Today's Topics: 1. Celebrate Innovation with ALCTS's ProQuest Coutts Award for Innovation in Electronic Resources Management (Elaine Franco)
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Do you know someone whose work represents the finest achievements and leadership in collaboration and innovation? Celebrate their accomplishments by submitting a nomination to the 2017 ProQuest Coutts Award for Innovation in Electronic Resources Management! The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) honors an individual and/or group whose electronic resources management achievements could include, but are not limited to: * Building and managing new types of electronic collections and materials * Addressing selection issues and processes for electronic resources * Creating effective organizational structures for the workflow management and development of electronic resource collections * Increasing visibility, discovery and user access to electronic library resources Past award winners include: * Benjamin Heet for demonstrating an extraordinary commitment to innovation in his work developing and promoting the open-source CORAL Electronic Resources Management system. * Jill Emery & Graham Stone for their work on the TERMS (Techniques for Electronic Resource Management) and OAWAL (Open Access Workflows for Academic Libraries) projects, which crowd-sourced the creation of best practices for managing electronic resources, and exemplify innovative practices for the worldwide library community. The award is presented during the American Library Association Annual Conference, and the recipient receives a citation and a $2,000 award generously donated by ProQuest Coutts Information Services. Nominations and supporting materials are due December 1, 2016 and should include: * Name, address, phone number and email address of each nominee and nominating party. * Formal statement of nomination that includes a rationale, and a description of any projects that the nominee has initiated and successfully completed. * Additional letters of support and endorsement from others that provide additional evidence of worthiness of the nominee. Self-nominations will not be accepted. Current employees of ProQuest Coutts and its subsidiaries are not eligible for the award. Please email nominations to: Erika Johnson, chair, ProQuest Coutts Award Jury, [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Additional information is available online at http://www.ala.org/alcts/awards/profrecognition/couttsinnovate JENNIFER PETERS, MLS Content Management and Discovery Services Librarian Greenlease Library O 816-501-4134 F 816-501-4666 1100 Rockhurst Road Kansas City, MO 64110 www.rockhurst.edu<http://www.rockhurst.edu/> ------------------------------ End of Tsig Digest, Vol 55, Issue 2 *********************************** -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "[email protected]" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected].
