NASIG Horizon Award Announcement Judy Johnston 20 Nov 1998 22:46 UTC
1999 NASIG HORIZON AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT The North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG) is currently seeking candidates for grants to attend the Fourteenth Annual Conference to be held at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA June 10-13, 1999. 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://nasig.ils.unc.edu/. 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. A maximum of three awards per year are given. 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. For applications or further information contact: Pat Frade Co-Chair, NASIG Awards & Recognition Committee Serials Cataloger 6380 Harold B. Lee Library Brigham Young University Provo, UT 84602 Phone: (801) 378-6730 Fax: (801) 378-3221 or (801) 378-6708 E-mail: Pat_Frade@byu.edu Applications must be accompanied by a letter of reference from a current supervisor and a current resume or curriculum vita. Completed applications should be returned to Pat Frade as above. APPLICATION DEADLINE: February 16th, 1999 Applications postmarked after this date will NOT be considered. Fax submissions are acceptable. AWARD NOTIFICATION: The award recipients shall be notified by April 1, 1999. Patricia (Pat) Frade Serials Cataloger 6380 Harold B. Lee Library Brigham Young University Provo, UT 84602 (801) 378-6730 fax (801) 378-3221 e-mail: Pat_Frade@byu.edu