Tuesday, October 13, 2009

SARA AULL STUDENT PAPER AWARD – FALL 2009

SARA AULL STUDENT PAPER AWARD – FALL 2009

Each year the North Carolina Chapter of the Special Libraries Association (NCSLA) sponsors the Sara Aull Student Paper Award. This competition recognizes the best student paper of publishable quality relating to special libraries. The winner of the Sara Aull Student Paper Award receives the following:
  • A $1000 cash prize, to be presented at the NCSLA annual banquet Dec. 3, 2009 at Biaggi's in Cary, NC
  • An abstract of his/her paper published on the NCSLA Web site and distributed through NCSLA Communicates!, the Chapter newsletter.
COMPETITION GUIDELINES
  • You must either be currently enrolled in a Master of Library Science or Master of Information Science program within the State of North Carolina – OR – have graduated from such a program within 12 months prior to the submission deadline.
  • The paper should be 5,000 words or less. (In some cases exceptions can be made for longer papers if given prior permission by the award committee.) It should not have been previously published, nor should it be currently under consideration for publication.
  • The paper will be judged on originality, professional significance, clarity of expression, and relevance to the field of special librarianship.
  • The award will be presented at the NCSLA Banquet, December 3rd at Biaggi's in Cary, NC.
  • The paper may be considered for online publication on the NCSLA Web site and may also be submitted to other publications by the author.
  • Students are strongly encouraged to enter this competition that recognizes the importance of adding to the literature of the field of special librarianship and, as such, rewards students for excellence in writing.

SARA AULL

This award was initiated in 1981 to honor Sara Aull who served as editor of the NCSLA Bulletin from 1975 to 1981. Sara had been an active member of the Special Libraries Association from 1952 (then as Science Librarian at the University of Houston in Texas) until her death in January 1998 in Landis, NC. In 1973 Sara Aull received the honor of being inducted into the SLA Hall of Fame.


DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS

Papers must be received by the awards committee no later than 5 PM, Wednesday, November 25, 2009, and may be submitted electronically (Word or WordPerfect attachment) to Jill Robinson Morris at jill@nclive.org or via mail to Jill Robinson, NCSLA Student Academic Relations Chair, NC LIVE, D.H. Hill Library, NCSU Campus Box 7111, Raleigh, NC 27695.


QUESTIONS?

Contact Jill Robinson, NCSLA Student Academic Relations Chair, at jill@nclive.org or (919) 513.0447.

NCSLA Web Integration Webex

If you are interested in learning how to integrate RSS feeds into your website or Share Point, if you want to learn how to embed photos, or to upgrade your twitter background image, this workshop is for you!

On November 13th at 1:00pm EST I will hold a free "How to" Webex on Web Integration. During the call I will review some of the more popular networks tools and provide some helpful hints to improve your experience using these services. Here is exactly what I will cover:

Google Ajax RSS Feeds Displayer
Share Point RSS Reader
Image embeds (Facebook and Flickr)
Your LinkedIn Profile
Twitter background image

Register now because spaces are limited. Only 23 spots available via Webex. As a special offer to those in remote locations in North Carolina, I would like you to register first! Between October 13th through the 28th the lines will be open. For those living in the RTP area please begin registering after the 28th.

Register Now!