CASLIS Award for Special Librarianship in Canada
Awarded annually since 1979, the award is intended to recognize and
reward those who have made an outstanding contribution to special
librarianship in Canada through professional and/or Divisional
activities.
Appropriate professional activities may include research, publishing,
teaching, or significant participation in other related professional
associations, while examples of Divisional activities include
participation in activities benefiting CASLIS or CLA, leadership within
CASLIS or CLA, or other noteworthy actions on behalf of CASLIS or CLA.
Candidates must be members in good standing in CLA and have actively
participated in the Association or Division.
Nominations for the CASLIS Award for Special Librarianship in Canada
must be accompanied by a supporting statement that outlines his/her
professional career and the specific achievement(s) that merit granting
of this award. Signatures of at least two CLA members must also support
any nomination. All nominations and deliberations related to this award
shall be considered confidential.
The award will be presented at the CASLIS Annual General Meeting,
held during the CLA conference.
The closing date for nominations is February 28, annually.
Nomination letters should be sent to:
Kimberly Silk,
MLS
Data Librarian,
Martin Prosperity Institute
101 College Street, Suite
420
Toronto, Ontario
M5G 1L7
Kimberly.Silk@martinprosperity.org
Office: 416-673-8586
Mobile: 416-721-8955
Winners:
2010 Kirsten Wurmann [Press
Release]
2009 Yvonne Earle [Press
Release]
1979 Jack Brown
1980 Beryl Anderson
1981 Olga B. Bishop
1982 Susan Klement
1983 Nita Cooke
1984 Melva Dwyer
1985 Françoise Hébert
1986 Miriam Tees
1987 Anne Piternick
1988 Shirley Elliott
1989 Shih-Sheng Hu
1990 Georgia Ellis
1991 Brian Land
1992 S. Norma Godavari
1993 Jane Beaumont
1994 Marilyn Rennick
1995 Eric Marshal
1996 Marie DeYoung
1997 Carol Smale
1998 Stephen Abram
1999 Maggie Weaver
2000 Ruth Reedman
2001 Pat Routledge
2002 None
2003 None
2004 None
2005 Claudette Cloutier
2006 Carole Joling
2007 Christine Corston
2008 None
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