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Subject: [SHARP-L] Dain Library History Dissertation Award for 2019
Date: 24 April 2018 at 20:36:50 BST
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Please post the following request for submission which is also attached.

Thank you,

Barry

Members of the Library History Round Table of ALA created the Phyllis Dain Library History Dissertation Award to recognize outstanding work in our field by emerging library historians.  The committee for the selection of the 2019 Dain Dissertation Award winner is seeking submissions by January 11, 2019.
Barry W. Seaver, Ph.D., History Lecturer, Durham Technical Community College   
The full description of the Dain Award and the submission process follows and will be updated to reflect the current biennial cycle and available at:
http://www.ala.org/lhrt/awards/phyllis-dain-library-history-dissertation-award
Phyllis Dain Library History Dissertation Award
The Library History Round Table of the American Library Association (ALA) sponsors the biennial Phyllis Dain Library History Dissertation Award. The award is offered only in odd-numbered years. The award, named in honor of a library historian widely known as a supportive advisor and mentor as well as a rigorous scholar and thinker, recognizes outstanding dissertations in English in the general area of library history during any time period or region of the world. Five hundred dollars and a certificate are given for a selected dissertation that embodies original research on a significant topic relating to the history of libraries during any period, in any region of the world.
Eligibility and Criteria
Dissertations completed and accepted during the preceding two academic years are eligible. Dissertations from 2016-17 and 2017-2018 will compete for the 2019 award. Entries are judged on: clear definition of the research questions and/or hypotheses; use of appropriate primary resources; depth of research; superior quality of writing; and significance of the conclusions. The LHRT is particularly interested in dissertations that place the subject within its broader historical, social, cultural, and political context and make interdisciplinary connections with print culture and information studies.
Submissions and Selection
The award winner will be selected by the Phyllis Dain Dissertation Award Committee appointed by the LHRT vice chair/chair elect. The winner will be announced in a press release on or about June 1st of the award year. A certificate honoring the author will be presented at the Library History Round Table awards ceremony during the American Library Association Annual Conference.
Submit one electronic copy of the approved and signed dissertation and a signed letter of support from the doctoral advisor or dissertation committee chair at the degree-granting institution. Submissions must be received by January 11, 2019.  Receipt will be confirmed within four business days. Send submission to: [log in to unmask]