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President's Award

The Southeastern Library Association is accepting nominations for the SELA President's Award. The purpose of the award is to honor an individual outside the library profession who has made a significant contribution to the development or promotion of libraries in the Southeast. The President's Award was established by the Executive Board of SELA in March, 1988. The President's Award Committee is appointed by the President of SELA and shall include members from a variety of states in SELA.

Criteria and Guidelines

  1. The award is given to an individual outside the library profession who has made a significant contribution to Southeastern libraries in one or more states.
  2. The award will be made to one person in a biennium, typically at the SELA conference. If no suitable nomination is received, may be omitted for that biennium.
  3. Nomination must be made by an SELA member. The recipient need not be a member of the association.

Deadline for submission of nomination: Dates TBA.

Required information: Persons nominating an individual should forward a resume of the nominee including professional/business and association activities, membership in civic organizations, writings if pertinent, single events and or other honors received. The person making the nomination will include a short statement outlining the nominee's major contribution(s) to the Librarianship in the Southeast. Supporting documentation such as articles in local, statewide and national press, brochures, correspondence, letters of commendation, etc. are welcome and encouraged.

Frank R. Allen, Chair
SELA President's Award Committee
Associate Director for Administrative Services
University of Central Florida Libraries
PO Box 162666
Orlando, FL 32816-2666
fallen@mail.ucf.edu

Linda S. Harris
Head, Reference Services and Business Librarian
Mervyn H. Sterne Library, SL 136B
University of Alabama @ Birmingham
1530 Third Avenue, South
Birmingham, AL  35294-0014
205.934.6364-w
205.975.6230-f
lharris@uab.edu

2008 Charles E. Beard President's Award Winner:

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation