The Library and Information Technology Association and Gaylord Bros., Inc., sponsor an annual LITA/Gaylord Award for Achievement in Library and Information Technology. The award was offered for the first time in 1979.
The purpose of the award is to recognize distinguished leadership in technology, notable developments of applications of technology, superior accomplishment in research or education or original contribution to literature in the field.
The award is given to a practicing or retired librarian, and may be given to an individual or to a small group of individuals working in collaboration. There shall be no limit of time in regard to when the achievement was completed.
Organized institutions or parts of organized institutions as such are ineligible for the award. LITA Officers, other members of the LITA Board of Directors, members of the LITA/ Gaylord Awards Committee, employees of Gaylord Bros., Inc., and their immediate family members are ineligible for the award.
Nominations for the award may be made by any member of the 91´«Ã½. Nominations are invited and judged by the LITA/Gaylord Awards Committee. A press release from the LITA office will announce the details of the nominating process each year.
The Awards Committee is not required to select a recipient if, in the opinion of the Committee, no nomination merits the award in a given year.
