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Beta Phi Mu/LRRT Research Paper Award for 2013
Beta Phi Mu/LRRT Research Paper Award for 2013
This award is being jointly presented by The Beta Phi Mu International Honor Society
(http://www.beta-phi-mu.org/) and the American Library Association?s Library Research Round Table (http://www.ala.org/lrrt/) to recognize excellent research into problems related to the profession of librarianship. Any ALA member is eligible for this $500 award, and all methodologies and research topics/questions are eligible for consideration. The criteria to be followed for the selection of an award winner are:
· Importance of the research question or problem
· Adequacy of the review of relevant literature
· Appropriateness of the methodology used
· Effectiveness of the application of the methodology
· Addition of the findings to the knowledge and/or praxis in the field of librarianship
· Articulation of the conclusions emanating from the study
· Clarity and completeness
The page limit for submissions will be thirty (30) double-spaced pages plus bibliography. Only complete papers will be considered and submissions should be made electronically to the contact person below. The submissions must not have been published prior to March 1, 2013 and should follow APA style. Individuals may submit only one paper. Jointly authored papers are acceptable, but all authors must be ALA members, and will split the award of $500.
The deadline for submission is March 1, 2013. All submissions that meet the deadline and the criteria (including length of paper) will be considered. The papers will undergo a blind-review process by a joint BPM/LRRT award committee and the winner will be notified by May 1, 2012. Please include a title page with title of paper and author contact information including name, institutional affiliation, mailing address and email address.
The award will be presented during one of LRRT?s research programs at the ALA Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL, June 27-July 2, 2013.
Email Submissions as Word documents only to:
John M. Budd
Beta Phi Mu-LRRT Research Paper Chair
School of Information Science & Learning Technologies
303 Townsend
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65211
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