SPIRL 2014 - Call for submissions
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15 Juanuary 2014 - Events
SPIRL 2014 - Call for submissions
Stanford University Libraries Opens Submissions for the 2014 Stanford Prize for Innovation in Research Libraries (SPIRL)
Stanford University Libraries has announced the launch of the second Stanford Prize for Innovation in Research Libraries (SPIRL), a prize to recognize and celebrate innovation through programs, projects, and/or new or improved services that directly or indirectly benefit readers and users. The goal of the prize is to single out for community attention and to celebrate functionally significant results of the innovative impulses in libraries anywhere in the world that support research.
Entries must be received on or before January 15, 2014. Official entry form and rules are available at spirl.stanford.edu
The winner(s) will be announced in late February 2014 and a modest cash purse will be awarded.
Chief Judge for SPIRL 2014 will be Elisabeth Niggemann (Deutsch Nationalbibliothek). Other judges will be Dame Lynne Brindley (Master of Pembroke College, Oxford), Charles Henry (Council on Library and Information Resources), Rick Luce (University of Oklahoma), Ann Okerson (Center for Research Libraries), Bruno Racine (Bibliothèque nationale de France), Dongfang Shao (Library of Congress), and Karin Wittenborg (University of Virginia).
Stanford University Libraries supports the teaching, learning and research mandates of the
University through delivery of bibliographic and other information resources and services to faculty, students and staff. It is tackling the challenges of the digital age while continuing the development, preservation and conservation of its extensive print, media and manuscript collections.
For more information, please contact:
Sonia Lee: 650-736-9538
sonialee@stanford.edu
