Just a reminder to get your nominations in for the Mander Jones awards.
Works published in 2011 are eligible for nomination.
The Mander Jones Awards focus on excellence in archival writing and/or publishing and honour Phyllis Mander Jones, author of Manuscripts in the British Isles relating to Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, ANU Press, 1972. Miss Mander Jones was also the first Corresponding Secretary of the Archives Section of the Library Association of Australia (the section eventually handed over its records and activities to the Australian Society of Archivists, at the foundation of the Society in 1975) and she co-edited the first issue of the Society’s journal Archives and Manuscripts.
Details of the award categories and nomination form are on the ASA website at http://www.archivists.org.au/news/id/60.
Deadline for nominations is 30 March 2012.
If you have any questions, please contact Rowena Loo, Secretary Mander Jones Committee, at rowena.loo@archives.qld.gov.au or 07 3131 7761.
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