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Beta Phi Mu/LRRT Research
Paper Award for 2013
2012. This is an Open Access article
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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
buddj@missouri.edu