JULIA IDESON AWARD

2008
FRIENDS OF THE TEXAS ROOM
JULIA IDESON AWARD
NOMINATION INFORMATION

About the Award
The Julia Ideson Award recognizes projects that contribute to local and Texas history and culture which were completed using the resources of the Houston Public Library’s Texas Room/Houston Metropolitan Research Center. Anyone may submit a nomination, including the individual(s) who have undertaken the project. The award, honoring Houston’s first City Librarian Julia Ideson, will be presented each October by the Friends of the Texas Room.

Eligibility/Guidelines
To be eligible for an award, an individual(s) must have:

completed a project related to local or Texas history/culture within the past five years (2002-2007).
made use of the resources of the Texas Room/Houston Metropolitan Research Center for a significant portion of the project.

A nominated project may be a book, an article, a film, a video production, a web site or any other published work. The submitted work must be complete and should be thoroughly researched and accurate.

Nominee(s) for the award must be the person(s) or organization(s) who completed the project. For winning submissions, the name(s) of the nominee(s) as submitted on the nomination form will be the name(s) included on the award and in all materials related to the award. The submission of a nomination constitutes an agreement to the terms herein and serves as a release that the Friends of the Texas Room may publish the story of, and details about, the project with credit to the award recipient(s).

Judging
Award winners will be determined by a jury of historians and community leaders independent of the board and officers of the Friends of the Texas Room. Nominations will be considered based on their contribution to the community historical and cultural record, quality, and the degree to which the project serves as an example of effective use of the resources in the Texas Room/HMRC. All jury decisions are final.

Submitting/Deadlines
Completed nomination packets must be postmarked by June 1, 2008. They should be addressed to:

Friends of the Texas Room
P.O. Box 27827
Houston, Texas 77227-7827

Nominations in PDF format may also be e-mailed to smccutch@flash.net.

For Additional Information
Please contact Sims McCutchan at 713.528.3702 or smccutch@flash.net.

Nomination
Please fully provide the following information, labeling each major division within your nomination with the number indicated below:

The name, address, ZIP code, telephone number and e-mail address of the person making the nomination.
The name, address, ZIP code, telephone number and e-mail address of the person(s) responsible for the project.
A brief description of the project, including its title, publication date and media.
A brief description of how the collections of the Texas Room/HMRC contributed to the completion of the project. (Provide specific examples of which collections were crucial to the project’s development - for example, maps, photographs, architectural drawings, personal/corporate archives, etc.)
A brief description of how the project contributed to a better understanding of local or Texas history/culture.
A brief explanation of why this project is worthy of an award.
Also, please enclose with your nomination one or more of the following:

for printed and video projects: a copy of the project for jurors’ review, either printed or on CD or DVD.
for Web sites: the main URL of the project.
for projects in formats that make enclosure impractical: segments of the project that are representative of its content and quality; photographs that show key elements of the project, its scope and its location (submitted digitally in 300 dpi JPG format); or other materials sufficient to give jurors a sense of the project’s content, quality and contribution to the historical and/or cultural record.

The Friends of the Texas Room thanks you for your nomination.