Dear Colleagues,

 

On behalf of the ALISE Pratt-Severn Faculty Innovation Award Committee, I invite you to nominate yourself or your colleagues for this award. Please see below for details on the submission process. Please also forward this message as appropriate.

 

Thank you!

 

Susan Rathbun-Grubb, Chair, ALISE Pratt-Severn Faculty Innovation Award

 

 

The ALISE Pratt-Severn Faculty Innovation Award

Established in 1996, the $1,000 cash award (sponsored by ALISE and by Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, on behalf of the late David Severn, a 1968 Pratt alumnus) is designed to identify innovation by full-time faculty members, or a group of full-time faculty members, in incorporating evolving information technologies in the curricula of accredited master’s degree programs in library and information studies.

ELIGIBILITY:

Any full-time faculty member, or group of full-time faculty members, in a master’s degree-granting institution of library and information studies can be proposed for this award. Any eligible faculty member, or group of full-time members, may propose themselves for this award. Part-time faculty members are NOT eligible for this award.

EVALUATION:

Each nomination will be reviewed to assure that it is the work of an eligible faculty member and will be appraised with respect to

1. Significance and innovative use of evolving technology - 30%
2. Originality of concept - 20%
3. Extent of impact on curricula, the University, and/or Society - 20%
4. Transferability to programs at other institutions - 20%
5. Collaborative technological approaches with other University units - 10%

The jury reserves the right not to give the Award if submissions do not meet the requirements or are of insufficient quality (a minimum 80% average score).

Nominations should consist of:

• A Nomination Letter stating the name(s), address, and academic affiliation(s), and that the nomination is being submitted for the Pratt-Severn Faculty Award.
• A Nomination Text of not more than 10 pages explaining what activities the nominee(s) performed that the submitter feels to be innovative in incorporating evolving information technologies in the curricula of accredited master’s degree programs in library and information studies. Include appropriate supporting documentation and up to two letters of endorsement.

The Committee may solicit more information, if necessary.

All nominations submitted shall be acknowledged upon receipt. Selection shall be made and the ALISE President, the winning faculty member, the Chair of the ALISE Awards and Honors Committee, and the Dean of Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science shall be notified by 60 days before the start of the ALISE annual meeting

Nominations must be received no later than July 15, 2012. They should be emailed as an attachment in Word format to:

 

Susan Rathbun-Grubb, MSLS, PhD

Chair, The ALISE Pratt-Severn Faculty Innovation Award

Assistant Professor

School of Library and Information Science

University of South Carolina

1501 Greene Street

Columbia, SC 29208

803.777.0485

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