The Minnesota Association of Law Libraries (MALL) occasionally presents special awards to its members: the Law Librarianship Award, and the Distinguished Service Award.
The MALL Law Librarianship Award is presented for outstanding continual contributions and service to the Association. Generally, award recipients are long-time members of MALL who have, through their tenure, generously participated in Association activities. Examples of such activities are committee participation; leadership (as committee chair or Association officer); teaching and instruction; recruiting opportunities; or other various ways which forward and promote MALL and Minnesota law librarianship. This award may be
given as a MALL lifetime achievement award.
Nominations may be made by any MALL member. The MALL Distinguished Service Award is presented for exceptional or outstanding service to Association or Minnesota law libraries or librarians within the past year. This contribution could be for producing a work product (bibliography, index, union list, videotape, database, research service, website, etc.) that substantially benefits the field of law librarianship; or other service that significantly forwards the Association’s mission or goals.
Nominations may
be made by any MALL member.
These
awards are not necessarily an annual event but instead are given
when the occasion arises. The Awards, Grants and Scholarships
Committee is charged with soliciting, collecting and reviewing any
nominations that are submitted for these awards. After Committee
review, the nomination is forwarded to the Executive Committee for
approval. If approved
by the Executive Committee, these awards are presented at the Annual
Meeting in May.
The
award will consist of an appropriate token of
recognition.
