CAML Student Paper Award

How to Qualify?

The objects of this award are to:

• Encourage Masters and PhD Students to submit papers addressing music librarianship
• Reward the best paper submission each year
• Give students a chance to participate in CAML activities
  The target group is students who are enrolled in a Masters or PhD program.

How to Write
CAML has provided a template that students can follow when writing their paper for this award.

Please visit the CAML Review website at http://pi.library.yorku.ca/ojs/index.php/caml/index to see previous issues of the Review.
To apply for the award, students should follow these guidelines:

• Follow the templates provided for requirements for an abstract as well as for style, citation, references etc.
• Candidates should submit their applications by email to camlstudentpaperaward@gmail.com

Criteria
The criteria to measure the quality and relevance of papers are:

• Relationship to the theme of music librarianship
• Relevant discussion of current issues in the topic field including reference to appropriate literature
• Quality of ideas, research methods, results or argument
• Quality of writing and referencing

Selection Process
The papers will be reviewed by the CAML Student Paper Award Committee. Up to three finalists will be recognized by the committee for their outstanding achievements. From these three finalists, one winner will be chosen to receive the award.

The Award

CAML First-Time IAML Attendee Award

The CAML First-Time IAML Attendee Award, sponsored by the Canadian Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres (CAML), is intended to support attendance (registration, travel, and hotel expenses) at the 2012 IAML Conference in Montreal (http://iaml.montreal2012.info/). The award of up to $1000 will be received by the winner upon submission of receipts following the conference. Applicants must be members of CAML who are also members of IAML (International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres) and who will be attending a IAML conference for the first time. Priority will be given to applicants in the early stages of their professional career, recent graduates who are seeking a position as a music librarian, or graduate library school students aspiring to become music librarians. Following the conference, the recipient of the award will contribute a report for publication in the CAML Review.

Call for applications

Applications are now being accepted for the CAML First-Time IAML Attendee Award, which is sponsored by the Canadian Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres (CAML). The award supports attendance (registration, travel, and hotel expenses) at the 2012 IAML Conference in Montreal, with priority given to those new to the field of music librarianship. The award of up to $1000 will be received by the winner upon submission of receipts following the conference.