NASIG Horizon Award Announcement -- Connie Foster Stephen Clark 27 Nov 2001 21:58 UTC
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: NASIG Horizon Award Announcement Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 15:40:12 -0600 From: Connie Foster <Connie.Foster@WKU.EDU> Organization: Western Kentucky University 2002 NASIG HORIZON AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT The North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG) is currently seeking candidates for grants to attend the 17th Annual Conference to be held at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, June 20-23, 2002. NASIG is an international organization committed to promoting communication and sharing of ideas among all people working with or concerned about serial publications. More information about the organization is available at http://www.nasig.org/ DESCRIPTION OF AWARD: The purpose of the NASIG Horizon Award is to advance the serials profession by providing promising new serialists with the opportunity to accelerate their knowledge and understanding of serials by networking and interacting with a wide range of dedicated professionals working in all segments of the serials information chain. The award provides the recipient(s) with a firsthand introduction to NASIG by sponsoring attendance at the NASIG annual conference. NASIG will pay for all conference registration, housing, and travel costs. In addition, the recipient(s) will receive a year's free membership in NASIG and will be invited to serve on a NASIG committee the year following the award. One award will be given in 2002. ELIGIBILITY: Applicants must currently be in a position of a professional nature with primary responsibilities for some aspect of serials, e.g. head of serials, serials acquisitions, serials vendor, serials publisher. Applicants must have served in this position for no more than three years at the time of the application deadline and must not have been in a professional library or library-related position (e.g. book vendor, publisher) for more than five years at the time of the application deadline. Applicants must not have attended any previous NASIG conferences. Applicants do not have to be a member of NASIG. Preference will be given to applicants employed by a North American organization or institution and to those whose career goals include professional growth and development in serials. Application forms will be available after November 15, 2001, through the NASIGWeb at http://www.nasig.org/public/timedated/horizonaward.html and from Claire Dygert, Co-Chair, Awards & Recognition Committee. Completed applications and all related materials should be sent to: Claire Dygert, Co-Chair, NASIG Awards & Recognition Committee Serials & Electronic Resources Librarian American University Library 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20016 Phone: (202) 885-3203 Fax: (202) 885-3226 E-mail: cdygert@american.edu APPLICATION DEADLINE: February 15, 2002 Applications postmarked after this date will NOT be considered. Fax submissions are acceptable. AWARD NOTIFICATION: The award recipients shall be notified by April 1, 2002. -- Submitted by Connie Foster, NASIG Publicist