José Toribio Medina Award Nominations

At the SALALM XXVI, the SALALM Executive Board Established the José Toribio Medina Award, to be made annually, if merited, in recognition of outstanding contributions by SALALM members to Latin American Studies. An award will be given for a monographic publication in each of the areas of bibliography and reference. The purpose of the program is to encourage and acknowledge truly superior accomplishments in research and scholarship. An awards panel reviews nominations and submissions, and recommends a recipient to the Editorial Board. The 2005/2006 Award Panel members are Tony Harvell (University of California-San Diego Libraries), Victor F. Torres-Ortiz (Universidad de Puerto Rico) and Ana Maria Cobos (Saddleback College). The panel would appreciate receiving nominations and applications for outstanding bibliographies and reference works, and sources which facilitate access to research or contribute to the understanding, use, or development of Latin American collections.
Both print and non-print resources (including electronic resources) are eligible.

Detailed criteria can be found at http://www.library.cornell.edu/colldev/JOSE_TORIBIO_MEDINA_AWARD.htm

The award may be granted to a distinguished monograph, published, or accepted for publication, within the three years immediately preceding the closing date for nominations (March 1, 2006). Reprints, translations or re-editions are not eligible. Selection is based on scholarship, style and the importance of the contribution. The award, in the form of a certificate and honorarium of $US250, will be presented at SALALM LI in Santo Domingo. Nominations and applications are welcome and should be submitted to:

Tony A. Harvell Head of Acquisitions UCSD Libraries 9500 Gilman Drive 0175-A La Jolla, California 92093-0175 USA

To be eligible for this year’s award, an author must have been a member in good standing of SALALM since 2003 and including the membership year 2005/2006.

If requested to do so by the awards panel, authors are responsible for providing one copy of the work to the review committee. Such copies will be returned when the selection process has been completed.

Jose Toribio Medina Award Nomination Form

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Book (Publisher and publication date):___________________________________________________

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( ) Review copy enclosed

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( ) Committee requested to contact author(s) for review copy at the following address(es):

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