[Eril-l] Celebrate Innovation with ALCTS’s ProQuest Coutts Award for Innovation in Electronic Resources Management

[Erika Johnson]

***Please excuse cross-postings***

Deadline is December 1, 2016!

Do you know someone whose work represents the finest achievements and
leadership in collaboration and innovation? Celebrate their accomplishments
by submitting a nomination to the 2017 ProQuest Coutts Award for Innovation
in Electronic Resources Management!

The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) honors
an individual and/or group whose electronic resources management
achievements could include, but are not limited to:
• Building and managing new types of electronic collections and materials
• Addressing selection issues and processes for electronic resources
• Creating effective organizational structures for the workflow management
and development of electronic resource collections
• Increasing visibility, discovery and user access to electronic library
resources

Past award winners include:
• Benjamin Heet for demonstrating an extraordinary commitment to innovation
in his work developing and promoting the open-source CORAL Electronic
Resources Management system.
• Jill Emery & Graham Stone for their work on the TERMS (Techniques for
Electronic Resource Management) and OAWAL (Open Access Workflows for
Academic Libraries) projects, which crowd-sourced the creation of best
practices for managing electronic resources, and exemplify innovative
practices for the worldwide library community.

The award is presented during the American Library Association Annual
Conference, and the recipient receives a citation and a $2,000 award
generously donated by ProQuest Coutts Information Services.

Nominations and supporting materials are due December 1, 2016 and should
include:
• Name, address, phone number and email address of each nominee and
nominating party.
• Formal statement of nomination that includes a rationale, and a
description of any projects that the nominee has initiated and successfully
completed.
• Additional letters of support and endorsement from others that provide
additional evidence of worthiness of the nominee.

Self-nominations will not be accepted. Current employees of ProQuest Coutts
and its subsidiaries are not eligible for the award.

Please email nominations to: Erika Johnson, chair, ProQuest Coutts Award
Jury, eljohnson5 at usfca.edu

Additional information is available online at
http://www.ala.org/alcts/awards/profrecognition/couttsinnovate

Thank you,

Erika Johnson
Head of Acquisitions and Collection Management
University of San Francisco
Gleeson Library | Geschke Center
2130 Fulton St.
San Francisco, CA 94117
ph 415.422.6417
fax 415.422.2233

eljohnson5 at usfca.edu
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