[Hum-DIS] Information Studies prize and prizegiving 2010

[Kerry Smith]

Dear students

 

You may or may not be aware that our Department has a prizegiving
ceremony for each graduating year and it is normally held on graduation
day in the February of the following year.  The staff in the Department
of Information Studies keep a close eye on your work throughout the year
and suspect it may come as a surprise to some when they are contacted to
advise them of their success for an award.  

 

As the semester draws to a close, we thought it might act as an
incentive if we let you know the prizes on offer and the conditions
attached to them:

 

Australian Library and Information Assn (ALIA) Prize for the best
written work on a libraries theme.  1 from each accredited course, i.e.
BA LCIM, GDip ILS, MIM 

 

Australian Society of Archivists (ASA):  Margaret Jennings Award - "This
annual award was instituted in 1989 as the Australian Society of
Archivists Inc Award for students completing a diploma course in
archives administration in the previous year. The award recognises
academic achievement during the course. It was renamed the Margaret
Jennings Award in 1997."
http://www.archivists.org.au/education/scholarships-awards  

 

John Dean Award for academic excellence in an undergraduate course  

 

GG Allen Award excellence in academic achievement in a masters by
coursework or graduate diploma course  

 

George Buick Award academic excellence in an Information Studies higher
degree research project of 100 credit points, OR honours course   

 

Maggie Exon Award for academic achievement in the conduct and completion
of a higher degree by research thesis (first awarded to graduands of
2009).   

 

Peter Maskell prize:   to the best undergraduate student who has
completed at least 80% of their course as a part time external student
in Information Studies   

 

Information Studies chapter of Curtin Alumni Prize:  graduate who
achieves a first professional qualification in Information Studies with
academic excellence over the duration of the course  

 

ALIA ARL(WA)  (DA Books Prize):  The Academic & Research Libraries
(ARL)-DA prize is a book voucher to the value of $150 from DA
Information Services, to be presented to one student from each
institution.  It is for an essay presentation with a research component,
undertaken as part of course work at final year undergraduate or
graduate diploma level at Curtin.   

 

Award expectation: Presentation: The award to be presented at the first
ARL function of the year. The student work to be presented either by the
student or a proxy or video. Presentations of 10 minutes with 5 minutes
for questions

 

Judging: Academic staff from the participating institution selects a
winner and notify ARL. The student must be studying library units at a
WA Institution.

 

ALIA Academic and Research Libraries (ARL) WA - Blackwells Practicum
Prize. $100. For the top (i.e. notable achievement)  student in a
practicum placement undertaken at a university or research institution.
This prize is not awarded every year.  Commenced 2006 and awarded
alternately between ECU and Curtin (Curtin had the prize in 2008).  Not
Curtin in 2009 

 

Wendy Rogers Prize: student/s with most promising potential in special
librarianship. 

 

Information Studies Staff Certificate of Recognition in appreciation of
services to Information Studies student life. 

 

Brenda Freeman Award (Awarded by the  Information Studies Student
Association) The Brenda Freeman Memorial prize is presented "to the
student who has done the most for the welfare of students in the
Department".  Candidates must be nominated by another student.  The
winner is then decided by the Executive of ADLIBS after examination of
all nominations"  (Adlibs Exclusive, Feb 1998, v. 4 (2), p. 4.).  

 

 

Regards

 

Kerry and Staff of the Department of Information Studies.

 

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