AWARDS

The Lois Bebout Reference Service Award is bestowed by the Reference Round Table to recognize and honor a librarian for outstanding lifetime achievements in reference and public service. Nominees must be members of the Texas Library Association and the Reference Round Table. A nominee is expected to have achieved distinction by sustained or singular active and creative promotion of reference and public services, by strengthening librarian/library roles and positions in communities, by providing recognized leadership in the professional community, and/or by scholarly contributions. Nominations are submitted to the Chair of the Reference Round Table and are due prior to the beginning of the TLA Annual Conference each year. When nominations are received, an ad hoc committee is appointed by the Chair of the Reference Round Table to review the nominations and to recommend action by the RRT Executive Board at the following Annual Assembly. If a recipient is selected, the award is presented at the Reference Round Table business or program meeting during the following TLA Annual Conference.

Established by the Reference Round Table in 1996, the Texas Reference Source Award recognizes an outstanding reference tool in Texas history, culture or commerce. "Reference tool" encompasses bibliographies, indexes, encyclopedias and other scholarly apparatus. The purpose of the award is to encourage and acknowledge truly superior accomplishments in research and scholarship. The award may be granted to a distinguished reference tool, regardless of format, published or accepted for publication within the three years immediately preceding the closing date for nominations. Selection is based on scholarship, style and contribution as a Texas reference source. The Reference Round Table's Texas Reference Source Award Committee reviews all entries and recommends a recipient to the Executive Board of the Reference Round Table. Entries must be submitted on or before May 1 of each year in order to be eligible. The award is presented at the Reference Round Table business or program meeting during the following TLA conference. Nominations including complete bibliographic citations will be accepted by any of the Texas Reference Source Award Committee members.