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The Primary Source Awards are an annual juried competition designed to recognize and publicize librarians, teachers, and researchers whose innovative use of CRL primary source materials result in activities and initiatives that:

  • Use or promote use of primary source materials in specific research projects and research methodologies
  • Employ primary source materials in the classroom, curricular planning, teaching methods, or student advisory role
  • Facilitate access to primary source materials
  • Support research and the creation of new knowledge or innovative research methods and techniques

Submit Your Nomination

Nominations for the 2010 Primary Source Awards are now open. Submit the name of a coworker or colleague at a CRL member institution who has done outstanding work in Research, Teaching, or Access.

Nomination Form
Awardees

A gift certificate from Powell’s Books will be given to each of the selected Primary Source Awardees. 		Nominators

An iPod Touch will be given to the persons who nominate the award finalists. Self-nominated winners may choose one of the two awards: a gift certificate or an iPod.

Categories

The Primary Source Awards will be presented annually in three categories:

Research        Example
Teaching        Example
Access              Example

Please read the Awards Criteria for more details.

Download the Primary Source Awards flyer.

Who can participate?

Persons nominated for Primary Source Awards must be librarians or library staff, faculty members (includes adjunct faculty, instructors, graduate assistants), and administrators within the community of CRL libraries.


Participants are encouraged to nominate themselves as well!

Please see Eligibility and Selection for information on participants and the selection process.