The Library History Round Table (LHRT) of the American Library Association invites nominations for the Eliza Atkins Gleason Book Award. The Gleason Award is presented every third year to recognize the best monograph in English in the field of library history. Books first published in 2022, 2023, and 2024 are eligible for the award in 2025. Bibliographies and edited collections cannot be considered.
Nominations are welcome from all interested parties and should include a brief statement explaining why the book is worthy of consideration for the Gleason Book Award. Before submitting a nomination, please contact the committee chair, Catherine J. Minter, at cjminter@iu.edu, to see if the book you would like to nominate is already under consideration for the award in 2025.
Nominations are due on December 15, 2024. Selection of an award winner will be made no later than April 1, 2025. The winner will be announced in a press release on or about June 1, 2025. Certificates honoring the author and publisher of the Gleason Book Award winner will be presented at a Library History Round Table awards ceremony during the ALA Annual Conference in 2025.
Please direct any questions to Catherine J. Minter, at cjminter@iu.edu.
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Catherine J. Minter
Associate Librarian, Arts & Humanities
Indiana University Bloomington
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