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Do you know a stellar technical services librarian who is a CLA member? Here's your opportunity to acknowledge their great work!

Nominate a California technical services librarian for the Technical Services Award of Achievement.

Don't let the deadline pass you by -- Nominate your outstanding colleague today!

Application deadline: March 29, 2013

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 CALIFORNIA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION

TECHNICAL SERVICES AWARD OF ACHIEVEMENT

  Call for Nominations

The CLA Technical Services Award of Achievement acknowledges superior achievement by an individual in those areas of the library profession that encompass technical services.

All members of the library community are invited to take this opportunity to recognize deserving technical services colleagues who have made significant contributions in those areas of librarianship that have been especially challenged by the need for innovation and adaptation in dealing with rapidly changing technology and work environments.

A maximum of one award is given each year. The CLA Technical Services Award of Achievement recipient is presented with a certificate of recognition and is honored at CLA's annual Awards Gala which takes place during our annual conference.

Application period
January 22 – March 29, 2013

Eligibility

• Persons nominated for the award are required to be CLA members.
• Nominees must have worked for a portion of the past year in a California library.
• Nominators are not required to be CLA members. However, if a nomination is made by a non-member, the nomination must be endorsed by a CLA member.

How to nominate
Nominators should submit a statement (of no more than 350 words) identifying the nominee's achievement(s) and briefly describing the impact of the achievement(s) on those areas of the library profession that encompass technical services. Criteria for selection are outstanding achievement in one or more of the following areas:

• leadership in professional associations at the local, state, regional, national, or international level;
• significant contributions to the development, application, or utilization of new or improved methods, techniques, and routines demonstrating creativity and innovation;
• significant contributions to the professional literature; and
• significant studies or research.
• Nomination form: https://m360.cla-net.org/admin/forms/ViewForm.aspx?id=44391

Further information

• The CLA Technical Services Award is coordinated by CLA's Technical Services Interest Group (TSIG).
• TSIG may consider only those individuals who have been formally nominated for the award.
• TSIG reserves the right not to give an award if a qualified candidate is not found.
• Award recipients will be asked to submit a photograph to be used in award publicity.
• If you have questions, please contact Julie Renee Moore.

2013 CLA Technical Services Award of Achievement Committee

• Sarah Buchanan, University of Texas at Austin
• Julie Renee Moore, CSU Fresno and 2010 recipient of the Award of Achievement (Chair)
• Stephanie Roach, John F. Kennedy University

If you have any further questions, please contact me at julie.renee.moore@gmail.com or call me at 559-278-5813.

Thanks!

Julie Moore
Fresno State

“Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.”

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