The Fall 2011 Newsletter is now available. Click here to read up on ALA Annual programing, member profiles, and notes from the chair.
REMINDER: WGSS Award Nominations Due 12/2
It’s time to recognize our colleagues and award their accomplishments! Read on for the criteria. Nomination forms are here: http://libr.org/wss/.
Nominations are due 12/2/11 so get yours in now!
Career Achievement in Women’s Studies Librarianship Award
Nominees should have demonstrated significant achievements and contributions in one or more of the following areas:
- Service within the organized profession through ACRL/WSS and/or related organizations;
- Academic/research library service in the area of women’s studies;
- Research and publication in areas of academic/research library programs in women’s studies;
- Planning and implementation of academic/research library programs in women’s studies disciplines of such exemplary quality that they could serve as a model for others.
Significant Achievement in Women’s Studies Librarianship Award
Achievement may be in any area of academic women’s studies librarianship, including, but not limited to:
- Publication of a monograph, journal article,Web site, or media project;
- Talk or other presentation at a nationally recognized conference;
- Innovations in women’s studies librarianship, including, but not limited to instruction;
- Development of an exemplary program, collection, digitization project, or access tool to serve women’s studies students and/or faculty;
- Significant creative and innovative contribution to the work of the ACRL Women and Gender Studies Section.
WGSS Midwinter meetings–room assignments
Here is the 2012 Midwinter Meeting schedule (Dallas, 1/20-1/24), with room assignments.
There will be an offsite social on Saturday night at 6pm, location tba.
Thanks to Megan Griffin, our section name abbreviation is now updated to WGSS in the schedule!
Shirley Olofson Memorial Award: funding opportunity
Are you looking for funds to help pay for your trip to ALA’s 2012 Annual Conference in Anaheim?
Apply by Monday, December 12, 2011 for the NMRT Shirley Olofson Memorial Award and you may receive a $1000 check to help defray the cost of attendance!
Applicants must:
- Be a member of ALA and NMRT
- Be active in the library profession
- Show promise for activity in the area of professional development
- Have a valid financial need
- Have attended no more than five ALA annual conferences
To apply, please visit: http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/nmrt/initiatives/applyforfunds/shirleyolofson.cfm
Please e-mail Holly Cole Okuhara (holly.okuhara@gmail.com) if you have any additional questions.
Stanford and Ms. Magazine Essay Contest
Join the conversation on the future of feminism in celebration of the 40th anniversary of Ms. magazine. Stanford University and Ms. magazine invite you to enter an essay contest.
Check out 40 iconic Ms. covers from four decades of feminist reporting.
Write a 150-word essay that reflects on how it captured an era or moment, or how it may have shaped your own life.
Ten $100 cash prizes will be awarded for the best short essays.
Entries will be judged on originality, vision, awareness of feminist issues and quality of expression.
Winning essays will be displayed alongside the Ms. covers on the Stanford campus in January 2012.
The essay contest is open to everyone.
Contest runs from August 1–October 15, 2011.
Click here to learn more: (http://www.stanford.edu/group/gender/msat40/).
Join the discussion: Women’s World Cup & Title IX
Women’s World Cup, Title IX And What It Means For Girls by Cynthia Kounaris, on Huffington Post.
“You can debate Title IX all you want but you’d be hard-pressed to argue against the looks on little girls’ faces when they talk about what the US Women’s Soccer team means to them…”
