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>Subject: Re: Gerd Muehsam Award 2008 >Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2008 07:59:17 -0700 >Thread-Topic: Re: Gerd Muehsam Award 2008 >Thread-Index: AckmMcY4ainRqVz6RY+Z+wT8nMnmlg== >From: "Madill, Kevin" <[log in to unmask]> >To: "Kevin Madill" <[log in to unmask]> >X-OriginalArrivalTime: 04 Oct 2008 14:59:19.0478 (UTC) >FILETIME=[C73E6D60:01C92631] >X-Junkmail-Status: score=10/50, host=po1.mail.umd.edu >X-Junkmail-SD-Raw: score=unknown, > refid=str=0001.0A010208.48E79335.00A3:SCFSTAT1214016,ss=1,fgs=0, > ip=128.8.70.43, > so=2007-07-31 18:51:00, > dmn=5.7.1/2008-09-02 > >Re: Gerd Muehsam Award 2008 >September 2008 > > > > >I am writing to you on behalf of the Art Libraries Society of North >America (ARLIS/NA) regarding an award opportunity relevant to your >students. The ongoing goals of ARLIS/NA include increasing awareness >of ARLIS/NA among library school students and encouraging library >school students to consider art librarianship as a career. To these >ends, the Society is offering the Gerd Muehsam Award. This is an >annual award of $500 (plus up to $300 additional travel >reimbursement to attend our annual conference) for a student paper >or web project focused on a topic relevant to art librarianship or >visual curatorship. > >As a member of the Gerd Muehsam Award Committee of ARLIS/NA, I urge >you to pass on information of this award to your students. Students >enrolled from last fall and spring and through the summer are >eligible to apply. Details of the award follow this email. An >announcement is also available on the ARLIS/NA web site at ><http://www.arlisna.org/>www.arlisna.org. > >To help our committee contact appropriate people in the future, >please let me know the names and addresses of other faculty who >might be interested in receiving this information and/or the means >of contacting student listservs at your institution. > >If you do not wish to be contacted about these kinds of awards or >other matters of this nature, please let me know and I will remove >you from our mailing list. > >Thank you for your time and consideration. > >Sincerely, > >Kevin Madill, Chair >Gerd Muehsam Award Committee > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Art Libraries Society of North America >Announces the 2008 Gerd Muehsam Award > >Sponsored by the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA), >the Gerd Muehsam Award is given annually in recognition of >excellence in a graduate student paper or project on a topic >relevant to art librarianship. The award was established to honor >the memory of Gerd Muehsam (1913-1979), distinguished scholar, >teacher, and art bibliographer, whose support of and dedication to >ARLIS/NA was an inspiration to her colleagues and students. > >Award Details > * $500 > * Up to $300 travel reimbursement to attend the ARLIS/NA 37th > Annual Conference in Indianapolis, IN, April 16-28, 2009 > * Registration fee to this conference > * A one year membership to ARLIS/NA > >Requirements > * The paper or project must have been created or written during > the preceding 18 months by a student enrolled in an accredited > graduate library program or in a post-graduate library school > program in art history or a related discipline > * The paper or project must be in conjunction with a course assignment > * One submission is allowed per person > >Required Format > * Papers: The paper must be 10-25 pages, typed, double-spaced on > single sides of 8.5 x 11 inch paper. The paper must include an > abstract of 250 words. The title page must include a paper title, > the name of the entrant and the institution attended, the name of > the faculty member for whom it was written, and the course > title. The bibliography and footnotes should follow an accepted > format, such as the Chicago Manual of Style or The Elements of > Style by Strunk and White. In addition, authors should inform the > committee chair if their contribution has been published previously > or is being considered for publication. > * Internet projects: If an Internet project, a 250 word summary > of the project, its URL, the name of the institution and course for > which it was created, and the name of the faculty member assigning > the project must be included. It must also be accessible to all of > the committee members for review. > * All applicants must include their mailing addresses, email > addresses, and telephone numbers with their applications. > >Judging Criteria > * Papers and projects will be judged on their relevance to art > librarianship or visual curatorship, depth of research and > scholarship, quality of organization, appropriate use of > terminology, style and readability, and originality of thought or observation. > >Deadline > * Entries must be postmarked by the end of the day, Friday, > November 21, 2008. They will not be returned. All applicants > should receive notification of the results by the end of February 2009. > >This announcement as well as additional information about ARLIS/NA >can be viewed at: <http://www.arlisna.org/>http://www.arlisna.org/ >and ><http://www.arlisna.org/about/awards/muehsam_info.html>http://www.arlisna.org/about/awards/muehsam_info.html > >Mail or Email Entries To >Kevin Madill >Chair, Gerd Muehsam Award Committee >Circulation Manager, Borrower Services >University of British Columbia >Walter C. Koerner Library >1958 Main Mall >Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z2 >E-mail: <mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask] > Dagobert Soergel College of Information Studies University of Maryland 4105 Hornbake Library College Park, MD 20742-4345 Office: 301-405-2037 Home: 703-823-2840 Mobile: 703-585-2840 OFax: 301-314-9145 HFax: 703-823-6427 [log in to unmask] www.dsoergel.com