Thanks to Heather M. for forwarding this to me…
Message from Terry Epperson, chair of PLG’s Braverman Prize committee
Hello –
We’re
pleased to announce the fifth annual Miriam Braverman prize, sponsored
by the Progressive Librarians Guild, for the best student paper on
progressive library issues. Below are the guidelines for the prize. The
announcement flyer can be found at: http://libr.org/plg/Braverman-08-flyer.pdf. Feel free to pass this announcement on to other listservs or groups that may be interested.Braverman Prize Guidelines for PLG
1. Entrants must be Library/Information Science students attending a graduate level program in the United States or Canada.
2. Entries must be the original, unpublished work of the entrant, in English, and must not exceed 3,000 words.
3.
The topic of the paper should concern an aspect of the social
responsibilities of librarians, libraries, or librarianship. Papers
related to archivists, archives, or archival work are also acceptable.
Topics could include, but are not limited to, such concerns as
professional ethics in the age of the USA PATRIOT Act; the
commodification of information; the political value choices of
cataloging and indexing; the role of libraries in bridging the
information gap; democratic management systems within libraries, etc.4.
Each entry should include a cover sheet containing the entrant’s name,
full contact information (address, phone number, e-mail address), name
of the institution where the entrant is enrolled, and the title of the
paper. No identifying information, other than the title, should appear
on the paper itself.5. Entries must be submitted electronically, in MS Word or RTF format, to bravermansubmissions@gmail.com
6. Entries must be received no later than 6pm on, April 15, 2008.
7.
The winning entry will be published in Progressive Librarian and must
conform to MLA in-text citation style. The winning entrant will also
receive a $300 stipend toward attendance at the 2008 American Library
Association annual conference in Anaheim, CA and an award at the annual
PLG dinner. Award money is available only for ALA conference
attendance; if the winner is unable to attend, the money will remain in
the Braverman Award fund account or be donated at the discretion of the
committee..8. The judges’ decision is final. The act of
submission implies the unqualified acceptance of the conditions of
entry by the entrant.Terrence W. Epperson, Ph.D.
Social Sciences Librarian
TCNJ Library
The College of New Jersey
P.O. Box 7718
Ewing, NJ 08628-0718
Phone: (609) 771-3352
Fax: (609) 637-5177
E-mail epperson@tcnj.edu
http://www.tcnj.edu/~library/epperson/index.html
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