Excellence in Librarianship

Office Managing the Award Process: Office of Academic Programs with Deans and Directors. Information received from Provost's Office, SUNY Albany.

Date of Announcement: Late November

Deadline for Submission: Nomination Memo - Late December. Final Dossier - Early February

Eligibility: Candidates for the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Librarianship must hold a full-time appointment as a professional librarian and possess an MLS degree. Nominees may hold any academic rank; however they must have completed at least three academic years in full-time appointment as a professional librarian at the nominating campus prior to the year of nomination.

Recipients of an Excellence Award may not, at any time, be re-nominated for an award in the same category; and they may not be nominated for another Excellence Award in any other category within a 10-year period. Posthumous nominations are ineligible. Other exclusions can be found in the Call for Nominations.

Specifics: While nominees for the award need not have a long record of service, they must demonstrate extraordinary performance in the following areas:

• Librarianship
• Service to the university and to the profession
• Scholarship and continuing professional growth

A summary of accomplishments (limited to a maximum of 5 pages) and a curriculum vitae (CV) are required for nominations.

Presented at: Dean's Awards Dinner

Previous Awardees of The SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Librarianship Since 1994