Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) Europe, UK, a leading organisation of European research libraries, has announced the opening of nominations for the Third SPARC Europe Award for Outstanding Achievements in Scholarly Communications.
Launched in 2006, this annual Award recognises an individual or group within Europe that has made significant advances in our understanding of the issues surrounding scholarly communications and/or in developing practical means to address the problems with the current systems. The First Award was presented to the Wellcome Trust, with the second in 2007 going to the SHERPA group.
Nominations are open to all who have made major contributions in the field of scholarly communications, and particularly from individuals or groups working in areas relating to research that helps illuminate the scholarly communications landscape; advocacy for new models of scholarly communications; development of new tools to aid scholarly communication (e.g. repository software); interesting new projects or products; and implementation of policies that promote new scholarly communication models.
Nominations may come from any part of the world, but nominees should work mainly within Europe. Preference will be given to activity within the past two years. All nominations, together with a short outline of the nominee's work, should be addressed to David Prosser, Director of SPARC Europe, on or before December 21, 2007. The Award will be presented at the Fourth Nordic Conference on Scholarly Communications, to be held at Lund University, Sweden, April 21-23, 2008.
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