(via Dr. Carol Leibiger, University of South Dakota)
This is a reminder that the E.A. Gleason Library History Book Award Call for Nominations ends on January 15.
The American Library Association Library History Roundtable (LHRT) Eliza Atkins Gleason Book Award Committee is seeking nominations from members, authors, and publishers for this award.
The Eliza Atkins Gleason Award is named for Eliza Gleason (1909-2009) who was the first African American to earn the Ph.D. in library science (from the University of Chicago). Her highly acclaimed book, The Southern Negro and the Public Library, (Chicago, IL., University of Chicago Press, 1941) traced the history of library services to African Americans. The award is presented by LHRT every third year to recognize the best book written in English in the field of library history, including the history of libraries, librarianship, and information science.
Books bearing a date of publication from the previous three years, (i.e., between January 1, 2016 and December 31, 2018) are eligible for nomination. Bibliographies and edited collections will not be considered. Entries are judged on quality of scholarship, clarity of style, depth of research, and ability to place research findings in a broad social, cultural, and political context. Before submitting a nomination, please contact the chair to see if the book has already been nominated. Letters of Nomination are due on January 15, 2019, and should be sent to:
Eliza Atkins Gleason Book Award
c/o Dr. Carol Leibiger, Chair
130B I.D. Weeks Library
University of South Dakota
414 E. Clark St.
Vermillion, SD 57069
Voice: (605) 658-3383
Email: c.leibiger@usd.edu
Publishers should send five sample copies of a nominated book for distribution to the Committee; the Committee Chair will solicit sample copies of books nominated by individuals. All nominations will be confirmed by email. The Gleason Award Committee, a subcommittee of the Research Committee of the Library History Round Table, serves as jury for the award. The members of the 2016 Gleason committee are Dr. Carol Leibiger (chair), Dr. Anthony Bernier, Dr, Allison Kaplan, Dr. Jennifer Burek Pierce, Dr. Carole Nowicke, and Danielle Alderson. The winner will be announced in a press release on or about June 1st, 2019. Certificates honoring the author and publisher of the Gleason Book Award winner will be presented at an LHRT event during the 2019 ALA conference in Washington, DC.
Previous Winners:
• 2016 Cheryl Knott, University of Arizona-Tucson for the book Not for Free, Not for All (Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2015).
• 2013 Christine Pawley, University of Wisconsin-Madison for the book Reading Places: Literacy, Democracy, and the Public Library in Cold War America(Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2010).
• 2010David Allan, University of St. Andrews, for the book A Nation of Readers: The Lending Library in Georgian England,(London: British Library, 2008).
• 2007Carl Ostrowski, for the book Books, Maps, and Politics: a Cultural History of the Library of Congress, 1783-1861, (Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press, 2004).
• 2004Louise Robbins, University of Wisconsin-Madison for the book The Dismissal of Miss Ruth Brown: Civil Rights, Censorship, and the American Library, (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2000).