21st Century Award

It's time to select the annual 21st Century Award winner!

Each year the 21st Century Award is given to a graduating Online or Residential MLIS student who best embodies the future of Library and Information Science. The award recipient is nominated and selected based on input from fellow MLIS students.  Any MLIS student may nominate any other MLIS student as long as the person they are nominating is an MLIS student graduating this spring or summer.

The recipient will be honored with a gift during the Information School convocation ceremony on June 13th, and their name will be added to the plaque in the iSchool office.

To help us determine the recipient, please think about how you or a fellow student might be a good fit for the award:

-How does the nominee demonstrate leadership?
-How does the nominee demonstrate leadership?
-How does the nominee contribute to the LIS community?
-What vision for the future does the nominee have?
-What future contributions do you think the nominee will make?
-Is the nominee well-rounded?
-What experience demonstrates the nominee's quality of work?

Please then visit our Catalyst Survey to make your nomination:

https://catalysttools.washington.edu/webq/survey/aliss/55689

The survey will close on 11:45 PM, Saturday, May 30, 2008 at which time nominations will be reviewed by your ALISS Officers and one ad hoc committee member.  One nominee will be chosen to receive the award based on the strength of his/her nomination(s).

Thank you for your participation.

ALISS is the official student organization for Library & Information Science students at the University of Washington. All students admitted to the Master of Library & Information Science program (distance and day) are automatically members.

ALISS holds open meetings throughout the year to share ideas, concerns, and feedback about the MLIS program. ALISS officers serve as a channel for communication between students, faculty, and administration. The ALISS president is allotted time at iSchool staff/faculty meetings to discuss MLIS students' concerns and events.

As stated in the ALISS Constitution Section 1, the purposes of this organization will be:

1. To function as a student government.
2. To provide official channels for communication between students, faculty, and administration of the Information School.
3. To provide opportunity for social, cultural, and professional activities.

ALISS also sponsors speakers and panel discussions throughout the year and helps MLIS students and MLIS student groups with event funding through grants.