The ARLIS/New England awards committee is pleased to announce the 2006 winners of the ARLIS/NE awards and scholarship:

Elmar W. Seibel Scholarship

DESCRIPTION: The Elmar Seibel Scholarship was established in the summer of 2001 to honor ARLIS/NE Life Member Elmar Seibel, a respected book dealer, bibliographer, curator, and collector, and an esteemed friend to art libraries and art librarians regionally, nationally, and internationally. Elmar Seibel is founder and president of Ars Libri Ltd., in Boston, a company that has since 1976 served as a resource for scholars, librarians, collectors, and artists.

An award of $500.00 may be granted to an aspiring art information professional currently enrolled or accepted into a fully accredited New England school of library and/or information science. Awards may be granted to more than one applicant, if funds permit.

Wolfgang Freitag Professional Development Award

DESCRIPTION: The Wolfgang M. Freitag Professional Development Award, named in honor of the chapter's founding member, was instituted in 1992. Dr. Freitag served as Chief Librarian of the Harvard College Fine Arts Library at the Fogg Art Museum from 1964 to 1991, and as lecturer and senior lecturer in bibliography and art historiography at Harvard from 1967 to 1991. A charter member of ARLIS/NA, he was elected president of the organization for 1980 and continues to play an active role in the affairs of the Society. Wolfgang Freitag exemplifies the highest standards of the profession and serves as an inspiration to us all.

Travel Award