<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Lato,HelveticaNeue-Light,"Helvetica Neue Light","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,"Lucida Grande",sans-serif">*apologies for cross-postings*</span></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Lato,HelveticaNeue-Light,"Helvetica Neue Light","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,"Lucida Grande",sans-serif;font-size:16px"><b><br></b></span></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style=""><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>2020 ALCTS Publications Awards<br></b></span></font></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b><br></b>Nominations are being accepted for the 2020 Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) awards for excellence in publication. ALCTS presents two Publication Awards to honor individuals for outstanding achievement in research and writing in the field of library collections and technical services.</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br>If you are interested in nominating a publication for either of the awards, contact the chair of that award jury. </span><strong style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;box-sizing:border-box">The deadline for nominations and supporting materials is Dec. 1</strong><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">.</span><br></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Edward Swanson Memorial Best of LRTS Award</font></strong></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">The award is given in honor of Edward Swanson,</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </span><em style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;box-sizing:border-box">LRTS</em><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Book Review Editor and long-time indexer, to the author(s) of the best paper published in Library Resources & Technical Services (</span><em style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;box-sizing:border-box">LRTS</em><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">), the official journal of ALCTS. The winner will receive a citation and $250 from ALCTS. Papers published in volume 63 (2019) are eligible for consideration, with the exception of official reports and documents, obituaries, letters to the editor and biographies of award winners. Each paper will be judged on the following points: content with a significant contribution about one or more issues addressed by ALCTS and its sections; statements in the paper are adequately supported by accurate data and/or documentation; and clear and readable writing style.   </span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Send nominations, along with the author, title and volume and issue of the paper being nominated and the reasons for the nomination to <a href="mailto:harcourt@columbia.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(172,0,0)">Kate Harcourt</a>, chair, Best of <em style="box-sizing:border-box">LRTS</em> Jury.   </font></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Visit the <a href="http://www.ala.org/alcts/awards/printmedia/bestoflrts" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(172,0,0)">Edward Swanson Best of <em style="box-sizing:border-box">LRTS </em>Award page</a> for more information.</font></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">ALCTS Outstanding Publication Award</font></strong></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">The award honors an author or authors who have written the year's outstanding monograph, article or original paper in the field of technical services, including acquisitions, cataloging, collection management, preservation, continuing resources and related areas in the library field. The award consists of a citation and $250 contributed by ALCTS. Works published in 2019 are eligible. Reprints of earlier publications will not be considered. The evaluation criteria include intellectual content; practical value; theoretical value; scholarship; presentation; and style. Papers published in <em style="box-sizing:border-box">LRTS</em> are not eligible.   </font></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Send nominations, along with a statement giving the full bibliographic citation of the article, book or paper being nominated and reasons for the nomination to <a href="mailto:vglenn@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(172,0,0)">Valerie Glenn</a>, chair, Publication Jury.</font></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="">Visit the <a href="http://www.ala.org/alcts/awards/printmedia/opub" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(172,0,0)">Outstanding Publication Award page</a> for more information.</font></span></p></div></div>