[Sigdl-l] SIG-DL seeking nominations for Deborah Barreau Memorial Award

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*ASIS&T SIG-DL Seeking Nominations for Deborah Barreau Memorial
Award[image: DebBarreau_2.jpg]Release date: July 18, 2014The Dr. Deborah
Barreau Memorial Award for outstanding contributions to Special Interest
Group - Digital Libraries (SIG-DL) has been established in memory of Dr.
Deborah Barreau, a leader in ASIS&T for many years including SIG-DL Cabinet
Representative (2006), SIG-DL Chair (2008), Leadership Development Chair
(2008), Board of Directors (2009-2011) and ASIS&T Executive Committee
(2011).  Dr. Barreau served as an advocate for SIG-DL and emerging leaders
within the ASIS&T Community and she mentored many of the SIG-DL members to
become active contributors within the ASIS&T community.Dr. Barreau was the
Frances Carroll McColl Term Professor at the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill’s School of Information and Library Science, where she
taught for ten years. An influential researcher, her work on personal
information management in particular has been widely cited both inside and
outside the digital library field. She was a masterful teacher, winning the
school’s Award for Teaching Excellence in 2004 and in 2008, and the
Outstanding Information Science Teacher International Award from the
American Society for Information Science and Technology in 2002. Highly
respected and regarded by her colleagues and students, she was known for
her dedication, commitment and kindness; exceptional mentoring
skills-offering time and advice at all hours; and for creating a classroom
environment that encouraged creativity while helping her students
understand how what they were learning was related to their own lives.The
AwardThe Dr. Deborah Barreau Memorial Award honors ASIS&T SIG-DL members
who have made significant contributions to the Digital Libraries Special
Interest Group through service, projects, research or professional
development initiatives that enrich the SIG-DL community.  The award is
intended to encourage active engagement of SIG-DL members, recognizing
outstanding service to the SIG. In addition to recognition of exceptional
contributions to SIG-DL, awardees will also receive a modest monetary award
which will be presented in a brief ceremony during the SIG-DL business
meeting held at the ASIS&T Annual Meeting.Eligibility & SelectionOnly ASIST
SIG-DL members are eligible to be nominated. Current SIG-DL Executive
Committee members are not eligible.Selection will be based on an evaluation
of the breadth and depth of the contributions to SIG-DL. A panel of three
SIG-DL Executive Committee members will select the recipient. Depending on
the quality and diversity of the nominations, the award may not necessarily
be granted every year. In that instance, the prize money shall be reserved
until the following year.Important DatesApplication due date:  September 1,
2014Award Notification date:  October 1, 2014Nominations received after
September 1 of each year will not be considered for that year's award; they
will instead be rolled over for consideration the following year.Nomination
ProcedureTo submit a nomination, e-mail SIG-DL Chair Kevin Comerford
(kevco at unm.edu <kevco at unm.edu>) with the nomination materials.
Self-nominations are not accepted. Nominations will not be considered until
all materials have been received.Nominations will be comprised of the
following elements: 1. The nominee's name, title, institution, phone and
email address.2. The nominator’s name, title, institution, phone, email
address and the nominator’s relationship with the candidate.3. A narrative
(no longer than 1,000 words) outlining the activities which illustrate the
outstanding contributions of the nominee to the Digital Libraries Special
Interest Group.4. A brief biography of the nominee.5. A current resume of
the nominee.Letters of support of the nominee are optional, but accepted.*
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