Dear Colleagues,

Application deadlines for the Worldwide Books Award for Publications, the Worldwide Books Award for Electronic Resources, and the H.W. Wilson Foundation Research Grant have been extended until Friday, February 26, 2010. Please consider nominating yourself, ARLIS members you know, or whose work you have admired.

The Worldwide Books Award for Publications recognizes outstanding publications by ARLIS/NA individual members in librarianship or visual resources curatorship, and the arts. Worldwide Books Award for Electronic Resources recognizes outstanding electronic publications by ARLIS/NA individual members.  Recipients may receive awards ranging from a certificate of merit to a cash award of up to $1,500. The work must have been published during the 2008 or 2009 calendar year.

The H.W. Wilson Foundation Research Grant provides funds to defer expenses related to research projects proposed or undertaken by ARLIS members, up to $3,000.

Each category could recognize multiple awardees, and one applicant could apply for more than one award.  Many winners in the past have produced work in art history or librarianship, but any scholarly project is eligible. Complete guidelines and the application forms are available on the ARLIS/NA awards index page: http://www.arlisna.org/about/awards/awards_index.html  Feel free to contact Nancy or me with questions or ideas.

Sincerely,

Research Awards Committee co-chairs:

Stephanie Moye

Serials Librarian

American Art/Portrait Gallery Library

Smithsonian Institution Libraries

750 9th Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20560

(202) 633-8231

Nancy Spiegel

Bibliographer for Art and Cinema

University of Chicago Library

1100 E. 57th Street

Chicago, IL 60637

(773) 702-5193