Dear Colleagues,

Please excuse cross posting and find below a call for submissions for the
2023 Phyllis Dain Library History Dissertation Award.  The deadline is
January 18th.

This award, sponsored by ALA's Library History Round Table, recognizes
outstanding work by emerging library historians.

Thank you,
Deb

Deborah Smith, Executive Director
Jones Memorial Library
2311 Memorial Avenue
Lynchburg, VA 24501
Tel. 434-846-0501
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Members of the Library History Round Table (LHRT) of American Library
Association (ALA) created the Phyllis Dain Library History Dissertation
Award to recognize outstanding work in our field by emerging library
historians. The committee for the selection of the 2023 Dain Dissertation
Award winner is seeking submissions by January 18, 2023.

The full description of the Dain Award and the submission process follows
and will be updated to reflect the current biennial cycle and available at:

http://www.ala.org/lhrt/awards/phyllis-dain-library-history-dissertation-award

*Phyllis Dain Library History Dissertation Award*

The Library History Round Table (LHRT) of the American Library Association
(ALA) sponsors the biennial Phyllis Dain Library History Dissertation
Award. The award is offered only in odd-numbered years. The Dain Award,
named in honor of a library historian widely known as a supportive advisor
and mentor as well as a rigorous scholar and thinker, recognizes
outstanding dissertations in English in the general area of library history
during any time period or region of the world. Five hundred dollars and a
certificate are given for the best dissertation that embodies original
research on a significant topic relating to the history of libraries.

*Eligibility and Criteria*

Dissertations completed and accepted during the preceding two academic
years are eligible. Dissertations accepted for completion of the doctorate
in 2021and 2022 will be eligible for the 2023 award. Entries are judged on:
clear definition of the research questions and/or hypotheses; use of
appropriate primary resources; depth of research; superior quality of
writing; and significance of the conclusions. The LHRT is particularly
interested in dissertations that place the subject within its broader
historical,
social, cultural, and political context and make interdisciplinary
connections with print culture and information studies.

*Submissions and Selection*

The award winner will be selected by the Phyllis Dain Dissertation Award
Committee appointed by the LHRT vice chair/chair elect. The winner will be
informed before May 1st and the winner will be announced in a press release
on or about June 1st of the award year. A certificate honoring the author
will be presented at the awards ceremony LHRT during the Annual Conference
of ALA.

Use this form <https://airtable.com/shrdiWv5YpvUjuunf> to submit
one electronic copy of the approved and signed dissertation and a signed
letter of support from the doctoral advisor or dissertation committee chair
at the degree-granting institution. Submissions must be received by *January
18, 2023.* Receipt will be confirmed within four business days.

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