, plus the name,
address, e-mail and phone number of the person you are nominating 
*	a letter from you supporting the nomination 
*	a current vita for the person being nominated, and 
*	as many letters as you wish from other librarians supporting the
nomination. 

Individuals may nominate themselves or others.  E-mail the nominating
package to Megan Griffin at [log in to unmask] by December 5.

Irene M.H. Herold
Award Committee Member
CLS Chair
Dean of Library
Mason Library
Keene State College


-----Original Message-----
From: [log in to unmask]
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Herold, Irene
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 7:43 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [IUG] Recognize a colleague -- Deadline December 5th

Take a Bow--Or Encourage Someone Else To!

2009 Academic/Research Librarian of the Year Award nominations are due
December 5!  

This award annually recognizes an outstanding member of the library
profession who has made a significant contribution to academic or
research librarianship and library development.

An award of $5,000 will be presented by YBP Library Services.  We need
your help to identify individuals that are deserving of this prestigious
award. 

The Academic/Research Librarian of the Year Award committee is currently
accepting nominations, and the deadline is December 5, 2008.  More
information about the award can be found in the Awards section of the
ACRL Web site, www.ala.org/acrl


Irene M.H. Herold



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