Return-Path: Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:36:23 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from triplicate-girl.cni.org ([192.100.21.35] verified) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.12) with ESMTPS id 4565653 for CNI-ANNOUNCE@cni.org; Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:53:01 -0400 X-Original-Message-Id: From: Diane Goldenberg-Hart X-Original-To: CNI-ANNOUNCE -- News from the Coalition Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-1-356180081 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v935.3) Subject: CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: PAUL EVAN PETERS AWARD X-Original-Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:54:46 -0400 References: <206CAF76-9A62-42C8-A3C8-87F632C80816@cni.org> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.935.3) --Apple-Mail-1-356180081 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: THE PAUL EVAN PETERS AWARD DEADLINE: OCTOBER 12, 2009 The Paul Evan Peters Award recognizes the most notable and lasting international achievements related to high performance networks and the creation and use of information resources and services that advance scholarship and intellectual productivity. Past winners have been Daniel E. Atkins (2008), inaugural director of the National Science Foundation's Office of Cyberinfrastructure; Paul Ginsparg (2006), founder of arXiv, an e-print archive for articles in the sciences; Brewster Kahle (2004), founder and chairman of the board of the Internet Archive; "father of the Internet" Vinton Cerf (2002); and Tim Berners-Lee (2000), inventor of the World Wide Web. All recipients embody the rare combination of strategic vision, technical innovation, and humanitarian outlook that the award seeks to promote. Award winners are recommended by a committee of representatives of the Association of Research Libraries, the Coalition for Networked Information, and EDUCAUSE, and selected by the chief executives of the three organizations. Guidelines for submitting a nomination are detailed below. GUIDELINES: Nominees for the award should meet one or more of the following qualifications. He or she has: 1. Demonstrated a positive and lasting impact on scholarly communications through the implementation and/or use of advanced telecommunications networks. 2. Addressed a specific problem fundamental to scholarship, research, and intellectual productivity and provided an innovative solution using high performance network technology. 3. Helped increase awareness of the role of scholarly information and communication through dissemination of effective techniques using computing and information technologies. 4. Made a career-long contribution to the advancement of scholarly information and communications through the implementation and/or use of high performance communications networks. ONE-TO-TWO-PAGE LETTERS OF NOMINATION SHOULD BE SENT VIA EMAIL TO: Joan K. Lippincott joan@cni.org OR Paul Evan Peters Award Nomination c/o Joan Lippincott, Associate Executive Director Coalition for Networked Information 21 Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20036-1109 fax: 202-982-0884 DEADLINE: OCTOBER 12, 2009 Recipients of this award will receive a commemorative award and will be asked to present a major address at a CNI membership meeting. This award is offered jointly by the Association of Research Libraries, the Coalition for Networked Information, and EDUCAUSE. It honors Paul Evan Peters, founding director of the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), who guided CNI until his untimely death in 1996 and who was recognized as one of the 100 most influential people in 20th century librarianship in the American Libraries listing of December 1999. The award program has been endowed by the Association of Research Libraries, EDUCAUSE, Microsoft Corporation, and Xerox Corporation. For more information see the award website at: http://www.educause.edu/PaulEvanPetersAward/852 *********************************************** Diane Goldenberg-Hart Communications Coordinator Coalition for Networked Information 21 Dupont Circle, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20036 202-296-5098 202-872-0884 (Fax) diane@cni.org www.cni.org For the latest news & information, CNI-ANNOUNCE: cni-announce-subscribe@cni.org --Apple-Mail-1-356180081 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS:
THE PAUL EVAN PETERS = AWARD

DEADLINE:  OCTOBER 12, 2009

The Paul Evan = Peters Award recognizes the most notable and lasting international = achievements related to high performance networks and the creation and = use of information resources and services that advance scholarship and = intellectual productivity.  Past winners have been Daniel E. Atkins = (2008), inaugural director of the National Science Foundation's Office = of Cyberinfrastructure; Paul Ginsparg (2006), founder of arXiv, an = e-print archive for articles in the sciences; Brewster Kahle (2004), = founder and chairman of the board of the Internet Archive; "father of = the Internet" Vinton Cerf (2002); and Tim Berners-Lee (2000), inventor = of the World Wide Web.  All recipients embody the rare combination = of strategic vision, technical innovation, and humanitarian outlook that = the award seeks to promote.

Award winners are recommended by a = committee of representatives of the Association of Research Libraries, = the Coalition for Networked Information, and EDUCAUSE, and selected by = the chief executives of the three organizations.  Guidelines for = submitting a nomination are detailed below.

GUIDELINES:
=
Nominees for the award should meet one or more of the following = qualifications.

He or she has:

1. Demonstrated a = positive and lasting impact on scholarly communications through the = implementation and/or use of advanced telecommunications networks.
= 2. Addressed a specific problem fundamental to scholarship, research, = and intellectual productivity and provided an innovative solution using = high performance network technology.
3. Helped increase awareness of = the role of scholarly information and communication through = dissemination of effective techniques using computing and information = technologies.
4. Made a career-long contribution to the advancement = of scholarly information and communications through the implementation = and/or use of high performance communications networks.

= ONE-TO-TWO-PAGE LETTERS OF NOMINATION SHOULD BE SENT VIA EMAIL TO:
= Joan K. Lippincott
joan@cni.org
=
OR

Paul Evan Peters Award Nomination
c/o Joan = Lippincott, Associate Executive Director
Coalition for Networked = Information
21 Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 800
Washington, DC =  20036-1109
fax: 202-982-0884

DEADLINE:  OCTOBER = 12, 2009

Recipients of this award will receive a commemorative = award and will be asked to present a major address at a CNI membership = meeting.  This award is offered jointly by the Association of = Research Libraries, the Coalition for Networked Information, and = EDUCAUSE.  It honors Paul Evan Peters, founding director of the = Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), who guided CNI until his = untimely death in 1996 and who was recognized as one of the 100 most = influential people in 20th century librarianship in the American = Libraries listing of December 1999.  The award program has been = endowed by the Association of Research Libraries, EDUCAUSE, Microsoft = Corporation, and Xerox Corporation.

For more information see = the award website at:
http://www.educau= se.edu/PaulEvanPetersAward/852
=

Diane = Goldenberg-Hart

Coalition for Networked = Information

Washington, DC 20036

202-296-5098

202-872-0884 = (Fax)

diane@cni.org

www.cni.org


For the latest news & = information, CNI-ANNOUNCE:  cni-announce-subscribe@cni.= org

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