call for Nominations: 2006 Conover-Porter Award for Africana
Bibliography or Reference Work, 01/06
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS:
2006 CONOVER-PORTER AWARD for
AFRICANA BIBLIOGRAPHY OR REFERENCE WORK
(Nominations close: 1 January 2006)
The Conover-Porter Award is the most prestigious award for published works of
bibliography or reference on Africa. The Africana Librarians Council of the African
Studies Association (U.S.) seeks nominations for the fourteenth biennial Conover-Porter
Award for excellence in Africana bibliography or reference work. Any Africa-related
reference work, bibliography or bibliographic essay published separately or as part of a
larger work during 2003, 2004 or 2005 can be nominated for the 2006 award. The award
includes a prize of $300 to be presented during the 2006 annual meeting of the African
Studies Association. Nominations must be received by January 1, 2006. Please include a
brief justification and at least one review.
An online form for submitting nominations for the 2006 award is on the Web site of the Africana Librarians Council at http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/amed/afs/alc/c-pform.html
Helen Conover was senior bibliographer, African Section of the Library of Congress,
serving 32 years before her retirement in 1963. Dorothy Porter Wesley was librarian of the
Moorland-Springarn Research Center, Howard University, retiring in 1973 after 45 years of
service.
The first award in 1980 was presented to Julian Witherell for The United States & Africa: Guide to the U.S. Official Documents & Government-Sponsored Publications on Africa, 1785-1975 (Washington: Library of Congress, 1978). A list of Conover-Porter Award winners, 1980-2004, is available at: <http://www.loc.gov/rr/amed/afs/alc/c-p%20award%201980-02.html>
Please send nominations to or request further information from: Peter Limb, Africana Bibliographer, Michigan State University, 100 Library East Lansing, MI, 48824-1048 USA: phone: (517) 432 6123 extension 239; fax: (517) 432-3532; email: limb@msu.edu <mailto:limb@msu.edu>
The Africana Librarians Council of the African Studies Association (U.S.)
July 1, 2005
Page Editor: Ali B. Ali-Dinar, Ph.D.