[Sigiii-l] (Fwd) NASIG Tuttle International Grant - Call for applicants

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The North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG) invites applicants
for

the following grant:
THE MARCIA TUTTLE INTERNATIONAL GRANT

PURPOSE:  The grant will provide funding for an individual working in
any area of the serials information chain to foster international
communication and education through activities involving some aspect
of serials such as, but not limited to:  research, collaborative
projects, job exchanges, and presentation of papers at conferences. 
Applicants may be either serialists practicing in North American
countries seeking funding for appropriate activities involving some
aspect of serials taking place outside North American countries, or
serialists practicing outside North American countries seeking 
funding for appropriate activities involving some aspect of serials 
in North American countries.  The grant is named in honor of Marcia 
Tuttle.

TERM OF AWARD:  One year.

ELIGIBILITY:  Applicants may be either serialists practicing in North
American countries (defined for this purpose as the United States,
Canada, Mexico, and Greenland) seeking funding for appropriate
activities involving some aspect of serials taking place outside 
North American countries, or

serialists practicing outside North American countries seeking 
funding for appropriate activities involving some aspect of serials 
in North American countries.

Applicants must have at least five years of professional experience 
in the serials information chain.  Proposed projects must deal with 
some aspect of serials and include foreign travel.  Foreign or 
English language skills should be adequate to project needs.

HOW TO APPLY:  Applicants should submit the following materials in
English:

*       a completed application
*       a written proposal outlining the project and including
proposed completion dates 
*       current resume or curriculum vita 
*      a minimum of three references, including one from the 
applicant's supervisor (previous supervisor may be substituted if 
there is no current supervisor) and one from a colleague at a 
different institution or company 
*       a letter of support from the foreign institution or 
collaborator as appropriate.

Application forms are available on the NASIG Web Page
<http://nasig.org/award/>.  Applications will only be accepted in
electronic form.  Completed applications and all related materials
should be emailed to:

Philenese Slaughter
Co-Chair, NASIG Awards & Recognition Committee
Felix G. Woodward Library
Austin Peay State University
Phone:  (931) 221-7741
Email:  slaughterp at apsu.edu


AMOUNT OF THE AWARD:  The award includes a $2000 grant and a one-year
free NASIG membership.  NASIG will give one award per year or no
award, depending upon the applications.

AWARDEE'S RESPONSIBILITIES:  An essential part of this award is the
dissemination of the results of the project. The awardee is required
to submit a final project report to the NASIG Executive Board.  This
report needs to be suitable for publication in a journal focused on 
serial issues such as Serials Review. The final report should include 
the purpose of the project, the process followed, the achievements, 
and a literature review or bibliography. The awardee is strongly 
encouraged to share the results of

the project by presenting a workshop or poster session at the NASIG
annual conference following the award.

APPLICATION DEADLINE:  Applications must be emailed by
FEBRUARY 15, 2004. Applications received after this deadline will not
be considered.

AWARD NOTIFICATION:  Awardee will be notified by APRIL 1, 2004.

MARCIA TUTTLE BIOGRAPHY

Marcia Tuttle has had a distinguished career in serials 
librarianship. She was the winner of the first Bowker/Ulrich's 
Serials Librarianship Award in 1985.  Marcia published her landmark 
textbook, Introduction to Serials Management, in 1983.  The series 
continued with five volumes of Advances in Serials Management, which 
Marcia originated and co-edited from 1985-1992. The series is used by 
all affiliated with the serials business.  This series was followed 
by Managing Serials published in 1996.  Another publication which 
Marcia began publishing and editing in the 1980's is The Newsletter 
on Serials Pricing Issues (NSPI).  Although NSPI ceased publication 
in 2001, it was a timely publication for librarians worldwide with 
practical information and controversial viewpoints on serials pricing 
and related topics.  Marcia also serves on the editorial board for 
Serials Review.   With October Ivins, Marcia organized the Aqueduct 
Group, a retreat for librarians to discuss a variety of topics 
relating to serials. Out of these gatherings came a call for action 
known as "The Aqueduct Agenda" which was published in The Chronicle 
of Higher Education, Library Journal, and Serials Review.

Marcia was one of a select few to attend a United Kingdom Serials
Group (UKSG) conference in 1984, a meeting of minds/ideas, which
resulted in a genesis of our own serials organization, the North 
American Serials Interest Group (NASIG). NASIG held its first 
conference in 1986.
 
Marcia was present at that conference and has attended many NASIG 
conferences since.  She served as chair of the Conference Planning 
Committee (CPC) for the Tenth Anniversary Conference held at Duke 
University in 1996.
 
She has chaired the ALA RTSD (now ALCTS) Serials Section.  Marcia
currently serves as an associate moderator for SERIALST.  She has
taught a generation of serials librarians (and some vendors) in her
serials courses at the library school at the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill.  Marcia loves to travel, and she enjoys
makings presentations on serials topics.  Over the years she has been
invited to speak at meetings all over North America, as well as at
conferences in Europe, South Africa and Australia.  A number of these
talks have been published in various library journals.  Marcia Tuttle
is indeed a well-respected international librarian, and it is an 
honor to have this International Grant named after her.

(Source cited:  Hepfer, Cindy.  "A Tribute to Marcia Tuttle on her
Retirement," Serials Review: 23, no. 2 (Summer 1997): 1-30; updated 
by Philenese Slaughter, Co-Chair of the NASIG Awards & Recognition
Committee 11/7/02)
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