(via Chase Ollis, ACRL)
The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS) has selected five winners for the 2018 Katharine Kyes Leab and Daniel J. Leab “American Book Prices Current” Exhibition Awards. The awards, funded by an endowment established by Katharine Kyes Leab and Daniel J. Leab, editors of “American Book Prices Current,” recognize outstanding printed exhibition catalogs and guides, and electronic exhibitions, produced by North American and Caribbean institutions. The winning catalogs will be on display at the 2018 RBMS Conference Booksellers’ Showcase in New Orleans, and certificates will be presented to each winner at the 2018 ALA Annual Conference.
The Division One (expensive) winner is Yale University’s Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library for “Gather Out of Star-Dust: A Harlem Renaissance Album,” curated by Melissa Barton, curator of drama and prose for the Yale Collection of American Literature at Yale University. The Division Two (moderately expensive) winner is the University of Toronto’s Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library for “Struggle and Story: Canada in Print,” curated by Pearce J. Carefoote, interim head of rare books and special collections at the University of Toronto. The Division Three (inexpensive) winner is Georgetown University Library for “Margaret Bonds and Langston Hughes: A Musical Friendship,” curated by Anna Celenza, Thomas E. Caesteker Professor of Music at Georgetown University. The Division Five (electronic exhibition) winner is the University of Alberta’s Bruce Peel Special Collections Library for “Tinctor’s Foul Treatise,” curated by Andrew Colin Gow, professor of history and director of religious studies; Robert B. Desjardins, independent scholar and graduate writing advisor; and Francois V. Pageau, doctoral candidate in medieval history, at the University of Alberta.
The Division Four (brochures) winner is the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library for “H.G. Wells: Time Traveler,” curated by Simon J. James, professor at Durham University, UK, and Caroline Szylowicz, associate professor and Kolb-Proust Librarian at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. “This is a high-quality takeaway brochure that conveys a lot of information about the exhibit in a small amount of space,” Johnston said. “It successfully integrates text and image for an appealing visual display. Additionally, it provides a full checklist of items plus a curatorial outline of the exhibit in case one wants to revisit particular items once they have gone off of display.”
Full descriptions of the projects undertaken by this year’s winners is available here. For more information regarding the ACRL RBMS Katharine Kyes Leab and Daniel J. Leab “American Book Prices Current” Exhibition Awards, including a complete list of past recipients, please visit the awards section of the ACRL website.