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Leab competition announcement (fwd)



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>THE KATHARINE KYES LEAB & DANIEL J. LEAB AMERICAN BOOK PRICES CURRENT
>EXHIBITION AWARDS are given annually for excellence in the publication of
>catalogs and brochures that accompany exhibitions of library and archival
>materials, as well as for electronic exhibitions of such materials
>
>To be eligible for the 2002 award, catalogs and brochures must have
>been published between 1 September 2000 and 31 August 2001.
>Electronic library and archival exhibitions are limited to those with
>stable URL addresses that were initially released between 1 September
>2000 and 31 August 2001. They should be available online through September
>2002. Participation is limited to institutions in the United States and
>Canada.
>
>Printed catalogs may be of varying formats, styles, and scope.
>The entries are judged in three categories, based on production costs:
>expensive; moderately expensive; and inexpensive. Brochures, a
>fourth category introduced in 2001, include printed leaflets, guides, and
>informative broadsheets that orient the viewer to the exhibition and are
>handed out free or at low cost.
>
>The judging of electronic exhibitions is a three-year pilot project that
>began with the 2001 Awards period. Eligibility is extended both to
>electronic exhibitions created as representations of physically existing
>exhibitions, as well as to exhibitions existing only in electronic format.
>
>The Exhibition Awards Committee of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section
>(RBMS) of the Association of College and Research Libraries, American
>Library Association, serves as the jury for the selections. Certificates
>will be awarded to the winning institutions at the 2002 American Library
>Association Annual Conference in Atlanta, Georgia.
>
>Instructions and entry forms are available from the RBMS web site at the
>following address:
>
>http://www.rbms.nd.edu/committees/exhibition_awards/submissions/rules.shtml
>
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>Please note that the instructions and forms have been recently revised, as
>has the list of evaluation criteria used by the Committee. The PDF

>Printed Catalog and Brochure entry form can be enlarged for data entry
>ease by the zoom feature.
>****
>
>All printed catalogs and brochures submitted become the property of RBMS
>and are permanently retained as depository copies, available for
>public viewing and research at the following institutions: The Harry
>Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin;
>The Bancroft Library at the University of California at Berkeley; and the
>Grolier Club in New York City.
>
>EAC Chair Claudia Funke will acknowledge the receipt of all entries via
>email. Electronic exhibition submissions, which may be made only via
>email, will be acknowledged as they are received. Printed catalog and
>brochure submissions will be acknowledged in early September.
>If you have any questions about the awards during the month of August,
>please contact Melissa Conway, EAC Committee Member,

>melissa.conway@ucr.edu, 909-787-3233.
>
>Thank you for your attention and we look forward to receiving your
>submissions.
>
>Claudia Funke
>Chair, Exhibition Awards Committee
>Rare Books and Manuscripts Section
>ACRL, ALA
>

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