Dear Friends: I'd like to share information about the ALISE/ProQuest Methodology Paper Competition. Please see the call and guidelines below. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions (please excuse cross-postings). Thanks! -Kristen ************************************************************* The ALISE/ProQuest Methodology Paper Competition invites your submissions! One winning paper will be selected and awarded an honorarium of $500. The purpose of this award is to stimulate communication on research methodologies at ALISE annual conferences.. The winner of the competition with present a summary of the paper at the ALISE Annual Conference <https://www.alise.org/alise-2019-conference> in Knoxville, Tennessee, September 24-26, 2019. Complete information about the competition, including submission requirements and award criteria, can be found on the ALISE website <http://www.alise.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=471>. The deadline for submissions is May 22, 2019. We look forward to receiving and reading your papers! Sincerely, Joyce Valenza Chair, ALISE/ProQuest Methodology Paper Competition Amy VanScoy Buffalo vanscoy@buffalo.edu Burgess, John Alabama jtfburgess@ua.edu Stvilia, Besiki Florida State bstvilia@fsu.edu Valenza, Joyce (Chair) Rutgers joycevalenza@gmail.com Rebmann, Kristen San Jose State University kristen.rebmann@sjsu.edu Lenstra, Noah North Carolina Greensboro njlenstr@uncg.edu ALISE/ProQuest Methodology Paper Competition Previous Winners <http://www.alise.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=471#winners> The purpose of this award is to stimulate communication on research methodologies at ALISE annual conferences. The competition is open to all types of methodology. Papers must be limited to description and discussion of a research method or a technique associated with a particular research method. (For example, papers may address such areas as sampling, grounded theory, historical methods, or statistical methods.) Papers must explain the particular method/technique, including methodological implications for library and information science. Examples to illustrate its value can come from LIS-related published studies, proposed studies, and works in progress. Papers that stress findings are not eligible for this competition. One winning paper will be selected. An honorarium of $500 will be awarded to the author(s). In cases of joint authorship, one honorarium will be awarded for the paper. Methodology papers prepared by joint authors are eligible for entry but at least one author must be a personal member of ALISE as of the deadline date. Award Criteria - Only one methodology paper per entrant will be considered; multiple entries from the same author will not be accepted. Authors may submit papers for other ALISE competitions; however, the same paper cannot be submitted for more than one category. - Authors may not submit papers that have been published. Manuscripts that have been submitted for consideration for publication as well as unpublished manuscripts posted to institutional repositories are acceptable as submissions. Authors who have won the award within the past five years are ineligible for this competition. - Papers submitted to this competition can originate from a variety of different sources and applicants are encouraged to develop such papers from their research. Methodology papers completed in pursuit of master's and doctoral studies (e.g. thesis, seminars, dissertation, course work paper) are eligible, as are papers generated as a result of a research grant or other source of funding. - The papers will be judged by the ALISE Research Committee with the assistance of additional ALISE members in those cases where the methodology warrants. All reviewing is "blind." Methodology papers will be judged on the following criteria: - Description of the method or technique - Explanation of methodological implications of the method/technique for LIS - Examples of actual or potential applications to library and information science research or studies in related fields (i.e., from published studies, proposed studies, and work in progress) - Appropriateness of the examples to the paper's focus on method/technique - Clarity in the writing and in the paper's organization The committee reserves the right to select no winning paper if, in its judgment, none of the papers is considered satisfactory. Submission Requirements - Papers, including the abstract and references, must not exceed 25 double-spaced pages (6,000 words), should have one inch margins and be in 12 point font. - Two title pages must be sent: One with, and one without, author name(s) and institution. Both title pages must carry the name of the competition for which the paper is being submitted. Winner Responsibilities The winners of the awards are expected to present a summary of their papers at the ALISE Annual Conference. Committee Membership - The Committee consists of five ALISE Members, one of whom serves as Chair - Members are selected by the President-Elect and serve for two years, and may be appointed to serve a second consecutive two-year term. - The chair is selected by the President-Elect holds this position for one year, and may be appointed to serve a second consecutive one-year term. - The Committee reports to the President-Elect Chair Joyce Valenza, Rutgers University - joycevalenza@gmail.com Members John Burgess, University of Alabama Lynnsey Weissenberger, Florida State University Besiki Stvilia, Florida State University Kristen Rebmann, San Jose State University Noah Lenstra, University of North Carolina–Greensboro Board Liaison Heidi Julien, University at Buffalo - heidijul@buffalo.edu -- *Kristen Radsliff Rebmann, Ph.D., MLIS*Associate Professor, School of Information San José State University One Washington Square; San José, CA 95192-0029 kristen.rebmann@sjsu.edu [image: SJSU School of Information] *Please call me Kristen. | Refer to me as "she", "her", "hers".*