[78-L] ARSC Awards 2012 -- Call for Nominations

[Bill Klinger]

The Outreach Committee of the Association for Recorded Sound Collections
(ARSC) posts the following message.


--- NOMINATIONS for the 2012 ARSC AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE ---

You are invited to propose candidates for the 2012 ARSC Awards for
Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research. Nominations may be made by
anyone, ARSC member or not. The deadline for nominations is December 31,
2011.

Eligible publications include any original work -- book, monograph, article,
liner notes, etc. -- first published during 2011. The work may treat any
subject related to recorded sound, but must embody the highest research
standards. It should deal primarily with historical subjects, pertaining to
periods at least ten years prior to the year of publication, with the
exception of works related to modern preservation or playback technology.

The ARSC Awards typically recognize histories, discographies, or biographies
representing the "Best Research" in these recording genres: Blues or Gospel
Music; Classical Music; Country Music; Folk or Ethnic Music; Jazz; Popular
Music; Rock, Rhythm & Blues, or Soul; and Spoken Word. Additional categories
include: General Research in Recorded Sound; Record Labels or Manufacturers;
Phonographs; and Preservation or Reproduction of Recorded Sound.

The Awards Committee especially welcomes information concerning eligible
journal articles, as well as foreign and small-press publications that might
otherwise be overlooked.


NOMINATIONS for the ARSC LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT and DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
AWARDS

The ARSC Lifetime Achievement Award is presented annually to an individual,
in recognition of a life's work in research and publication.

The ARSC Award for Distinguished Service to Historic Recordings honors a
person who has made outstanding contributions to the field, outside of
published works or discographic research.

Nominations for either of these awards must be received by December 31,
2011.


SUBMISSIONS

Nominations for the ARSC Awards for Excellence must include the name of each
nominee, together with the names of co-authors, the publication title, and
the publisher's name and address. Please submit nominations to one of the
co-chairs of the Awards Committee:

Roberta Freund Schwartz
rfschwar at ku.edu

or

David Lewis
dlewis at gmail.com

Additional information about ARSC, including a list of past ARSC Award
Winners, may be found at:
www.arsc-audio.org



The Association for Recorded Sound Collections is a nonprofit organization
dedicated to the preservation and study of sound recordings -- in all genres
of music and speech, in all formats, and from all periods. ARSC is unique in
bringing together private individuals and institutional professionals --
everyone with a serious interest in recorded sound.