Library History Award, 2012 - DEADLINE EXTENSION
You now have until the end of the year to nominate entries for the Library History Essay Award.
The Library History Essay Award is an annual prize of £200 for the best essay on library history, pertaining to the British Isles, which has been published within the previous calendar year (2011). It is organized by the Library and Information History Group of CILIP. 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 Publishing. The award was first made in 1996.
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.
An author may put himself/herself forward for the prize. In addition, any member of CILIP may nominate a published essay for consideration.
The entries will be identified and judged by a panel of five, viz.:
The Chairman of the Library and Information History Group
The Awards Manager of the LIHG who will act as the administrator
One other member of the LIHG Committee
An external assessor at the invitation of the LIHG Committee
A representative of Emerald, normally the editor of Library Review.
Nominations of essays published during 2011 should include six copies of the essay and should be sent by 31 December 2012 to:
Dr Dorothy Clayton
Awards Manager, Library and Information History Group
The John Rylands University Library
The University of Manchester
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9PP
Tel: 0161 275 3757
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