[78-L] ARSC Awards 2018 -- Nominations Deadline Reminder

[Bill Klinger]

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


--- NOMINATIONS for the 2018 ARSC AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE ---

You are invited to propose candidates for the 2018 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,
2017.

Eligible publications include any original work -- book, monograph, article,
liner notes, conference proceedings, or electronically-published materials
-- first published during 2017. 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.

For more information about the Awards for Excellence:
http://www.arsc-audio.org/awards/awardsinfo.html


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.

Publishers, collectors, and others are encouraged to suggest candidates at
any time.

For more information about the Lifetime Achievement and Distinguished
Service awards:
http://www.arsc-audio.org/awards/lifetime-distinguished.html


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


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.


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