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Subject: Call for Proposals -- LCATS Research Award
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 09:23:31 -0400
From: Carol Diedrichs <diedrichs.1@osu.edu>

2001 RESEARCH AWARD
LIBRARY ACQUISITIONS, COLLECTIONS AND TECHNICAL SERVICES
http://www.elsevier.com/locate/lcats/

The Library Acquisitions, Collections and Technical Services (LCATS)
Research Award provides an biannual prize of $2,000 for research in the
broad areas of  collection management and technical services.  The award
will be given for one proposal and administered in two parts: $1000 when
the proposal is selected to fund the research effort and $1000 when the
completed manuscript is submitted to Library Acquisitions, Collections
and
Technical Services.  The award will be granted to the individual, not
the
institution, and may be used to cover expenses incurred in conducting
the
research outlined in the winning proposal, including travel, postage,
staff
support, supplies, and other items.

The winning proposal will identify a critical issue in collection
management or technical services and outline a rigorous approach to
testing
or solving the issue raised.  Proposals will be judged on their
significance, clarity and originality.  The proposal should be a brief,
concise description of the project (no more than 500 words).  A budget
proposal and a one page vita of the author must be attached.  Awards
will
not be limited to experienced researchers; however, researchers should
present their proposal clearly addressing the following issues:

        1.      What are the aims and objectives of the research
proposal?
        2.      What methodology and data analysis procedures will be
employed?
        3.      What related research has been undertaken and/or
published?  Please
include                 specific citations.
        4.      Is the research replication of a previous study?

The deadline for submitting proposals is September 15, 2000.  Proposals
will be reviewed by a panel consisting of the editor-in-chief, the
associate/assistant editors, and three members of the editorial board.
The
winning proposal will be announced at the American Library Association
Midwinter Conference in 2001 and in an issue of LCATS for that year.
Research for the winning proposal must be completed within one year of
the
date when the award is announced.  Library Acquisitions, Collections and
Technical Services reserves the right of first refusal of the completed
manuscript.

Questions about the proposal can be addressed to the Editor, Carol Pitts
Diedrichs, or any Editorial Board member listed below:

                Rosann Bazirjian                Peggy Johnson
                Richard Brumley                 Danny Jones
                Karen Calhoun                   Michael Kaplan
                Trisha Davis                    Janet Lee-Smeltzer
                Ann Ercelawn                    Bonnie MacEwan
                Julia Gammon                    Thomas Nisonger
                G. E. Gorman                    Steve Oberg
                William Gosling                 Bob Schatz
                                                Sally Sinn

PAST RECIPIENTS AND THEIR RESEARCH

1992 – Anna H. Perrault – "The Shrinking Collection: A Study of the
Effects
of the Diversion of Funds from Monographs to Serials on the Monograph
Collections of Research Libraries"    Published in LAPT v. 18, no. 1,
pp.
3-22.

1993 – Samuel Demas, Anne S. Caputo, and William J. Kara –  "Viability
of
the Vendor Model of Information Delivery Through a Library Gateway"

1994 – Tina E. Chrzastowski and Karen A. Schmidt – "The Serials
Cancellation Crisis:  Determining Recent National Trends in Academic
Library Serial Collections Through the Use of Commercial Vendor
Subscription Records"  Published in LAPTv.  21, no.  4, pp.  431-443.

1996 –  Tschera Harkness Connell – "Effects of Series Authority Control
for
Acquisitions" Published in LAPT v.  22, no.  4, pp. 393-407.

1997 – Carol Cubberley – "Books Demonstrating Diversity in Mississippi
School Libraries"

1999 — Jo Ann Carr — "Full Text Journal Databases and Frequently Cited
Titles: A Content Analysis"

Proposals for the 2001 award should be addressed to:

Carol Pitts Diedrichs
Editor-in-Chief
Library Acquisitions, Collections and Technical Services
5095 Shattuc Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45208
(614) 292-4738
FAX: (614) 292-7859
Internet: diedrichs.1@osu.edu

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Carol Pitts Diedrichs
Assistant Director for Technical Services and
      Liaison to the Regional Campus Libraries
Editor, Library Collections, Acquisitions
        and Technical Services
The Ohio State University Libraries
1858 Neil Avenue Mall
Columbus, OH, 43210-1286
tel: 614-292-4738
fax: 614-292-7859
Internet: diedrichs.1@osu.edu
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