CACUL Innovation Achievement Award

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CACUL is pleased to announce the Innovation Achievement Award, outlined below.

Past Winners

2010
University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) for the Islandora Project & Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries (COPPUL) for the Private LOCKSS Network [press release]

2009
University of Toronto (UT) Mississauga Library, Hazel McCallion Academic Learning Centre
[press release]

2008
Lois Hole Campus Alberta Digital Library [press release]

2007
Service des bibliothèques de l'Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) for its project Thésaurus RASUQAM. [press release]

2006
A team at the University of Toronto Scarborough campus for their "Research, Writing, and Presenting" Summer Learning Institute [press release]

2005
Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL) for the development of the Ontario Scholars Portal [press release]

2004
Conference of Rectors and Principals of Quebec (CREPUQ) for Projet TRAP (Traitement partagé - Shared processing), a project undertaken by Sub-Committee's Working Group on Cataloguing

2003
Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries (COPPUL) for Citation Manager [press release]

2002
Canadian National Site Licensing Project (CNSLP)

2001
University of Winnipeg for The mPower Mentorship Program

2000
University of Calgary for Information Commons

1999
Simon Fraser University Library, University of Manitoba Library, COPPUL for the SLRI Godot Service

1998
University of Saskatchewan for "Documenting Saskatchewan" website

1997
University of New Brunswick Libraries for Electronic Text Centre

1996
Electronic Library Network

1995
University of British Columbia for Preservation Microfilming Special Projects

1994
University of Alberta for BARD (Book and Record Depository) AND Queen's University for Special Reader Services

1993
No award presented

1992
Memorial University of Newfoundland for Backseat Driver

1991
University of Saskatchewan Libraries for INFOACCESS Service

Intent

To recognize academic libraries which, through innovation in ongoing programs/services or in a special event/project, have contributed to the advancement of academic librarianship and library development.

Criteria

1. Innovation: The award recognizes events, projects, programs, products, services, etc. which are either entirely original or which constitute substantial improvements on existing endeavours. The degree to which the activity can be said to have broken new ground in its operational context is the most important measure of the submission's merit.

2. Currency: The award will recognize an innovation implemented during the January to December period immediately preceding the CACUL Annual General Meeting at the Canadian Library Association Annual Conference. However, activities often span more than one year and the following guidelines have been established. A project which crosses over more than one calendar year should be submitted for the year in which it is completed, or, for very large projects submissions may concern the implementation of modules or the completion of phases. An event should be nominated for the year in which it occurred (not the year during which it was planned, if different from the event year).

3. Utility: The award is intended to recognize a significant contribution to academic librarianship. Thus, the extent to which the activity can be adopted wholesale or adapted easily to other settings is considered.

4. Long Term Impact: The award recognizes activities which show potential for long term impact, either in terms of their own ongoing development, longevity, enduring popularity, etc. or as platforms from which future ventures will be launched.

5. Ambition: The ambitiousness of the project in proportion to the resources of the institution will be taken into account. The selection committee considers the level of effort that was required to put together the time, money and other resources required for the activity.

Procedures

1. Each nomination must be submitted by a member of CACUL and forwarded to the CACUL Director - Awards by February 28, annually. Please include the following information in the submission:

name of the program/service/special event/project
purpose
description of activity and how it meets the 5 criteria listed above
contribution to library operation
photographs (if appropriate)
comments

2. A call for submissions will be published in Feliciter in advance of declared deadlines for submissions. Other promotion or advertising of this award will be included in CACUL updates to members and individual letters to institutional members.

3. The Awards Committee will comprise the President of CACUL, the CACUL Director - Awards, and one other member of the Executive Council. The Awards Committee will present the committee's selection at the winter meeting of the CACUL Executive Council for ratification.

4. The winning library will be notified by the President of CACUL. All deliberations and voting shall be considered confidential. Representatives from the winning library will be invited to the CACUL Annual General Meeting to receive the award, which will be presented by the president of CACUL. The name of the winner will be reported in an issue of Feliciter following the Canadian Library Association Annual Conference.

5. The award will consist of a framed acknowledgment and a prize of $1,000. Awards paid to an individual in excess of $500 are taxable and a T4A will be issued.

Forward all inquiries and nominations to:

Wendy Rodgers
CACUL Director - Awards
Humanities Liaison Librarian
Queen Elizabeth II Library
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. John’s, NL A1B 3Y1
Telephone: (709) 737-4439
Fax: (709) 737-2153
wrodgers@mun.ca