The Southeastern Library Association is accepting nominations for the SELA Charles E Beard Award (formerly President's Award). The purpose of the award is to honor an individual outside the library profession who has made a significant contribution to the development or promotion of libraries in the Southeast. The President's Award was established by the Executive Board of SELA in March, 1988. The Charles E. Beard Award Committee is appointed by the President of SELA and shall include members from a variety of states in SELA.
The purpose of the scholarship is to recruit beginning professional librarians who possess potential for leadership and commitment to service in libraries in the Southeastern United States*. The scholarship provides financial assistance towards completion of the graduate degree in library science from an institution accredited by the American Library Association.
The Southeastern Library Association Honorary Membership Committee is accepting nominations for honorary membership in the Southeastern Library Association. This designation is conferred upon living individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the Association or to library development in the Southeast.
The Southeastern Library Association honors a librarian who has exhibited continual, dedicated, outstanding service to the Southeastern Library Association.
The Southeastern Library Association recognizes authors in states of the Southeastern Library Association for current works of literary merit.
The Southeastern Library Association recognizes an outstanding program of service in an academic, public, school, or special library in a Southeastern Library Association member state.
The Southeastern Library Association honors a librarian who has contributed substantially to the furtherance of librarianship in the southeast during a career.
The competition represents the Association's commitment to the book as a vital part of library service. Awards are made on the basis of design, typography, and quality of production. Judges are knowledgeable book people associated with book design, binding, printing, bookselling, publishing, and librarianship.
The Southeastern Library Association is accepting nominations for the SELA Charles E Beard Award (formerly President's Award). The purpose of the award is to honor an individual outside the library profession who has made a significant contribution to the development or promotion of libraries in the Southeast. The President's Award was established by the Executive Board of SELA in March, 1988. The Charles E. Beard Award Committee is appointed by the President of SELA and shall include members from a variety of states in SELA.
The award is given to an individual outside the library profession who has made a significant contribution to Southeastern libraries in one or more states. The award will be made to one person in a biennium, typically at the SELA conference. If no suitable nomination is received, may be omitted for that biennium. Nomination must be made by an SELA member. The recipient need not be a member of the association.
Persons nominating an individual should forward the nomination form, and a resume of the nominee including professional/business and association activities, membership in civic organizations, writings if pertinent, single events and or other honors received. The person making the nomination will include a short statement outlining the nominee's major contribution(s) to the Librarianship in the Southeast. Supporting documentation such as articles in local, statewide and national press, brochures, correspondence, letters of commendation, etc... are welcome and encouraged.
E. Lorene Flanders,
Chair, Charles E. Beard Award Committee
Executive Director, University of South Alabama Libraries
Mobile, Alabama
libraryadmin@southalabama.edu
Deadline for submission of nomination: August 20,2022
Click here! (PDF) Click here! (Word)Virginia Boyd Frankenthaler was born December 11, 1926, in Arab, Alabama, attended public school in Huntsville, and graduated from S. R. Butler High School. Her family then moved to Auburn where Ginny attended THE University. An avid life-long football fan who believed that Auburn University could do no wrong, she graduated with a B.S. degree in social work. She met Bud Frankenthaler in August 1956, and they were married in November at the Redstone Arsenal Post Chapel. They lived in Huntsville where Ginny continued her career as a social worker. Bud received a commission as a Second Lieutenant. They went to Germany where Bud served as a Company Commander and Ginny did volunteer adoption social work for the International Social Services. While in Mannheim, Germany, Ginny gave birth to Debbie Lee Frankenthaler in 1958 and Stanley Edward Frankenthaler, III in 1960. They returned to the United States at the end of 1960 and resided on Long Island where Ginny renewed her career as a social worker. When Bud had a career change and the family moved to New Jersey in 1964, Ginny worked in the private sector doing research regarding single mothers who raise their children while residing in a low-income housing project.
In 1967, the Frankenthaler family was transferred by McGraw-Hill Publishing Company to St. Louis County, Missouri where Ginny decided it was time to be a full-time mother. When, in 1969, they were transferred to New York City, she continued her full-time career as a mother. In 1976, the family decided to move to Savannah, Georgia, and start a family-run recreational campground, which they sold in 1985. They later opened a restaurant in Hinesville, Georgia. At this time, Ginny was also doing volunteer work with the humane society. Ginny's daughter, Debbie, became a full-time mother and homeschooled her two daughters. She now teaches special education in the public school system. Ginny's son, Stan, graduated from the University of Georgia and then was valedictorian of his class at the Culinary Institute of America. He went on to own a gourmet restaurant and is now an Executive Chef for a large restaurant holding company.
Ginny died June 14, 1998. At her well-attended funeral, it was noted numerous times that Ginny's life demonstrated that she loved all people and all animals. The humane society named its Spay/Neuter Clinic after her. A voracious reader, Ginny commented many times that "our free library system is a true measure of our freedom of opportunity, as it gives everyone an unrestricted path to learning."
The Ginny Frankenthaler Memorial Scholarship in Library Science is made possible through the generosity of of Bud Frankenthaler, husband of Ginny Frankenthaler. Mrs. Frankenthaler believed that our free library system is the basis for a good life and that the greatest gifts a human being can have are good memories and education, both of which are supplied free by our public library system.
The purpose of the scholarship is to recruit beginning professional librarians who possess potential for leadership and commitment to service in libraries in the Southeastern United States*. The scholarship provides financial assistance towards completion of the graduate degree in library science from an institution accredited by the American Library Association.
The $1,000 scholarship is awarded every two years. The recipient of the scholarship will be notified in July, with funding to begin with the fall school term.
To apply for the scholarship, submit the following to gfrankenthaler@selaonline.org and include your last name in the subject line of all correspondences:
This scholarship is awarded every even year. Applications are due by the deadline of June 1st, even years only.. Selection will be based on the application and supporting documents. Factors that will be considered in making the award include academic excellence, potential for leadership, commitment to library service, and financial need. Other considerations being equal, residents of Liberty County, Georgia, or Southeastern Georgia will be given preference. Mrs. Frankenthaler was a native of Liberty County, Georgia.
Deadline for submission of nomination: August 20,2022
Click here! (PDF) Click here! (Word)The SELA Honorary Membership Committee is accepting nominations for honorary membership in the Southeastern Library Association. This designation is conferred upon living individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the Association or to library development in the Southeast.
In March 1987, the SELA Board voted to make recipients of the Mary Utopia Rothrock Award recipients of honorary membership. In the Honorary Members List below, an asterisk denotes the Mary Utopia Rothrock Award recipients.
Camille McCutcheon
Honorary Membership Chair
rcmccutc@uscupstate.edu
864-503-5612
Deadline for submission of nomination: August 20,2022
Click here! (PDF) Click here! (Word)Hal Mendelsohn grew up in Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley. He attended Los Angeles City College and received a B.S. in Business Administration with an emphasis in Marketing and Advertising from California State University at Los Angeles. He left the Los Angeles area in 1978 and joined VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) for one year and worked in Minneapolis, MN.
After VISTA, he attended the University of St Thomas, in St. Paul, MN. He received a Master of Arts in Community Education. Hal returned to Los Angeles and eventually moved to San Jose where he worked in several nursing homes. After being laid off, he made the decision to return to college and wanted to major in a profession where he could work with individuals in a higher education setting. While looking through The Chronicle of Higher Education, he read the description for a reference librarian. He realized that was the type of work he wanted to do!
Hal attended the MLS program at San Jose State University from summer 1992 through summer 1994. His first full time professional position was a reference librarian at Louisiana State University at Eunice. He worked there from 1995-2001. His second professional librarian position was that the University of Central Florida, where he worked until his retirement on July 31, 2015.
Hal has published articles, participated in joint and individual presentations, and poster sessions. He is a tireless promoter of information, mentoring, and the library profession.
He has held membership in the Florida Library Association (FLA), the Southeastern Library Association (SELA), and the American Library Association (ALA). Within ALA he held memberships in both ACRL and RUSA. His leadership was greatly appreciated in SELA. He was a member, co-chair, and chair of the Membership and Mentoring Committee for 14 years. In recognition of his dedication to the Southeastern Library Association, in 2012, the SELA Executive Board established the Hal Mendelsohn Award, for which Hal was the first recipient. He was recognized by the University of Central Florida by receiving the UCF Excellence in Librarianship Award in 2014.
To honor a librarian who has exhibited continual, dedicated, outstanding service to the Southeastern Library Association.
Deadline for submission of nomination: August 20,2022
Click here! (PDF) Click here! (Word)Submit nominations on this form along with any accompanying material (not to exceed four pages for each entry). Include reason(s) for nomination, book reviews, biography, and the like to the committee chair. Copies of the nominations will be distributed to all committee members.
For more information contact:
Nacole Adams, Chair
SELA Outstanding Author Award Committee
Email: nadams@holmescc.edu
Phone: (601) 605-3304
Deadline for submission of nomination: August 20,2022
Click here! (PDF) Click here! (Word)SELA recognizes an outstanding program of service in an academic, public, school, or special library in a Southeastern Library Association member state.
J.W. McRee, Librarian
Florence County
Library System
509 S. Dargan Street
Florence, S.C. 29506
843-292-7363
bmcree@florencelibrary.org
Deadline for submission of nomination: August 20,2022
Click here! (PDF) Click here! (Word)The Southeastern Library Association honors a librarian who has contributed substantially to the furtherance of librarianship in the southeast during a career.
The Mary Utopia Rothrock Award was established in 1976 from the will of Mary Rothrock. It was sent to the SELA President on February 11, 1976, and stated, "I bequeath $10,000.00 to the SELA, the income from which shall be used to establish a biennial award. The recipient of this award is to be designated by a committee of the Association from among librarians of the Southeastern States, and chosen for exceptional contribution to library development in the Southeast." The committee shall be appointed by the President of SELA and shall include librarians from varying member states of SELA. The recipient of this award has always been kept secret until the actual presentation is made during the conference.
Name of nominee:
Nominee's phone number:
Nominees's email:
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Name of SELA member making the nomination:
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How has the nominee contributed substantially to the furtherance of librarianship in the southeast during their career?
Any additional supporting biographical information:
Kate Engelbrecht, ChairLibrarian
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library - North
County Regional
704-416-6021
kengelbrecht@cmlibrary.org
Kate Engelbrecht, Chair
Melinda Matthews
Deborah D. Cobb
Linh Uong
Gina deLisle
Deadline for submission of nomination: August 20,2022
You are cordially invited to submit a book to the SELA 2022 Southern Books Competition (Deadline September 25, 2020). Please see Southern Books Competition (2020) for for entry information and an online payment form.
The Southeastern Library Association started the competition in 1952. Trade publishers, university presses, specialty publishers, and private presses located in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and Puerto Rico are eligible to enter the competition.
The competition represents the Association's commitment to the book as a vital part of library service. Awards are made on the basis of design, typography, and quality of production. Judges are knowledgeable book people associated with book design, binding, printing, bookselling, publishing, and librarianship.
After award-winning books for the biennium are exhibited at the conference of the Association, they are available for a traveling exhibit for loan to institutions and organizations that wish to display them. A permanent archive is maintained at the W.T. Young Library at the University of Kentucky and the Lexington Public Library in Lexington
To submit a book(s) for the Southern Books Competition (published between 2019-2020), please send one copy of each book entered to the following address, all entries must be post-marked by September 25, 2020. An entry fee of $50.00 per title entered is required. Checks for entry fees should be payable to the Southeastern Library Association, and please reference the SELA Southern Books Competition.
Peggy Kain, Chair of the SELA Southern Books Competition Award516 55th Street South
Birmingham, AL 35212
Deadline for submission of nomination: August 20,2022
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