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Library History Award
James G. Ollé student scholarship

Library History Award

Introduction
Scope and quality
Method
Nominations
Current award holders 2003
Past winners

Introduction
The Library History Award is an annual award of £200 for the best essay on library history published in, or pertaining to, the British Isles, within the previous calendar year (2006). It is organized by the Library and Information History Group of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals. The Award aims to improve the quality and increase the quantity of writing on library history in the British Isles. It is sponsored by Emerald. The award was first made in 1996.

Scope and quality
Essays should embody original historical research on a significant subject, should be based on original source materials if possible and should use good composition and style. Essays showing evidence of methodological and historiographical innovation will be particularly welcome.

Method
An author may put himself/herself forward for the prize. In addition, any member of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals may nominate a published essay for consideration.

The entries will be identified and judged by a panel of five, viz.:

The Chairman of the Library and Information History Group.
The Awards Manager of the L.I.H.G. who will act as the administrator.
One other member of the L.I.H.G Committee
An external assessor at the invitation of the L.I.H.G. Committee
A representative of Emerald, normally the editor of Library Review.

Nominations
Nominations, including six copies of the essay which should have been published during 2006, should be sent by 31 October 2007 to:

Dorothy Clayton
Awards Manager, Library and Information History Group
The John Rylands University Library
The University of Manchester
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9PP
Tel: 0161 275 3757

Past winners
2002 winner
Evelyn Kerslake and Janine Liladhar, 'Angry sentinels and businesslike women: identity and marital status in 1950s English career novels', Library History, Volume 17(2), July 2001, pp. 83-90.

2001 winner
Martin Hewitt, 'Confronting the Modern city: the Manchester Free Public Library, 1850-80', Urban history, 27(1), 2000, pp.62-88.

2000 winner
Dr Christopher Skelton-Foord, 'Surveying the circulating-library scene: popular British fiction, 1770-1830', Bibliotheken in der literarischen Darstellung / Libraries in Literature, edited by Peter Vodosek and Graham Jefcoate (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1999)

1999 winner
Mr Mark Purcell, 'Useful weapons for the defence of that cause: Richard Allestree, John Fell and the foundation of the Allestree Library', The Library, 21(2)

James G. Ollé studentships 2007-08
The Library and Information History Group of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals is to fund annual studentships up to a total annual sum of £500 to encourage the level of activity in library history. These awards are named after the late James G. Ollé, an active teacher and writer in library history.

Prospective candidates for the studentships should be students (undergraduate or postgraduate) of any academic discipline. A recipient of a studentship is required to present the findings of the work undertaken in the public domain within 2 years of the receipt of the studentship. This might take the form of an article published in an academic periodical, such as Library History, or a talk to a recognized gathering.

Occasionally bursaries may be awarded for a student to attend a conference on an aspect of library history. Recipients of such grants will be expected to write a report of the conference for inclusion in the L.I.H.G. newsletter.

Studentships will be made on the decision of the L.I.H.G. Committee. Expressions of interest or applications, which should include a brief C.V., a statement of plans, a draft budget and the names and addresses of two refererees, should be sent to the L.I.H.G. Awards Manager by 31 March 2007.

Dr Dorothy Clayton
Awards Manager, Library and Information History Group
The John Rylands University Library
The University of Manchester
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9PP
Tel: 0161 275 3757
Email: Dorothy.Clayton@manchester.ac.uk

Updated: 30 May 2007