Nominations are being accepted for the 2011 Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) awards for professional achievement.  One of these awards is the Esther J. Piercy Award.    

The Esther J. Piercy Award is targeted toward newer members of our professional specialties, including collection development and management; acquisitions; bibliographic organization, cataloging, and metadata; serials/continuing resources; and preservation and digitization, and related emerging areas. 

The Piercy Award, a $1,500 grant and citation donated by YBP, Inc., recognizes contributions to library collections and technical services by a librarian with no more than 10 years of professional experience who has shown outstanding promise for continuing contribution and leadership.  Winners will be chosen based on accomplishments related to technical services and resources in such areas as:  leadership in professional associations at local, state, regional or national level; contributions to the development, application or utilization of new or improved methods, techniques and routines; significant contribution to professional literature; and conduct of studies or research in the technical services.

Send nominations, including a statement giving the reasons for nomination, the date your nominee entered his or her first professional position, and the nominee’s resume or narrative career outline, along with supporting documents, to: 

Carolynne Myall, chair, Piercy Jury, cmyall@ewu.edu

Visit the Piercy Award page for more information (for example, about supporting documents):

http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alcts/awards/profrecognition/estherjpiercy.cfm

ALCTS is a division of the American Library Association.

Documents in electronic format, sent to the chair as email attachments, are preferred.  If this is not possible, nominators may send printed materials to the chair at the address below.    

The deadline for nominations and supporting materials is Dec. 1, 2010.

Nominating a colleague for the Piercy Award is a great way of recognizing the contributions of someone who has joined our profession during the last ten years.  The Piercy Jury hopes to have a challenging assignment in choosing one among many worthy nominees. 

We are eager to hear from you.    

Surface mail address of Piercy Jury chair:

Carolynne Myall

Head, Collection Services

EWU University Libraries

816 F St., LIB 100

Cheney, WA 99004

509-359-6967

This announcement is being widely distributed on behalf of the Esther J. Piercy Award Committee. Please excuse any duplication.

On behalf of the jury,

Steve

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Steve Kelley

Head of Resource Maintenance and Serials Cataloging Librarian

Z. Smith Reynolds Library

Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, NC 27109-7777

336-758-5245(voice)

336-758-4652 (fax)

kelleys@wfu.edu