Annual Report (2003)
ARLIS/NA Awards Committee


Submitted by:

Clayton C. Kirking  
Chief, Art Information Resources  
The New York Public Library  
Humanities and Social Sciences Library  
476 Fifth Avenue  
New York, NY   10018-2788  
212 930 0722  
212 930 0530 (fax)
ckirking@nypl.org

Leadership update:

Chair:  Clayton Kirking

Sub-Committee Chairs:  

Distinguished Service Award:
Lamia Doumato L-DOUMATO@NGA.GOV

Gerd Muehsam Award:
Jeff Ross jr613@columbia.edu
 

Research Awards:
Polly Trump trumpp@u.library.arizona.edu
Eric Schwab ecs13@cornell.edu

Travel Awards:
Kitty Chibnik chibnik@columbia.edu
Nensi Brailo nbrailo@ccac-art.edu

Wittenborn Award:
Paula Epstein pepstein@colum.edu
Claire Eike ceike@artic.edu

Activities:

The Awards Committee met as a whole during the Baltimore conference.  At that general meeting President Allen Townsend explained his reorganization of the awards committee structure.  That is, sub-committees would report to an overall awards chair.  Since its implementation at that meeting, the new structure seems to have functioned well.  As each sub-committee functions independently, the sub-chair determines the workflow.  Problems or issues can be directed to the Awards Chair, who can solve or refer these as necessary.  This system provides a more efficient use of the sub-committees’ time and effort.  The Distinguished Service Award structure varied during the past year, as President Townsend acted as liaison with the sub-chair. 

Awards were all placed and annual reports submitted by sub-chairs.  The meeting at the 2004 New York conference will consist of a short general session after which sub-committees will meet, eliminating the need for six individually scheduled meetings.

Strategic Plan Action Items

Addressed by subcommittees as needed.

Executive Board Issues:  

Discussion is needed regarding two topics: 

Timing of international awards deadlines, e.g., solicitations and notification

Across-the-board standardization of subcommittee deadlines for inclusion in the management calendar