Awards and Honors

Three awards are given by the SLA Engineering Division:

1. The Elsevier Engineering Information/SLA Engineering Librarian of the Year Award
2. The INSPEC Travel Stipend Award
3. The IEEE Continuing Education Travel Award

The Division's Awards Committee, chaired by the Division Director, oversees all awards. For a list of past award winners, please click here.

The George Mandel Memorial Award has been established by the Aerospace Section of the Engineering Division. It is sponsored partially by the Mandel family and by the American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics to provide financial support to qualified Aerospace Section members who will attend and/or participate in an SLA annual conference or educational program.

$1500 Elsevier/SLA Engineering Librarian of the Year Award

This award, sponsored by Elsevier and the SLA Engineering Division, highlights the accomplishments and contributions of members to the engineering librarian profession. The winner must be present to accept the award at the annual Engineering Division Business Meeting held during the annual SLA conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, June 13-16, 2010.

Prospective candidates are encouraged to nominate themselves, or they may be nominated by a colleague or associate.

Criteria for entry are:

1. Membership in good standing for one year in the SLA Engineering Division as of January 1, 2009.
2. Distinguished achievement(s) in the engineering library profession, through an exceptional contribution on the job, within the SLA Engineering Division, or within the industry at large. Accomplishment(s) should have taken place within the calendar year immediately preceding nomination/application. However, in selected cases, based solely on the Awards Committee’s judgment, recognition may be given for ongoing, long-term contribution(s).

Submit the nomination/application by February 9, 2010. Provide full name, job title, address, telephone numbers, e-mail address, and a maximum one-page statement of the nominee’s qualifications to:

Jane Stephens
Sterling C. Evans Library
Texas A&M University Libraries
5000 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-5000

Or to:
jstephens@tamu.edu / Subject line = SLA AWARD
979-845-5382 (voice mail)

$1200 Inspec Travel Stipend Award

Inspec is sponsoring for library school students the award of a $1200.00 travel stipend toward payment of expenses incurred while attending the annual Special Libraries Association conference iin New Orleans, LA, June 13-16, 2010.

The Inspec Award will be given to the qualified student who submits an essay of three or less double spaced typed pages that is judged to be the best essay submited decribing the following scenario:

"Describe and propose the use of a web 2.0 technology to connect users with information in an engineering library."

Be a student member of the Engineering Division of the Special Libraries Association.

1. Give your full name, address, telephone number, e mail address, and a statement, on one page, of your qualifications, as given above, for entering the award competition. Include the name of your library school.
2. Type your full name (without any additional personal information) at the top of each essay page. Double space the typing on all pages.

Bette Finn
SLA Engineering Division Awards Committee
Georgia Tech Library and Information Center
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, Georgia 30332 0900
Phone: (404) 894 1790 Fax: (404) 894 8190
E mail: bette.finn@library.gatech.edu

$1000 IEEE Continuing Education Stipend

The IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) is sponsoring for SLA Engineering Division members a travel stipend up to $1000 toward payment of expenses incurred while attending any Continuing Education course offered at the annual SLA conference in New Orleans, LA, June 13-16, 2010.

The IEEE Stipend will be given to the qualified member who submits an essay, of three or fewer double-spaced typed pages, which is judged to be the best paper that addresses “How the member will benefit professionally from a continuing education course.” Please email Bing Wang (bing.wang@library.gatech.edu) for a list of Continuing Education courses offered during the SLA 2010 conference. The winner will also be required to submit an article to the Engineering Division newsletter (SciTech News) within twelve months of completion on how the course helped them in library applications.

Be a member of the SLA Engineering Division in good standing for at least one year as of January 1, 2009.

Type your full name (without any additional personal information) at the top of each essay page. Double space the typing on all pages.

The winner must be present to accept the award at the annual Engineering Division Business Meeting during the SLA 2010 conference.

Bing Wang
SLA-ENG Awards Committee
Georgia Tech Library & Information Center
Atlanta, Georgia, 30332-0900
Phone: (404) 894-0816
E mail: bing.wang@library.gatech.edu

Science-Technology/Engineering Division Bonnie Hilditch International Librarian Award

http://units.sla.org/division/dst/Award/BonnieHilditchInternationalAward.html

Awards Committee