Renee D. Chapman Memorial Award for Outstanding Contributions in Technical Services Law Librarianship

Renee Chapman Award Nominations are being solicited and will be accepted through February 1, 2013.

All materials in support of a nomination should be e-mailed to:

Calmer Chattoo
University of Miami School of Law Library
1311 Miller Drive
P.O. Box 248087
Coral Gables, FL 33146-2300

For further information, contact Calmer Chattoo at (305) 284-6260 or cchattoo [at] law.miami.edu. See also the Chapman Award section in the TS-SIS Handbook.

The Renee D. Chapman Memorial Award for Outstanding Contributions in Technical Services Law Librarianship is presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Law Libraries to an individual or group in recognition of achievement in an area of technical services, for services to the Association, or for outstanding contributions to the professional literature. Nominations for the award are solicited from November through February.

Factors considered in selecting the recipients of the Award include such things as the publishing, presenting, or sharing of innovative techniques or research, analysis or commentary; the development of software, hardware, or other mechanisms that significantly enhance access to collections; and the contribution of service to the Technical Services SIS as a whole. Achievements may be in the area of acquisitions, cataloging and classification, materials processing, preservation, automation, or technical services administration.

All members of AALL are invited to submit names for consideration by the TS SIS Awards Committee. Nominations must include the candidate's full name, title and current firm, company or institution name and address; or, if retired, name and last previous place of work and home address. Letters of nomination must be signed by a person other than the individual(s) being nominated. Each nomination should include a complete list of projects, programs, and/or publications of the candidate and a description of the candidate's work with respect to improvements in bibliographic control or access to legal materials and services. All documentation must be submitted in typed form.

For further information see the Chapman Award section in the TS-SIS Handbook or contact the TS-SIS Awards Committee Chair, Calmer Chattoo at cchattoo [at] law.miami.edu.