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Suzie

 

Suzie Allard, Ph.D.

Associate Dean for Research, College of Communication & Information

Professor, School of Information Sciences

Director, Center for Information & Communication Studies

 

University of Tennessee

1345 Circle Park Drive | 423 Communications Building| Knoxville, TN | 37996-0341 | USA

T  865.974.1369 | F  865.974.7878 E [log in to unmask] | W http://cics.cci.utk.edu

 

From: Library and Information Science Educators' Information and Discussion List <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of "RATHBUN-GRUBB, SUSAN" <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Sunday, January 15, 2017 at 8:00 PM
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Subject: Jan 31 deadline: Call for Proposals: Beta Phi Mu/LRRT Research Paper Award for 2017

 

Beta Phi Mu/LRRT Research Paper Award for 2017

 

This award is being jointly presented by the Beta Phi Mu International Honor Society (http://beta-phi-mu.org/) and the American Library Association’s Library Research Round Table (http://www.ala.org/lrrt/) to recognize excellent research in progress 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 (20 points)

·         Adequacy of the review of relevant literature (10 points)

·         Appropriateness of the methodology used (10 points)

·         Effectiveness of the application of the methodology (20 points)

·         Addition of the findings to the knowledge and/or praxis in the field of librarianship (20 points)

·         Articulation of the conclusions emanating from the study (10 points)

·         Clarity and completeness (10 points)

 

The deadline for submission is January 31, 2017. Submissions must not have been published prior to January 31, 2017. The submissions will be limited to a 2,000-word abstract, excluding the bibliography or reference list, and should be emailed to the contact person below. Please include a title page with title of proposal and author contact information including name, institutional affiliation, mailing address and email address. Individuals may submit only one paper. Jointly authored proposals are acceptable, but all authors must be ALA members, and will split the award of $500.

 

All submissions that meet the deadline and the criteria will be considered. The proposals will undergo a blind-review process by a joint BPM/LRRT award committee.

 

The award will be presented during one of LRRT’s research programs at the ALA Annual Conference, Chicago, IL: June 22-27, 2017.

 

Email submissions by January 31, 2017 to:

Susan Rathbun-Grubb, Award Committee Chair - [log in to unmask]

 

Susan Rathbun-Grubb, MSLS, PhD

Assistant Professor

School of Library and Information Science

University of South Carolina

1501 Greene St.

Columbia, SC 29208

803.777.0485

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