CRL created the Primary Source Awards program to promote further awareness and use of primary historical evidence in research and teaching. Recognizing innovative uses of primary sources helps librarians and specialists in the CRL community better understand the practices and the needs of scholars today.
The awards are presented annually in three categories:
Preview the full nomination form. [6]
Submit a Nomination for the 2020 Awards [7]
Persons nominated for Primary Source Awards must be librarians or library staff, faculty members (includes adjunct faculty and instructors), graduate students, and administrators within the community of CRL libraries.
The Primary Source Awards are presented annually in the categories of access, research, and teaching.
Presented to a library staff or faculty member whose work in promoting primary source materials individually or in collaborative initiatives has resulted in expanded discovery, appreciation, and usage, ultimately having a significant impact on research or instruction.
2018 Award: Social Welfare History Image Portal. Alice W. Campbell, Virginia Commonwealth University
Presented to a library staff member, faculty member, or graduate student whose use of primary source materials individually or in collaborative initiatives has resulted in the innovative application of methodologies to open or expand avenues of scholarly research in the social sciences or humanities.
2018 Award: Puerto Rico Citizenship Archives Project. Jennifer Snow, University of Connecticut
Presented to an educator whose innovative incorporation of primary source materials in instruction, individually or in collaborative initiatives, has resulted in promoting student research as an essential element of higher education.
2018 Award: Unmediated Archives: Creating an Immersive Experience for Undergraduate Students Across the Disciplines. Peggy Keeran, University of Denver
Nominations will be accepted and processed as follows:
Persons nominated for Primary Source Awards must be librarians, faculty members (includes adjunt faculty, instructors, graduate assistants), graduate students, or administrators at CRL member institutions. Projects or scholarly products must have been initiated or completed within two years of the submission deadline. CRL welcomes projects executed by groups, but one person must be selected as the chief awardee. Self-nominations are welcome. Only one entry per institution per year will be accepted.
Runner-up entries are entered for the following year's selection process.
Please contact CRL Events [10] with any questions about the nomination process.
The Collections and Services Policy Committee [11], which is comprised of nine individuals from CRL institutions and chaired by a CRL board member, reviews all the eligible applications for the Primary Source Awards. Committee members must recuse themselves if nominees from their institution are under consideration for an award.
The Primary Source Awardees and their nominators will be announced at the CRL Council of Voting Members Annual Meeting, and will be notified prior to the meeting. The awardees will also be recognized through other appropriate media.
Awardees may select either a $500 gift certificate from the Apple Store or Powell's Books; nominators receive a $300 Powell's gift certificate.
CRL publishes announces the annual PSA awardees and their projects in the spring issue of the quarterly publication FOCUS on Global Resources [12]. All are listed below with links to the published descriptions.
Mary A. Armstrong, Lafayette College
The Lafayette College Queer Archives Project
Adrian Alarilla, University of Washington
The Age of the Kampuchea Picture: A Video Installation
Chad Williams, Brandeis University
Black Brandeis, Black History: A Timeline of Brandeis Black History
Mark E. Phillips, University of North Texas Libraries
Texas Borderlands Newspaper Collection [13]
Katie Carline, Michigan State University
Mapping Consumers in the Black South African Press [14]
Alice W. Campbell, Virginia Commonwealth University
Social Welfare History Image Portal [15]
Jennifer Snow, University of Connecticut
Puerto Rico Citizenship Archives Project [16]
Peggy Keeran, University of Denver
Cecily Marcus, University of Minnesota
Umbra Search African American History [18]
Pellom McDaniels III, Emory University
What Must Be Remembered: An Exhibition Inspired by Natasha Trethewey’s Native Guard [19]
Daniel B. Domingues da Silva, University of Missouri
Fighting the Atlantic Slave Trade [20]
Tracy J. Seneca, University of Illinois at Chicago
Explore Chicago Collections [21]
Anne Bahde, Oregon State University
Using Primary Sources: Hands-On Instructional Exercises [22]
Patrick Stawski, Duke University
Memory Bandits: Preserving and Interpreting Knowledges of the Past [23]
James Cusick, University of Florida
Sophus A. Reinert, Harvard Business School
The Way to Wealth Editions Project [25]
Liz Ševčenko, Columbia University and The New School
Guantánamo Public Memory Project [26]
Biff Hollingsworth, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Civil War Day by Day [27]
Christian Reed, University of California Los Angeles
Sonnet contributions to the centennial commemoration of the Los Angeles aqueduct system [28]
Richard Schramm, National Humanities Center
“Lessons” section of the America in Class website by the National Humanities Center [29]
Jennifer Wolfe, University of Iowa
DIY History Archives Initiative [30]
Thea Lindquist, University of Colorado at Boulder
Edward Udovic, DePaul University
The Lincoln Park Neighborhood: Then and Now course [32]
Dan Reboussin, University of Florida
The Jean-Marie Derscheid Collection [33]
Amy Brady, University of Massachusetts Amherst
The Federal Theater Project [34]
Dr. Sayre Greenfield, University of Pittsburgh (Greensburg campus)
The History of the English Language course [35]
Kelley Wolfe Bachli, Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT) at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
"Hidden" or Uncataloged Collections [36]
Laura Braden, Emory University
The 1913 Armory Show [37]
Dr. Laurie Zittrain Eisenberg, Carnegie Mellon University
Historical Evidence and Interpretation course [38]
Dr. Elisabeth McMahon, Tulane University
American Committee on Africa (ACOA) Collection [39]
Dr. G. R. Boynton, University of Iowa
Web Data on New Media Trends [40]
Dr. Anne Urbancic, University of Toronto, Victoria College
Individuals and the Public Sphere: History, Historiography, and Making Cultural Memory course [41]
Links
[1] https://www.crl.edu/sites/default/files/attachments/pages/AwardsFlyer_2017_v2.pdf
[2] https://www.crl.edu/sites/default/files/attachments/pages/AwardsFlyer_2020_v3_final.pdf
[3] https://www.crl.edu/primary-source-awards/awards-criteria#Access
[4] https://www.crl.edu/primary-source-awards/awards-criteria#Research
[5] https://www.crl.edu/primary-source-awards/awards-criteria#Teaching
[6] https://www.crl.edu/sites/default/files/attachments/pages/primary%20source%20award%20form%20preview%20full.pdf
[7] https://www.crl.edu/primary-source-awards-nomination
[8] https://www.crl.edu/events/2018-council-voting-members-meeting
[9] https://www.crl.edu/focus/spring-2018
[10] mailto:events@crl.edu
[11] https://www.crl.edu/about/governance/standing-committees/#collection-services-and-policy-committee
[12] https://www.crl.edu/focus
[13] https://www.crl.edu/focus/article/12712
[14] https://www.crl.edu/focus/article/12713
[15] https://www.crl.edu/focus/article/12594
[16] https://www.crl.edu/focus/article/12595
[17] https://www.crl.edu/focus/article/12596
[18] https://www.crl.edu/focus/article/12174
[19] https://www.crl.edu/focus/article/12175
[20] https://www.crl.edu/focus/article/12176
[21] https://www.crl.edu/focus/article/12001
[22] https://www.crl.edu/focus/article/12002
[23] https://www.crl.edu/focus/article/12003
[24] https://www.crl.edu/focus/article/11357
[25] https://www.crl.edu/focus/article/11356
[26] https://www.crl.edu/focus/article/11355
[27] https://www.crl.edu/focus/article/10550
[28] https://www.crl.edu/focus/article/10551
[29] https://www.crl.edu/focus/article/10552
[30] https://www.crl.edu/focus/article/9265
[31] https://www.crl.edu/focus/article/9266
[32] https://www.crl.edu/focus/article/9267
[33] https://www.crl.edu/focus/article/8132
[34] https://www.crl.edu/focus/article/8133
[35] https://www.crl.edu/focus/article/8134
[36] https://www.crl.edu/focus/article/7264
[37] https://www.crl.edu/focus/article/7265
[38] https://www.crl.edu/focus/article/7266
[39] https://www.crl.edu/focus/article/6641
[40] https://www.crl.edu/focus/article/6642
[41] https://www.crl.edu/focus/article/6643