----------------------------Original message---------------------------- The Southeast Chapter of the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) is pleased to announce the 16th Annual Mary Ellen LoPresti Art Publication Awards Competition. The Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) is the largest international professional organization devoted to art librarianship. The Southeast Chapter of ARLIS/NA established the LoPresti Publication Award Competition in 1985 to recognize and encourage excellence in art publications issued in the Southeastern United States. The publication awards are named for Mary Ellen LoPresti, who was the Design Librarian at the Harrye B. Lyons Design Library, North Carolina State University, until her death in 1985. Museums and galleries, educational institutions, libraries, organizations and commercial presses are encouraged to submit publications for consideration. All publications will be judged on the quality of content and format within the appropriate category. The number of items that may be submitted is not restricted. Only those art and architecture books, exhibition catalogues, and serials published/copyrighted during the 1999 calendar year in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, or the Virgin Islands are eligible for consideration. In-house newsletters, posters, invitations and other promotional material will not be considered. Entries should be received by September 30, 2000 to be considered. There is no entry fee, but ARLIS/SE reserves the right to retain all works submitted for consideration. Mail entries with the attached entry form to: ARLIS/SE 1999 Publications Awards c/o Rachel E. Kuhn, Librarian, NCSU Fellow NCSU Libraries, Box 7111 North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 27695-7111 voice: (919)515-2936 fax: (919)515-8264 [log in to unmask] Winners of this year's award will be announced in October 2000, at the ARLIS/SE annual meeting in Raleigh/Durham, N.C., and notification will be sent to all entrants. Winning entries will be placed in the Duke University East Campus Library, Durham. For further information, visit our web site at http://www.seflin.org/arlis-se/, or contact Allen Novak at (941) 359-7583 (email: [log in to unmask]). __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] Administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html Questions may be addressed to list owner at: [log in to unmask]