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Laurence B. Heilprin Award

Award Recipients

  • 2008: Justin Grimes - "Virtual Guinea Pigs: Ethical Implications of Researching People in Virtual Worlds".

  • 2007: Kirsten Strigel -
    "The Canoe Politic: Appraisal and Collection Development for Indigenous Collections".

  • 2006: John Cannan -
    "Terms of Use: Agreements to Restrict the Use of Images Displayed on Online Digital Image Collections".

  • 2005: Joseph Deodato -
    "The Selective Memory of the Archive: The Evolution of Postmodern Perspectives on Archival Selection and Appraisal".

  • 2001: Lila Faulkner -
    "Food Safety".

  • 2000: Elizabeth Russey -
    "Access vs. Preservation: The Effect of the Nixon Tapes on Archival Practice".

  • 1999: Priscilla Anderson -
    "Fifteenth Century Bookbinding Structure in Italy and the Netherlands".

  • 1998: Trina J. Magi -
    "Wetlands and the Federal Government: A review of government involvement, controversy, and documents".

  • 1996: Christine Black -
    "Taking Steps in the Right Direction: the Government Information Policy of the Carter Administration    ".

  • 1995: Catherine McNamara -
    "Children's Picture Books as an Art Form: Four Criteria for Evaluating Them".
The Heilprin Award is presented annually at the May Commencement for the outstanding discourse on a topic in library and information science written for an Information Studies course by a student or group of students (at least one of whom must be a student of the College of Information Studies.). Discourses must be nominated by faculty as an example of outstanding works that further understanding by offering new insights or synthesizing ideas, incorporating original research, or analyzing existing information in new ways.

Procedure for Submission:

All submissions should be made by the course instructors by the last day of classes in the spring semester. In the submission email, please indicate name(s) of the student(s), the title of the discourse, and the course for which the work was submitted. Provide the web address of the discourse or attach the content of the discourse with the email.

The selection committee will consist of three or four faculty members to be formed at the end of the spring semester. The final decision should be submitted to the chair of the Research and Teaching Support Committee in mid-May.

The award letter will be sent before the Commencement. The student(s) winning the award will be asked to attend the College Commencement to receive the award. The prize is a cash award and a certificate.
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