CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: DEADLINE EXTENDED! Now accepting nominations through April 30.
2016 CONOVER-PORTER AWARD FOR AFRICANA BIBLIOGRAPHY OR REFERENCE WORK
Nominations close: 30 April 2016
The Africana Librarians Council, a coordinate organization of the African Studies Association (U.S.), seeks nominations for the biennial Conover-Porter Award for excellence in Africana bibliography or reference work.
The Conover-Porter Award is the most prestigious award for published works of bibliography or reference on Africa. Any Africa-related reference work, bibliography, or bibliographic essay published separately or as part of a larger work during 2014 or 2015 can be nominated for the 2016 award.
The award includes a prize of $300 to be presented during the 2016 Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association in Washington, DC.
Background
The Conover-Porter Award was established in honor of two pioneers in African studies bibliography: Helen F. Conover was senior bibliographer, African Section of the Library of Congress, serving 32 years before her retirement in 1963; Dorothy B. Porter Wesley was librarian of the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University, retiring in 1973 after 45 years of service. The first award in 1980 was presented to Julian Witherell for The United States & Africa: Guide to the U.S. Official Documents & Government-Sponsored Publications on Africa, 1785-1975 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1978).
View a list of previous winners at:
http://www.library.upenn.edu/collections/africa/ALC/ALCConoverPorterWinners.html
Procedure:
For each work that you nominate, please provide the following
Information about yourself: your name, email address, mailing address and telephone number:
Information about the work:
AUTHOR(S):
TITLE:
PUBLISHER/YEAR OF PUBLICATION:
JUSTIFICATION: (Specifically state why you think this is a work of significance and quality)
Include published reviews or references to the reviews.
Send inquiries and submissions to:
Marion Frank-Wilson
Head of Area Studies and Librarian for African Studies, Librarian
Area Studies Department
Herman B Wells Library E660
Wells Library E660
1320 East Tenth Street
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN 47405
Phone (812) 855-1481
Email [email protected]
