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Raymond Von Dran Memorial Award Information

Nominations must be received by February 29, 2012

Raymond Von Dran Memorial Award Recipients
(Jobs noted were positions held at time of the award)
2011 - Lea J. Uhre, Director, Executive Office of the President Library
2010 - Barbara L. Post, Manager of Information Services, Transportation Research Board
2009 - Lynn Scott Cochrane, Director, Denison University Library
2008 - Kimberly Ferguson, Head of Information Services, U.S. Senate Library

Purpose:

The Raymond Von Dran Memorial Award is an award open to Catholic University School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) alumni, instituted in the memory of Raymond Von Dran, who served as the second Dean of SLIS (1983-87). Von Dran's final position was Dean of the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University, which has posted a memorial web site featuring many anecdotes and memories of his contributions to the field and to the many the people he influenced (http://ischool.syr.edu/ray/).

Selection Criteria:

The SLIS Alumni Association will grant this award during its annual Elizabeth W. Stone Lecture in spring 2012.

We are seeking nominations of SLIS alumni who, through their contributions to the library and information profession, have exhibited the qualities Von Dran was noted for throughout his career: innovation, collaboration, and leadership.

Procedures:

Nominations (including self-nominations) will be accepted until the end of February 2012, and the SLIS Alumni Board will make a selection of the final recipient with approval from the Dean. Please email your nomination by completing the nomination form.  This form is set to send to cua-slis-alumni-board@cua.edu.

Raymond Von Dran Memorial Award Nomination Form