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            BLACKWELL NORTH AMERICA SCHOLARSHIP AWARD
                        Presented by the
    Association for Library Collections & Technical Services

The Blackwell North America Scholarship Award Committee is
soliciting nominations for the 1993 Blackwell North America which
will be presented by the Association for Library Collections and
Technical Services at the ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans.

Purpose:       To honor the author or authors of the outstanding
1992 monograph, article or original paper in the field of
acquisitions, collection development, and related areas of
resources development in libraries.

Scholarship:   Blackwell North America will donate a $2,000
scholarship to the U.S. or Canadian library school of the winning
author's choice.  The Scholarship will be given to a student
concentrating in the acquisitions of collection development areas.

Criteria:      Publications from both 1991 and 1992 are eligible.
No reprints of earlier publications are accepted.  Evaluation
criteria include: intellectual content (original, thought
provoking), practical value, theoretical value, scholarship,
presentation and style.

Procedure:     Please send nomination form below AND A COPY OF THE
               ARTICLE OR CHAPTER to:
                    Edward A. Warro
                    Loyola University of Chicago
                    Cudahy Library
                    6525 N. Sheridan Road
                    Chicago, IL 60626
                    (312) 508-2641
                    ZEWARRO@luccpua.it.luc.edu

BY DECEMBER 1, 1992.  Please include a statement giving the full
bibliographic citation of the article, book, or paper you are
nominating, plus your reasons for the nomination.  If possible, a
copy of the article, chapter, etc. should be included.

The last five years' recipients are:
1988 - Joe A. Hewitt and John S. Shipman for "Cooperative
Collection Development Among Research Libraries in the Age of
Networking" (Advances in Library Automation and Networking, v.1,
1987).

1989 - Frederick C. Linden for "Prices of Foreign Library
Materials: A Report" (College & Research Libraries 49:217-31, May
1988).

1990 - Joe A. Hewitt for "On the Nature of Acquisitions" (Library
Resources & Technical Services, 33:105-22, April 1989).

1991 - Gary D. Bird for "An Economic 'Commons' Tragedy for Research
Libraries: Scholarly Journal Publishing and Pricing Trends"
(College & Research Libraries, 51;184-95, May 1990).

1992 - Richard M. Dougherty and Carol Hughes for their article
"Library Cooperation: A Historical Perspective and a Vision for the
Future." in Advances in Library Resource Sharing, v.1, edited by
Jennifer Cargill and Diane J. Graves, p.1 1-21. Meckler, 1990.
     and
Cal Gough for "Key Issues in the Collecting of Gay/Lesbian Library
Materials." in Gay and Lesbian Library Service, edited by Gough,
Cal and Ellen Greenblatt, p.3-10. McFarland, 1990.

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                   ALCTS AWARD NOMINATION FORM

I NOMINATE ________________________________________________________
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INCLUDE A COPY OF THE ARTICLE OR CHAPTER IF POSSIBLE.
Deadline for all award nominations is DECEMBER 1, 1992.