Please consider preparing a nomination for the ARLIS/NA Distinguished Service Award. This award honors an individual of any country whose exemplary service in art librarianship, visual resources curatorship, or a related field, has made an outstanding national or international contribution to art information.

Individuals nominated should have distinguished themselves in at least two of the following ways:

• Outstanding and sustained service to the profession through active participation, advocacy, or leadership in ARLIS/NA or related organizations.

• Outstanding and sustained service to a library or visual resource collection in a manner consistent with the highest standards of the field. These standards may be met in a variety of ways, including activity which involves exceptional creativity, innovation, intellectual or moral courage, leadership, scholarship.

• Outstanding research and/or publication in any media or format that contributes to the further understanding and development of art information, art librarianship, or visual collections management.

• Outstanding and sustained performance as a teacher in the field of art librarianship, visual resources curatorship, or a closely related field.

Recipients need not be members of ARLIS/NA. The award may be given posthumously. Current members of the Executive Board and previous recipients of the award are not eligible for nomination.

Procedures for submissions are outlined on the ARLIS/NA website under the Distinguished Service Award page, http://arlisna.org/about/awards-honors/66-dsa.

The deadline to submit nominations for the 2016 ARLIS/NA Distinguished Service Award is Monday, October 24, 2016. Packets must be received by the Chair of the Committee by the close of the business day on that date.

Submissions and supporting documents may be made electronically (strongly preferred) to:

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or by mail or courier delivery to:

Henry Pisciotta, Chair, ARLIS/NA Distinguished Service Award Committee

University Libraries

Pennsylvania State University

University Park, PA 16802

Questions are welcomed.