The 2016 TDL Awards Committee is pleased to announce that we
are extending the deadline for nominations to Friday, February 12!
The TDL Awards acknowledge
outstanding digital library work at academic libraries throughout Texas. The
TDL Awards Committee encourages individuals to nominate themselves, as well as
other individuals and groups, for recognition of the innovative and important
work happening across state in digital libraries.
Awards will be given in six categories:
- Innovative Outreach Award: Honors an
individual or team at a Texas academic library that demonstrates a creative and
successful approach to reaching new users and building awareness of an
organization’s digital library.
- Scholarly Communications Award: Honors
the work of an individual or group in a Texas academic library who has made
significant advances in our understanding of the issues surrounding scholarly
communication and/or in developing innovative solutions to address current
academic publishing.
- TDL Service Award: Honors a Texas Digital
Library member (individual or group) who has made significant contributions to
the TDL consortium and/or a member who has used TDL services to their fullest
potential.
- Trailblazer Award: Honors the work of
individuals or groups within Texas academic libraries who have used limited
resources in innovative ways to create, maintain, or support digital
collections.
- Leadership in Digital Libraries Award: Honors an individual at a Texas academic library who has made significant
contributions and improvements related to digital libraries.
- Excellence in Digital Libraries Award: Honors an institution, group, or project at a Texas academic library that has
demonstrated overall excellence in one or more areas of digital library
practice.
Awardees will be honored at the 2016 Texas Conference on Digital Libraries in Austin, May 24-26, 2016. With the exception of the TDL
Service Award, all awards are open to nominations from any academic institution
in Texas regardless of affiliation with the TDL. Additionally, nominations are
open to groups in partnership with Texas academic libraries for all awards
except the Leadership in Digital Libraries Award and the TDL Service Award.
Self-nominations are accepted.
Important Dates:
- February 12: Extended deadline for
nominations
- March 18: Notification of award recipients
- May 24-26: Dates for the Texas Conference on Digital Libraries, at which awards will be distributed. Attendance at the conference is not required to receive an award.
More information about criteria and processes for selection,
submitting a nomination, and previous TDL Award winners is available at the TDL
Awards website: http://tdl.org/awards/
For questions about the awards, please email: in...@tdl.org