The ILA/ACRL Awards Committee announces a $500 grant to be awarded to an ILA/ACRL member for a presented or published scholarly work. Please consider submitting your own work or nominating a colleague for this award! The following rules and qualifications apply:
- A qualifying presented paper must be text-based and have been delivered at a regional, national, or international conference.
- A qualifying published paper is to have appeared in a scholarly journal.
- A qualifying book is to be scholarly in nature.
- The subject matter of the material submitted may be on any scholarly topic.
- The papers should have been delivered or published since August 1, 2020.
- PowerPoint slides, video, or audio submissions will not be considered.
- Entries may be self-submitted or nominated.
- Entries will be considered by the Awards Committee on the basis of a blind ranking process. Criteria include but are not limited to:
- Venue is scholarly as evidenced by, for example, peer-review of submissions and/or reputation for scholarly exchange.
- Research represents substantive contribution to the body of knowledge.
- Work shows evidence of rigorous and thoughtful inquiry into the topic.
- If the committee finds that none of the entries are meritorious, it may decide not to make an award.
- The deadline for submissions is April 1, 2022. The winner will be notified May 2, 2022.
- The winner will be announced at the ILA/ACRL Spring Conference May 19-20, 2022. The recipient(s) will be encouraged to share a brief (5-10 minute) verbal summary of their research at the ILA/ACRL business meeting during the conference.
Please email submissions to: Mary Anderson, ILA/ACRL Awards Committee Chair, Loras College, mary.anderson@loras.edu.
Include a copy of your work/research along with your name and contact information.
On behalf of the ILA/ACRL Awards Committee, thank you!
Committee members:
Mary Anderson, Chair
Jamie Byerly
Sara Scheib
Anna Schmall
