From: "Diane Goldenberg-Hart" Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2017 10:30:00 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [108.31.211.217] (account diane@cni.org HELO cnidianembic25.fios-router.home) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.1.12) with ESMTPSA id 32183254 for CNI-ANNOUNCE@cni.org; Tue, 28 Feb 2017 07:58:28 -0500 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_7A848F05-0226-4D8B-A0E6-F983236EF4D0" Subject: Reminder: Peters Award Nominations Due Friday X-Original-Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2017 07:58:27 -0500 References: X-Original-To: CNI-ANNOUNCE -- News from the Coalition X-Original-Message-Id: <4C098678-8754-4B22-95C5-2D5FA75523FC@cni.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 8.2 \(2104\)) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.2104) --Apple-Mail=_7A848F05-0226-4D8B-A0E6-F983236EF4D0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Nominations for the Paul Evan Peters Award, which recognizes career-long = contributions to help advance scholarly information and communications, = are due no later than THIS FRIDAY, March 3. Send a ONE-TO-TWO-PAGE LETTERS OF NOMINATION, addressing how the nominee = meets one or more of the qualifications (see complete call for = nominations below), AND a bio of the nominee (or URL pointer to = biographical information) to: PEP-Award@cni.org Call for Nominations: Paul Evan Peters Award DEADLINE: MARCH 3, 2017=09 The Paul Evan Peters Award recognizes the most notable and lasting = international achievements related to information technology and the = creation and use of information resources and services that advance = scholarship and intellectual productivity. Past recipients have been = Donald A.B. Lindberg (2014), director of the National Library of = Medicine; Christine L. Borgman (2011), professor and Presidential Chair = in Information Studies, UCLA; 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 (ARL), the Coalition for Networked = Information (CNI), and EDUCAUSE, and selected by the chief executives of = the three organizations. Guidelines for submitting a nomination are = detailed below. GUIDELINES Awards will be made to individuals who have made a career-long = contribution to the advancement of scholarly information and = communications and who meet at least one and preferably more of the = following criteria: 1. Demonstrate a positive and lasting impact on scholarly communications = through the implementation and/or use of information technology and = networks, as evidenced by publication, the development of environments = for the dissemination of information, contributions in the area of data = stewardship, or other similar endeavors. 2. Address a specific problem fundamental to scholarship, research, and = intellectual productivity and provide an innovative solution using = information technology. 3. Help increase awareness of the role of scholarly information and = communication through dissemination of effective techniques using = computing and information technologies. Send a ONE-TO-TWO-PAGE LETTERS OF NOMINATION, addressing how the nominee = meets one or more of the qualifications above, AND a bio of the nominee = (or URL pointer to biographical information) to: PEP-Award@cni.org DEADLINE: MARCH 3, 2017 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 ARL, CNI, and EDUCAUSE. It honors Paul Evan = Peters, founding director of the CNI, who guided the organization 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. More information is at www.cni.org/go/pep-award/ = . __________________________________________________ Diane Goldenberg-Hart Communications Coordinator Coalition for Networked Information 21 Dupont Circle, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20039 202.296.5098 | cni.org --Apple-Mail=_7A848F05-0226-4D8B-A0E6-F983236EF4D0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Nominations for the Paul Evan Peters Award, which recognizes = career-long contributions to help advance scholarly information and = communications, are due no later than THIS FRIDAY, March = 3.

Send a ONE-TO-TWO-PAGE LETTERS OF NOMINATION, addressing how = the nominee meets one or more of the qualifications (see complete call = for nominations below), AND a bio of the nominee (or URL pointer to = biographical information) to:

PEP-Award@cni.org


Call for = Nominations: Paul Evan Peters Award
DEADLINE: MARCH 3, = 2017 =

The Paul Evan Peters Award = recognizes the most notable and lasting international achievements = related to information technology and the creation and use of = information resources and services that advance scholarship and = intellectual productivity. Past recipients have been Donald A.B. = Lindberg (2014), director of the National Library of Medicine; Christine = L. Borgman (2011), professor and Presidential Chair in Information = Studies, UCLA; 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 = (ARL), the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), and EDUCAUSE, and = selected by the chief executives of the three organizations. Guidelines = for submitting a nomination are detailed below.

GUIDELINES

Awards will be made to individuals who have made a = career-long contribution to the advancement of scholarly information and = communications and who meet at least one and preferably more of the = following criteria:

1. Demonstrate a positive and = lasting impact on scholarly communications through the implementation = and/or use of information technology and networks, as evidenced by = publication, the development of environments for the dissemination of = information, contributions in the area of data stewardship, or other = similar endeavors.
2. Address a specific problem fundamental to = scholarship, research, and intellectual productivity and provide an = innovative solution using information technology.
3. Help increase = awareness of the role of scholarly information and communication through = dissemination of effective techniques using computing and information = technologies.

Send = a ONE-TO-TWO-PAGE = LETTERS OF NOMINATION, = addressing how the nominee meets one or more of the qualifications = above, AND a bio of the nominee (or URL pointer to = biographical information) to:

PEP-Award@cni.org

DEADLINE: MARCH 3, = 2017

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 ARL, CNI, and EDUCAUSE. It honors Paul Evan Peters, = founding director of the CNI, who guided the organization 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.

More information = is at www.cni.org/go/pep-award/.
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Diane Goldenberg-Hart
Communications Coordinator
Coalition for = Networked Information
21 Dupont Circle, Suite 800, Washington, = DC 20039
202.296.5098 | cni.org

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