The ARLIS/New England awards committee is pleased to announce the 2007 winners
of the ARLIS/NE awards and scholarships:
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.
2007 recipients: Darin Murphy and Elizabeth Bond
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.
2007 recipient: Debby Aframe
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