Call for nominations: ALCTS Outstanding Collaboration Citation

A  great deal of productive, useful collaboration is taking
place in the 
library community and library industry.  Please take a
moment to send 
your application for this second annual award.  If you have
questions 
please send them to the jury chair, Gracemary Smulewitz as
listed 
below.  We look forward to hearing  from you before December
1st.


Thank you!

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_*ALCTS Outstanding Collaboration Citation *_


 ALCTS Outstanding Collaboration Citation recognizes and
encourages 
collaborative problem-solving efforts in the areas of
acquisition, 
access, management, preservation or archiving of library
materials. It 
recognizes a demonstrated benefit from actions, services, or
products 
that improve and benefit providing and managing library
collections. The 
citation may be presented to two or more individuals or
groups who have 
participated jointly in an appropriate achievement.
Accomplishments that 
expose problems may be as valuable as successes. The
citation will be 
presented in a year when an achievement of merit has
occurred. 
Recognized forms of collaboration must be between library
personnel and 
other individuals or groups such as: publishers, vendors,
cultural 
organizations, government agencies, philanthropic
organizations, and the 
like. Results of a collaborative effort must demonstrate
advancement in 
collection management or technical services working
environments.

  Examples (descriptive, not inclusive):

- Development of industry standards (licensing, COUNTER,
technology)

- Breaking barriers to enable budget conscientious actions
(inflation 
control, setting serials pricing far enough in advance of
renewals, 
cooperative cataloging or preservation initiatives)

- Innovative publications products or services that meet an
industry 
need (ERMI, first link resolver, software to enhance
productivity or 
user access)

 The deadline for nominations and supporting materials is
December 1, 
2007. For additional information, visit the ALCTS Web site
at 
http://www.ala.org/alcts. ALCTS is a division of the American Library 
Association (ALA).

  Send nominations, along with written justification for the
citation in 
terms of demonstrated outcomes in work achieved through
actions, 
services, or products; how the achievement contributed to
the 
fulfillment of needs in the work of collection management or
technical 
services and any other factors relevant to the merit of the
achievement 
and two letters of recommendation to Gracemary Smulewitz,
Citation Jury 
chair, smulewirci.rutgers.edu <mailto:lcorbetemory.edu>

 

If there are questions about the award, please contact
Gracemary Smulewitz

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Head, Distributed Technical Services
Rutgers University Libraries
169 College Avenue
New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901
Ph: 732-932-7388 ext 161
Fax: 732-932-8141
Email: smulewirci.rutgers.edu

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Hello from New Zealand,

Are projects based outside of the US eligible?

I work on the Kete software project (http://kete.net.nz/) which is
 
used for collaborative digital archiving by libraries and
other  
community organizations in New Zealand.  Kete Horowhenua
(http:// 
horowhenua.kete.net.nz/) being the most mature example. 
We've  
recently had our first US library installation, but most of
the  
development of the software takes place here.  I'm curious
whether  
either Kete Horowhenua or the Kete software would be
eligible for  
entering.  I'll take a closer look at your information.

Cheers,
Walter

On Sep 26, 2007, at 2:20 PM, Gracemary Smulewitz wrote:

>
>
> A  great deal of productive, useful collaboration is
taking place  
> in the library community and library industry.  Please
take a  
> moment to send your application for this second annual
award.  If  
> you have questions please send them to the jury chair,
Gracemary  
> Smulewitz as listed below.  We look forward to hearing 
from you  
> before December 1st.
>
>
> Thank you!
>
>
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Hello from New Zealand,

Are projects based outside of the US eligible?

I work on the Kete software project (http://kete.net.nz/) which is
 
used for collaborative digital archiving by libraries and
other  
community organizations in New Zealand.  Kete Horowhenua
(http:// 
horowhenua.kete.net.nz/) being the most mature example. 
We've  
recently had our first US library installation, but most of
the  
development of the software takes place here.  I'm curious
whether  
either Kete Horowhenua or the Kete software would be
eligible for  
entering.  I'll take a closer look at your information.

Cheers,
Walter

On Sep 26, 2007, at 2:20 PM, Gracemary Smulewitz wrote:

>
>
> A  great deal of productive, useful collaboration is
taking place  
> in the library community and library industry.  Please
take a  
> moment to send your application for this second annual
award.  If  
> you have questions please send them to the jury chair,
Gracemary  
> Smulewitz as listed below.  We look forward to hearing 
from you  
> before December 1st.
>
>
> Thank you!
>
>
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Sept 25, 2007

If anyone wants to take up the cause of Zotero (http://www.zotero.org), I
think it worthy of a nomination if only because it's
designed in part to
provide greater access to library collections and was funded
in part by the
US Institute of Museum and Library Services.

David Mattison
Victoria, BC, Canada
dmattisonshaw.ca  

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Sept 25, 2007

If anyone wants to take up the cause of Zotero (http://www.zotero.org), I
think it worthy of a nomination if only because it's
designed in part to
provide greater access to library collections and was funded
in part by the
US Institute of Museum and Library Services.

David Mattison
Victoria, BC, Canada
dmattisonshaw.ca  

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Unfortunately, Zotero needs some librarians on board. I've
found their 
citation detection algorithms to be greatly lacking, and
when I offered 
to help I never heard back. I wouldn't want to reward
insufficient work. 
If they get more "community" oriented then I might
consider them a 
candidate.

kc

D.H. Mattison wrote:
> Sept 25, 2007
> 
> If anyone wants to take up the cause of Zotero (http://www.zotero.org), I
> think it worthy of a nomination if only because it's
designed in part to
> provide greater access to library collections and was
funded in part by the
> US Institute of Museum and Library Services.
> 
> David Mattison
> Victoria, BC, Canada
> dmattisonshaw.ca  
> 
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Unfortunately, Zotero needs some librarians on board. I've
found their 
citation detection algorithms to be greatly lacking, and
when I offered 
to help I never heard back. I wouldn't want to reward
insufficient work. 
If they get more "community" oriented then I might
consider them a 
candidate.

kc

D.H. Mattison wrote:
> Sept 25, 2007
> 
> If anyone wants to take up the cause of Zotero (http://www.zotero.org), I
> think it worthy of a nomination if only because it's
designed in part to
> provide greater access to library collections and was
funded in part by the
> US Institute of Museum and Library Services.
> 
> David Mattison
> Victoria, BC, Canada
> dmattisonshaw.ca  
> 
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