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2003 Leab Exhibition Awards



(I am posting this on behalf of the current RBMS Exhibition Awards Committee Chair, Claudia Funke of Columbia University. Please contact Claudia at ccf6@columbia.edu for more information about the Awards. --D. Shaw)


**This announcement is being cross-posted, with apologies
for duplication**

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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 2003 awards, catalogs and brochures must have
been published between 1 September 2001 and 31 August 2002.
Electronic library and archival exhibitions are limited to those with
stable URL addresses that were initially released between 1 September
2001 and 31 August 2002. They should be available online through September
2003. 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 Leab Awards. Certificates
will be awarded to the winning institutions at the 2003 American Library
Association Annual Conference in Toronto, Canada.

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. 
The PDF entry forms can be enlarged for data entry ease by the zoom feature.
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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 by
email. The deadline for submissions is 15 September 2002. Early submission
is, however, appreciated.

Thank you for your attention. We look forward to receiving your
submissions.

Claudia Funke
Chair, Exhibition Awards Committee
Rare Books and Manuscripts Section
ACRL, ALA

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