[Michlib-l] Honor a Reviewer with the Louis Shores Award

[Emily Hamstra]

The Louis Shores Award <http://www.ala.org/rusa/awards/shores> Committee is
making its final call for nominations for this year.

The committee is seeking to identify individuals or groups (librarians,
editors, reviewers, review sources, or organizations) who have accomplished
significant achievement in reviewing materials for libraries.

The winner will be honored with a citation at the RUSA Awards Reception
during ALA Annual 2016 in Orlando. If you or someone you know deserves
extraordinary recognition for contributions to book or media reviewing
please consider making a nomination to the Louis Shores Award Committee.

All kinds of reviewing are considered, from a library review blog, to a
significant body of work as a reviewer, to those employed as book review
editors and publishers. Online and in-print work is considered equally.

To submit a nomination, please send a letter to:

Email to: llockley at stchlibrary.org
SUBJECT: Louis Shores Award Nomination

- OR -

Lucy M. Lockley, Collection Development Manager
St. Charles City-County Library District
77 Boone Hills Drive
St. Peters, MO 63376

The letter should outline the nominee's contribution to the reviewing of
books and other materials for libraries. Please include examples, links,
and other supporting documentation if possible.

Additional information is available at:

http://www.ala.org/rusa/awards/shores

All letters and documentation must be received by *December 4, 2015*.

Please share this message with all interested colleagues.


Emily Hamstra
Learning Librarian
Kinesiology Librarian
University of Michigan Library
734-615-1444
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