Hi all,

I am not so much red-nosed as red-faced... Mary Betts-Gray, winner of  
the 2011 UKSG John Merriman Award, will in fact be attending the 2011  
NASIG conference in St Louis, Missouri. Not the 2010 NASIG conference  
in Palm Springs, California, which I referenced in my posting  
yesterday. (Even with the generous sponsorship of T&F, the budget just  
wouldn't stretch to time travel - sorry, Mary).

Apologies for any confusion, or indeed false hope, that I may have  
engendered.
All the best,

Charlie.

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From: Charlie Rapple [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
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Subject: [lis-e-resources] UKSG congratulates winner of 2011 John
Merriman Award

Hi all,

I just wanted to share with you UKSG's announcement about the 2011
John Merriman Award, which has been awarded to Mary Betts-Gray of
Cranfield University. Mary will receive funding to attend this year's
NASIG conference. Full details below; congratulations, Mary!

All the best,

Charlie.
________________

Charlie Rapple
Chair of UKSG Marketing Subcommittee
________________

UKSG, the organisation that connects the information community, is
pleased to announce the second winner of its annual John Merriman
Award, set up in recognition of the founder of UKSG and NASIG. Mary
Betts-Gray, Business Information Specialist/Freedom of Information
Officer at Cranfield University, will receive funding from Award
sponsor Taylor & Francis to attend the 2010 NASIG Conference in Palm
Springs, California.

The Award enables UKSG and NASIG members working at a practical level
in e-resource management to learn and share experiences with
colleagues from around the world. The UKSG Education Subcommittee
recognised Mary Betts-Gray's initiative and commitment, and felt that
she would effectively share experience and ideas gained at the NASIG
conference with her colleagues and the wider UKSG community.
Meanwhile, NASIG has awarded its 2011 Merriman Award to Elizabeth
Siler, Electronic Resources Librarian at Florida International
University, Miami.

UKSG is grateful to its Merriman Award sponsor, Taylor & Francis,
which makes a generous contribution toward the costs of travel,
accommodation and associated expenses. Ian Bannerman, Managing
Director at Taylor & Francis explains why the organisation sponsors
the Award: "The UKSG and NASIG conferences are among the best forums
for librarians, publishers and agents to share their views and shape
the scholarly information landscape. We hope that our ongoing support
of this annual award will inspire even greater cross-fertilization of
ideas between the two events."

"I am absolutely delighted to receive the 2011 John Merriman Award,"
adds Mary Betts-Gray. "My research projects in recent years have
addressed topics including cultural barriers to institutional
repository growth and ways of overcoming these through sustained
advocacy and developing a Current Research Information System; UKSG
has been invaluable to me as a source of information about research,
initiatives and projects and as an organisation which encourages
collaboration and debate about scholarly communication. This Award
gives me an exciting opportunity to continue my research at NASIG and
to exchange ideas and practices with colleagues in the US."

For more information, please visit
http://www.uksg.org/events/merrimanaward

--ENDS--

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