[Ohiodig] Due Mon 3/18! SOA Merit Award Nominations

[Carleton, Janet (she/her)]

Nominators/nominees need not be members of SOA! https://ohioarchivists.org/committees/membership-awards/merit_award/

Recent awardees:
2023: Adam Wanter
2023: The Warren County Records Center & Archives
2022: Jocelyn Robinson
2022: Ohio Digitization Interest Group (yay us!)
2021: The University of Akron, Sesquicentennial Oral History Project
2020: Licking County Records and Archives Department
2020: Cate Putirskis
2019: The Ohio History Connection Digital Services Department
2019: Missy Lodge
2018: Lae'l Hughes-Watkins
2017: The Greene County Records Center & Archives
2017: Jon Endres and Jamie Newhall, the University of Akron's Cummings Center for the History of Psychology
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Subject: [External] [SOA] Reminder: Merit Award Nominations due 3/18

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REMINDER: Nominations for the SOA Merit Award are due on Monday, March 18.

Since 1994, the Society of Ohio Archivists Merit Award is awarded to individuals or organizations that have by excellence in deeds, actions, or initiatives improved the state of archives in Ohio over the past year. The Membership & Awards Committee<https://ohioarchivists.org/committees/membership-awards/> is responsible for soliciting nominations and submitting recommendations to Council. Awards are announced and presented at the Annual Meeting<https://ohioarchivists.org/annual_conference/>.

Merit Award Criteria

  *   This award shall be given to individuals or organizations that have by excellence in deeds, actions, or initiatives improved the state of archives in Ohio over the past year.
  *   The Merit Awards shall not be limited to any one scope of endeavor that benefits the work of archivists in Ohio or limited in the number of awards that may be presented each year.
  *   The sole criteria for this award shall be excellence in the furtherance of the purposes of SOA as stated in part 2 of its Constitution and Bylaws<https://ohioarchivists.org/constitution_bylaws/> in any manner considered appropriate by the Council of the Society of Ohio Archivists.
  *   Council will encourage the membership of SOA to nominate individuals for the Merit Awards and these nominations will be the basis for the council's action in designating recipients.

How to Nominate for the Award

Nominations should include the following information:

  *   Name of nominee;
  *   Nominee's employer or institution;
  *   Nominee's mailing address, phone number, and email address;
  *   Brief reason for nomination;
  *   The nominator's contact information so that the awards committee may contact you for additional information.

Applications and inquiries can be emailed to Membership & Awards Committee co-chairs Jennifer Long Morehart<mailto:jmoreha at bgsu.edu> and Helen Conger<mailto:helen.conger at case.edu>. Due March 18, 2024.

Download the Merit Award nomination PDF<https://ohioarchivists.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/2024-SOA-Merit-Award-Application-Announcement.pdf>.

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