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AWARDS TO BE GIVEN AT CONEERENCE

Beta Phi Mu Award.An annual award consisting of $50 and a citation, administered by the Library Education Division, made to an individual for distinguished service to education for librarianship.

Melvil Dewey Medal.An engraved medal and a citation presented annually to an individual or a group for recent creative professional achievement of a high order, particularly in those fields in which Melvil Dewey was actively interested, notably library management, library training, cataloging and classification, and the tools and techniques of librarianship. Donated by Forest Press, Inc.

Hammond Incorporated Library Award.An annual award of $500 and a citation to a librarian who has effectively encouraged the use of maps and atlases or promoted an interest in cartography. The award is presented only in those years when an appropriate recipient is found. Established in 1962. Donor: Hammond, Inc.

JosephW. Lippincott Award. An award consisting of $1,000, an engraved medal, and a special citation made annually to a librarian for distinguished service in the profession of librarianship, such service to include outstanding participation in the activities of professional library associations, notable published professional writing, or other significant activity in behalf of the profession and its aims. Donated by Joseph W. Lippincott. Administered by the ALA Awards Committee.

Margaret Mann Citation.An annual citation, awarded by the Cataloging and Classification Section of the Resources and Technical Services Division, made to a cataloger and/or classifier, not necessarily an American, for his outstanding professional achievement in the areas of cataloging and classification, either through publication of significant professional literature, participation in professional cataloging associations, introduction of new techniques of recognized importance, or outstanding work in the area of teaching within the past five years.

Isadora Gilbert Madge Citation.A citation to be given at the annual conference of the ALA to a person who has made a distinguished contribution to reference librarianship. This contribution may take the form of an imaginative and constructive program in a particular library; the writing of a significant book or articles in the reference field; creative and inspirational teaching of reference service; or other noteworthy activities which stimulate reference librarians to more distinguished performance.

Eunice Rockwell Oberly Memorial Award.A biennial award given in odd-numbered years, consisting of a citation and a cash award of the income of the Oberly Memorial Fund, made to the American citizen who compiles the best bibliography in the field of agriculture or one of the related sciences in the two-year period preceding the year in which the award is made. Made possible by a fund established by colleagues in memory of Eunice Rockwell Oberly. Administered by ACRL Agriculture and Hiological Sciences Subsection.

Esther J. Piercy Award.An award, established in 1968, in the form of a citation given to recognize the contribution to librarianship in the field of the technical services by younger members of the profession. The recipient will be a librarian with not more than ten years of professional experience who has shown outstanding promise for continuing contributions and leadership in any of the fields comprising technical services by such means as; (a) leadership in professional associations at local, state, regional or national levels; (b) contributions to the development, application, or utilization of new or improved methods, techniques, and routines; (c) a significant contribution to professional literature; and (d) conduct of studies or research in the technical services. The award shall be given to an individual each year in which the Jury believes there to be a qualified recipient.

Scarecrow Press Award for Library Literature.An award of $500 and a citation made to an American librarian to recognize an outstanding contribution to library literature issued during the calendar year preceding the presentation. Donated by the Scarecrow Press. Administered by ALA Awards Committee.