Mary Utopia Rothrock Award

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.

Criteria

  1. The age and years of service should not be a deciding factor in the selection.
  2. Service in one or more states of the southeast would qualify a person for nomination for the award.
  3. The award should be made to only one person in any biennium, and, if no deserving person is nominated, an award may be omitted for that biennium.
  4. Nomination must be made by an SELA member.

Please provide this information to submit a nomination:

Name of nominee:
Nominee's phone number:
Nominees's email:
Nominee's mailing address:
Name of SELA member making the nomination:
SELA member's phone number:
SELA member's email address:
How has the nominee contributed substantially to the furtherance of librarianship in the southeast during their career?
Any additional supporting biographical information:

Nominations are due by Friday, July 15 and should be emailed to kengelbrecht@cmlibrary.org

For more information please contact:

Dr. Linda Golian-Lui
Dean, Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, FL
561-287-37313
lgolian@fau.edu

2022 Rothrock Award Committee:

Kate Engelbrecht, Chair
Melinda Matthews
Deborah D. Cobb
Linh Uong
Gina deLisle

Previous Award Winners

Nomination Form

Deadline for submission of nomination: May 01,2024

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