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----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Please forgive the cross-postings. I am trying to reach as wide a professional audience as possible. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ PRESS RELEASE Nominations Sought for the 1997 Dartmouth Medal The American Library Association's Reference and User Services Association (RUSA)'s Dartmouth Medal Committee is seeking nominations for this award honoring "achievement in creating reference works outstanding in quality and significance." The term "creating reference works" may include (but is certainly not limited to) "writing, compiling, editing or publishing books" or providing "information in other forms for reference use" - such as computerized databases. Works published or made available for the first time in 1996 are eligible. The award is a bronze medal designed by Rudolph Ruzicka and donated by Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH. The medal will be presented at the RASD Awards Ceremony during the 1997 American Library Association's Annual Conference in San Francisco. To nominate a reference work for the 1997 Dartmouth Medal, please complete the short nomination form, available below or from the chair of the committee. Richard Bleiler, Chair Dartmouth Medal Committee Reference Services Department 860-486-1246 (voice) Homer Babbidge Library 860-486-3593 (FAX) University of Connecticut [log in to unmask] Storrs, Connecticut 06279-1005 Nominations not submitted on the nomination form must be sent to the committee chair and include the following information: Title Author or Editor Publisher Name, address, phone number, etc of nominator Brief statement supporting the nomination The deadline is December 15, 1996 The Dartmouth Medal Committee will meet at the 1997 American Library Association Midwinter Conference in Washington, D.C., to select a winner. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1997 Dartmouth Medal Nomination Form The Reference and User Services Association of the American Library Association presents the Dartmouth Medal annually to "creators of outstanding reference works." The term "creating reference works" may include writing, compiling, editing or publishing books or providing information in other forms for reference use, such as computerized databases. Works published or made available for the first time in 1996 are eligible. To nominate a reference work, please complete this form and send by December 15, 1996 to: Richard Bleiler, Chair Dartmouth Medal Committee Reference Services Department 860-486-1246 (voice) Homer Babbidge Library 860-486-3593 (FAX) University of Connecticut [log in to unmask] Storrs, Connecticut 06279-1005 If possible, please attach copies of published reviews. TITLE: _________________________________________________________ AUTHOR or EDITOR: ___________________________________________ PUBLISHER: __________________________________________________ NOMINATOR: _______________________________________________ NOMINATOR ADDRESS: _____________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ NOMINATOR PHONE NUMBER:________________________________ NOMINATOR E-MAIL: ___________________________________________ Statement supporting your nomination: