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Call for Papers

Beta Phi Mu/LRRT Research Paper Award for 2012

This award is being jointly presented by The Beta Phi Mu International
Honor Society
(http://www.beta-phi-mu.org/) and the American Library Association's
Library Research Round Table (http://www.ala.org/lrrt/)  to recognize
excellent research into problems related to the profession of
librarianship.   Any ALA member is eligible  for this $500 award, and all
methodologies and research topics/questions are eligible for
consideration.   The criteria to be followed for the selection of an award
winner are:

.        Importance of the research question or problem
.        Adequacy of the review of relevant literature
.        Appropriateness of the methodology used
.        Effectiveness of the application of the methodology
.        Addition of the findings to the knowledge and/or praxis in the
field of
librarianship
.        Articulation of the conclusions emanating from the study
.        Clarity and completeness

The page limit for submissions will be thirty (30) double-spaced pages
plus bibliography.  Only complete papers will be considered and
submissions should be made electronically to the contact person below.
The submissions must not have been published prior to March 1, 2012 and
should follow APA style.   Individuals may submit only one paper.  Jointly
authored papers are acceptable, but all authors must be ALA members, and
will split the award of $500.

The deadline for submission is March 1, 2012.  All submissions that meet
the deadline and the criteria (including length of paper) will be
considered.  The papers will undergo a blind-review process by a joint
BPM/LRRT award committee and the winner will be notified by May 1, 2012.
Please include a title page with title of paper and author contact
information including name, institutional affiliation, mailing address and
email address.

The award will be presented during one of LRRT's research programs at the
ALA Annual Meeting in Anaheim, CA, June 21-25, 2012.

Email Submissions as Word documents only to:

Marie L. Radford, PhD, BPM President and Award Chair
Associate Professor,
School of Communication and Information
Rutgers University
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