Category: Awards

Call for Nominations: SAA Publications Awards

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Call for Nominations: LAMPHHS Publication Awards

Librarians, Archivists, and Museum Professionals in the History of the Health Sciences (LAMPHHS) is seeking nominations for the Publication Awards. These awards will be presented at the 2026 LAMPHHS annual meeting.

Nominations can be in one of three categories:

  • Monographs published by academic or trade publishers for the LAMPHHS Best Monograph.
  • Articles published in journals, trade, or private periodicals of recognized standing for the LAMPHHS Patricia E. Gallagher Publication Award for Best Article.
  • Online resources produced predominantly by LAMPHHS members for the LAMPHHS Best Online Resource.

All nominations must meet the following criteria:

  • Published within 3 years of the award date.
  • Author(s) must be LAMPHHS member(s) in good standing for the past 12 months.
  • The nominated monograph, article, bibliography, catalog, or electronic resource is related to the history of the health care sciences or works on the management of historical collections in the health care sciences.

Nominations that meet each of the above criteria will be considered by the Publication Awards Committee. The Committee will look for the following benchmarks of excellence when evaluating qualifying nominations:

  • Quality and style of writing
  • Contribution to the field
  • Relevance to the profession

Up to one Publication Award in each category will be presented at the 2026 annual meeting. Winners do not need to be present to win.

Each nomination should clearly identify the work being nominated, the author(s) of that work, and an address at which the designated nominee(s) can be contacted. Self-nominations are encouraged, and re-nominations are allowed if the publication date falls within the current three-year period. For electronic submissions, please include all relevant URLs. For printed nominations, one copy for each member of the publication awards committee will be required. Appropriate mailing addresses should be provided to nominators (or publishers) once a nomination to review a physical format is received.

The deadline for nominations is March 1, 2026. All nominations, along with any questions, should be sent to the 2026 Publication Awards Committee chair, Jason Byrd, at jbbyrd@uab.edu.

LAMPHHS Publication Awards Committee

Gabrille Barr, Office of NIH History and Stetten Museum

Jason Byrd, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Chair

Brooke Guthrie, Duke University

Beth Kilmarx, Boston Medical Library

Jason Byrd, MA, MLIS | Associate Dean of Historical Collections

Alabama Museum of the Health Sciences | Reynolds-Finley Historical Library | UAB Archives

SAA Awards: Nominations Open

The Society of American Archivists is in search of excellence! Do you know of an individual or organization that has made an outstanding contribution to the archives profession? Or promoted greater public awareness of archives? Have you published a groundbreaking book, written an outstanding article, or developed an innovative finding aid? Click on the links below to learn more about the below awards and nominate a deserving colleague—or yourself! Please consult the specific award for submission requirements and nomination form. Note that you can apply or be nominated for multiple awards in a single cycle, but may only receive one. The deadline for nominations is February 28. 

Call for Submissions: MARAC Arline Custer Memorial Award

The Arline Custer Memorial Award Committee seeks submissions for its annual award recognizing the best books and articles written or compiled by individuals and institutions in the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC) region – the District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia.

Works under consideration include, but are not limited to, monographs, popular narratives, reference works and exhibition catalogs using archival sources. Works must be relevant to the general public as well as the archival community and published between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

All submissions must be received by July 31, 2025.

Electronic submissions in PDF format of the entire work are encouraged. Submissions and a letter of nomination should be sent to Senior Committee Co-Chair Sarah E. Almond at sarah.almond@mail.wvu.edu. More information about the award may be found online at https://www.marac.info/arline-custer-memorial-award.

Contact Email

sarah.almond@mail.wvu.edu

URL

https://www.marac.info/arline-custer-memorial-award

Call for Nominations: 2025 Distinguished Service in Library History Award

Call for Nominations

“The Distinguished Service in Library History Award is presented annually by the ALA Library History Round Table (LHRT) and honors the career of a person who has a lifetime of scholarship and service in the field of library history. This non-monetary award is intended to be given to an individual who has a record of contributions; who demonstrates length, breadth, and depth of involvement in library history; and who has had a significant impact on the work of the ALA Library History Round Table or on the library history community at large.”

Deadline: April 30, 2025

To learn more: https://lhrt.news/2025/04/03/call-for-nominations-2025-distinguished-service-in-library-history-award/

Nominations now open for the 29th Mander Jones Awards – Publications

The Mander Jones Awards Committee is pleased to announce that the call for nominations for the 29th annual Mander Jones Awards – Publications is now open!

These awards recognise excellence in publications relating to archives and recordkeeping. They are named in honour of Phyllis Mander Jones, a founding member of the Archives Section of the Library Association of Australia (later the ASA) and co-editor of the first issue of Archives & Manuscripts. 

Works published in 2024 are eligible for nomination. 

Nominations close Friday 6 June 2025.

How do I nominate?

You can submit your nomination(s) (electronic and hard copy) via our online nomination form in our new applications portal. You will need to create an account to nominate. You can save your progress and return at a later date to complete your nomination. You can also access and view any completed submissions. 

A copy of any nominated hard copy publication must be sent to the Mander Jones Award Committee and postmarked prior to the nomination deadline. You can find full details on how to send hard copy nominations on our website and within the online nomination form. 

You can find full details about nominating for the 29th Mander Jones Award – Publications on our website. 

Questions?

If you have any queries about the Mander Jones Awards, please contact Louise Trott, the Mander Jones Award Secretary.

If you have any questions about the online nomination form or submitting your online nomination, please contact the ASA Office.

Call for Expressions of Interest for a new Judge – Mander Jones Awards

Do you love reading? Would you like to read and assess the latest archival publications?

Consider becoming a Mander Jones Awards judge! This is your chance to play a vital role in the ASA’s efforts to encourage, promote, and recognise excellence in archival publications.

Since 1996 the ASA has been awarding the Mander Jones Awards for publications in the field of archives and recordkeeping.

The Awards are judged by a team of three judges, which reports its recommendations to the ASA Council. The 2024 judges were Sarah Lethbridge, Christine Yeats, and Sarah Brown.

In 2025 Christine Yeats and Sarah Brown are continuing in this role, and Sarah Lethbridge has stepped down. The ASA Council is grateful to Sarah L for her service to the Awards and is now seeking a new Judge.

Eligible candidates must be an ASA Accredited Profession (ASAAP) and should have:

  • substantial experience as a practising Archivist
  • a relatively wide acquaintance with Australian recordkeeping and archival literature

Judges need to commit an estimated 15-20 hours per week from mid-March to the end of July each year (depending upon the timing of the ASA Conference), to read and assess the nominated works, prepare judges reports, liaise with other judges, and develop citations for winning nominations.

We particularly encourage archivists working in the small archive sector to apply.

Please address Expressions of Interest and any questions to the Mander Jones Awards
Secretary, Dr Louise Trott: by 12 March 2025. 

You can learn more about the Mander Jones Awards here.

Reminder: Nominate a Colleague (or Yourself!) for SAA’s Preservation Publication Award

The Preservation Publication Award Committee welcomes nominations of outstanding preservation-related works of relevance to the North American archives community that were published in 2024. 

Nominated works may include articles, reports, chapters, or monographs in an audiovisual, digital, or print format. Works may cover topics related to analog or digital preservation, and the award includes a cash prize of $750.

To learn more about this award and to apply, please visithttps://www2.archivists.org/governance/handbook/section12-preservation.

Browse SAA’s many opportunities for professional recognition and financial assistance. Then click on the award’s application form for a preview and/or to create a profile, and follow the directions to complete your submission. The deadline is February 28.

Call for Nominations: SAA Publishing Awards

C.F.W. Coker Award  (for finding aids, tools or projects that involve innovative development in archival description)

Waldo Gifford Leland Award  (for writing of superior excellence and usefulness in the field of archival history, theory, or practice)

Preservation Publication Award  (for outstanding published work related to archives preservation)

Fellows’ Ernst Posner Award  (for outstanding essay in most recent volume of The American Archivist)

Theodore Calvin Pease Award  (for superior writing achievement by a student of archival studies as nominated by his/her instructor)

Call for Nominations: Phyllis Dain Library History Dissertation Award

The Library History Round Table (LHRT) of the American Library Association (ALA) sponsors the biennial Phyllis Dain Library History Dissertation Award. The 2025 award cycle opens for submissions in January.  Applications are due by January 31, 2025.

The award, named in honor of a library historian widely known as a supportive advisor and mentor as well as a rigorous scholar and thinker, recognizes outstanding dissertations in English in the general area of library history. The author of the selected dissertation will receive a certificate and five hundred dollars.

Dissertations completed and accepted during the preceding two academic years are eligible. Dissertations completed in 2023 and 2024 will be considered for the 2025 award cycle.

Dissertations must be original research on a significant topic relating to the history of libraries during any period, in any region of the world. Entries are judged on clear definition of research questions and/or hypotheses, use of appropriate primary resources, depth of research, superior quality of writing, and significance of conclusions. The LHRT is particularly interested in dissertations that place the subject within its broader historical, social, cultural, and political context and that make interdisciplinary connections with print culture and/or information studies.

Submissions for the next award cycle will open in January 2025. Applicants will be asked to submit one electronic copy of the approved and signed dissertation and a signed letter of support from the doctoral advisor or dissertation committee chair at the degree-granting institution.

For more information, please visit: https://www.ala.org/lhrt/awards/phyllis-dain-library-history-dissertation-award