Philip M. Hamer and Elizabeth Hamer Kegan Award (SAA)

An announcement from the Society of American Archivists:

The Philip M. Hamer and Elizabeth Hamer Kegan Award Subcommittee of the Society of American Archivists seeks nominations for the 2009 award.

This award recognizes an archivist, editor, group of individuals, or institution that has increased public awareness of a specific body of documents through compilation, transcription, exhibition, or public presentation of archives or manuscript materials for educational, instructional, or other public purpose. Archives may include photographs, films, and visual archives. Publication may be in hard copy, microfilm, laser disk, or other circulating medium (including websites) and should have been published during the calendar year 2008.

Recent winners include:

• 2008 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation / Radio-Canada Digital Archives
• 2007 National Library of Medicine’s Profiles in Science
• 2006 State Library and Archives of Florida’s Florida Folklife Digitization and Education Project

Eligibility:
Individual archivists and editors, groups of individuals, organizations.

Application Deadline:
All nominations shall be submitted to the Awards Committee by February 28, 2009.

For nomination forms and more information on SAA awards and the nominations process, please go to http://www.archivists.org/recognition/index.asp.