Leab Awards 2011: Entry Form for Printed Exhibition Catalogs and Brochures

Printed catalogs and brochures that were published between 1 September 2009 and 31 August 2010 and that represent exhibitions that were in progress before 31 August 2009 at U.S. or Canadian library or archival institutions (including independent and public libraries and archives and those associated with colleges, universities, historical societies, and museums) are eligible. For more information, see the Leab Awards Guidelines and Rules for Submissions.

Cost information is required for all catalogs and brochures. Catalog submissions are sorted by the Committee into three divisions (expensive, moderately expensive, and inexpensive) based on the production costs as outlined in the entry form, the criteria for the divisions being defined year by year according to the range of costs of the catalogs submitted. The Committee appreciates that some institutions may not be able to analyze production costs at the fullest level of detail represented in the form, but more information facilitates this process. Exhibition brochures (which are made available to the public for free or at a maximum retail price of $1.00) will be judged as a single category.

Four (4) copies of the catalog or brochure, together with four (4) copies of the form, must be submitted for judging, and will not be returned. Catalogs and brochures become part of depository collections, available for public consultation, at the Grolier Club (New York City), the University of Texas, Austin, and the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Institutions that sponsor winning exhibition catalogs and brochures will receive award certificates at the 2010 American Library Association Annual Conference in Washington, DC. Each Leab Award winner will be encouraged, but not required, to submit an additional copy of its winning catalog or brochure, with purchasing information, for use in promoting both the publication and the Leab Awards at various RBMS functions.

The deadline (postmark or shipping date) for submitting catalogs or brochures for the 2011 awards is 15 October 2010.

Questions? Contact Molly Schwartzburg by e-mail at schwartzburg@mail.utexas.edu or by phone at 512-471-4430.

Instructions for downloading, filling out, and submitting the entry form:

  1. Please read all instructions below before downloading and completing the form.
  2. The entry form is an Adobe PDF format document and is designed to be viewed and filled out using Adobe Acrobat / Adobe Acrobat Reader software. If you do not have either Adobe package already installed on your workstation, you can download and install Acrobat Reader for free from the Adobe Web site: (http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html).
  3. Download the form by clicking on the link below. Depending on how your Web browser preferences are configured, this will cause your browser to load the PDF Viewer plugin and display the form in a new browser window, or will cause the Acrobat Reader or full version of the Adobe Acrobat application to launch independently and display the form.
  4. Fill in all of the required fields by typing in the appropriate boxes or blanks (you can use your tab key to move from field to field). The size of the font will scale to fit the amount of text that you enter. You can save your work as a PDF formatted file to complete later or as a record.
  5. When you are satisfied with the contents of the form, click the "Submit and print" button. The form will be copied into an email to Molly Schwartzburg (schwartzburg@mail.utexas.edu), RBMS Exhibition Awards Committee Chair, using the settings in Acrobat Reader. Send this email using your normal process. After you send the form, a print dialog will open.
  6. Print four (4) additional copies of your completed entry form and mail them together with four (4) copies of the catalog or brochure to: Molly Schwartzburg, RBMS Exhibition Awards Committee Chair (2010-2012) / Harry Ransom Center / The University of Texas at Austin / Box 7219 / Austin, TX 78713. If you prefer to send by Federal Express, the street address is Harry Ransom Center / The University of Texas at Austin / 300 West 21st St. / Austin, TX 78712. Dr. Schwartzburg will acknowledge receipt of submissions by email.
  7. All information in the form, excluding that which is provided for administrative purposes, specifically the contact name and address and the cost information, but including the contact information for orders, may be published in printed and online lists of entries. The forms themselves are circulated to committee members and are eventually retained with the printed materials in the Leab archives.

If you have any problems with or questions about this form, please contact the RBMS Web Editor by e-mail at editor@rbms.info.

Download Printed Exhibition Catalog and Brochures Entry Form