The Awards Committee invites nominations for the Marie Tremaine Medal, offered by the Bibliographical Society of Canada (BSC) for outstanding service to Canadian bibliography and for distinguished publication in either English or French in that field. The Tremaine Medal is accompanied by the Watters-Morley Prize, a $500 scholarly award.
Eligibility: Members of the Awards Committee or the Council of the Society are not eligible for the award while they are in office. Otherwise the award is open to all, without restriction. Nominations may not be put forward by the president or by members of the Awards Committee, but otherwise there are no restrictions in this regard.
Deadline: February 28th, 2015.
Nomination package: The complete nomination package must be sent electronically, and should include:
- A letter of nomination (1-3 pages single spaced), summarizing the nominee’s contributions to Canadian bibliography.
- The nominee’s CV, including a list of main relevant publications, projects and work supervised.
- Three letters of support from experts in the field, addressing the significance of the candidate’s contributions.
- A citation of approximately 750 words about the nominee, to be used as a basis, if the nominee is selected, for the award presentation and for a text to be published, along with the recipient’s response, in the Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada / Cahiers de la Société bibliographique du Canada.
Please send nomination packages and any questions to the Awards Committee at: awards_prix@bsc-sbc.ca