Each year, the nominating Committee seeks nominees for both the Outstanding Chapter Member Award and the Professional Award.

Outstanding Chapter Member Award:
This award shall be given to a chapter member for a notable or important contribution to the Kentucky Chapter of special Libraries Association.

Criteria include:

• Full paid chapter member for at least one year.
• Chair or coordinator of a special project; someone who consistently volunteers to do chapter work; someone who enhances the goals of the chapter; or someone who consistently contributes ideas to committees or at board meetings that are incorporated for the enhancement of the chapter.
• Past winners: the same person shall not receive the award in three consecutive years.

Professional Award:
This award shall be given to an individual or group in recognition of a specific achievement in the field of librarianship or to the subject field in which they serve.

Criteria include:

• Chapter member for at least one year.
• Continuing excellence and commitment to the field of librarianship or a subject specialty within.
• Significant contributions within the last 10 (ten) years. Examples include (but not limited to) extensive research on some library-related topic that culminates in the publication of a book or article(s) in a referred journal, or a presentation at a major conference or meeting; active participation on the national and/or international level promoting the library profession, such as chair of a division/section in a library or subject-oriented professional association.
• Consideration for this award is limited to professional library-related achievements.
• Past winners: the same person shall not receive the award in three consecutive years.

The awards will be presented at the Chapter Business Meeting on October 20, 2010, at Keeneland.

DEADLINE FOR NOMINATIONS: SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Thank you,
Wenda Webster Fischer
wenda.fischer@skofirm.com
Chair, KYSLA Awards Committee

• Past Recipients
• Outstanding Chapter Member Award form
• Professional Award form
• Awards Committee Procedures
• Awards Committee Members

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