Helmut Kallmann Award

Submitted by sallison on Fri, 11/11/2011 - 20:24.

Helmut Kallmann Award

This is an open invitation for nominations for the sixth Helmut Kallmann Award for distinguished service relating to music libraries and archives in Canada. The award is presented by the Canadian Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres. Both nominators and nominees may or may not be members of CAML. Other details and previous recipients of the Award may be viewed at http://www.yorku.ca/caml/drupal/?q=en/kallmannaward.

The Award is named in honour of Dr. Helmut Kallmann, the pioneering Canadian musicologist, who was Chief of the National Library of Canada’s Music Division from its inception in 1970 to 1987, as well as, a co-founder of the Canadian Music Library Association (the predecessor of CAML).

Criteria
The award is open to librarians, archivists, academics, and others who, over the course of their career, have made outstanding contributions in one or more of the following areas relating to music in Canada:

  • music librarianship or the archivist profession
  • development, preservation, and advancement of music libraries and archives
  • bibliography, cataloguing, and indexing activities improving access to Canadian resources
  • Canadian musicology research and documentation, including outstanding publications, promotion and dissemination activities.

Candidates will be assessed on their achievements at the local, or regional, or national levels.

Nominations, normally considered every two years, will be reviewed by an independent jury of three CAML members appointed by the CAML Board. The jury will select a single recipient, or none if it considers none deserving for that year.

Nominations
Nominations should consist of:

  • a signed statement by the nominator, outlining the achievements of the nominee as they relate to the above criteria
  • other supporting documentation, including the curriculum vitae of the nominee. Letters of reference may also be appended.
  • full address and contact information for both the nominator and nominee.

    • Nominations should be submitted by
    either sending an email to: Peter Higham, Mount Allison University at phigham@mta.ca,
    or, by mailing a paper copy to: The Helmut Kallmann Award Committee, c/o Peter Higham, Alfred Whitehead Music Library, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB E4L 1A6.

    The nomination deadline is 30 January 2012.

    The Helmut Kallmann Award Committee expects to present the Award at a CAML event during the July 2012 Conference of the International Association of Music Libraries (IAML) in Montreal.

    Call for Nominations 2012