MARAC C. Herbert Finch Online Publication Award

The C. Herbert Finch Online Publication Award was established to honor the memory of C. Herbert Finch, former Assistant Director of Cornell University Libraries, who died on April 27, 2005.

Mission and Goals
The Arline Custer Memorial Award Committee will award a prize honoring online publications, including virtual exhibitions, web sites and web pages devoted to the promotion and use of archival materials, created by individuals or institutions in the MARAC region - the District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia.

Operations
Members of the Arline Custer Memorial Award Committee will be responsible for awarding the C. Herbert Finch Award and will use the same rules of operations for all awards with the exceptions described below.

Call for Submissions
The Arline Custer Award Committee will accept submissions or nominations for the C. Herbert Finch Award.  An online publication that is primarily a finding aid is not eligible for the Finch Award but may be nominated for the Finding Aid Award.

To be eligible for the award, an online publication must have a stable internet address and must have been published between January 1, 2010 through June 30, 2010. Awards will be presented at the Fall 2010 Conference in Harrisburg, PA.

The committee encourages the submission of entries that use a variety of media. Submissions are judged on content, navigability, usability, functionality, and site design.

Award

One award will be given with a maximum value of $250.00.  The 2010 award will be announced at the Fall 2010 Conference in Harrisburg, PA.

Submissions must be received by July 31, 2010.

Please send URLs for each submission with a letter of nomination to the Chair of the Arline Custer Memorial Committee:

Kate Colligan
C. Herbert Finch Award
812 Hastings Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15217
E-mail:  kate.colligan@gmail.com

Other MARAC awards

Books, articles, and exhibition catalogues should be submitted to the Arline Custer Memorial Award.

Archival finding aids, including guides should be submitted to the MARAC Finding Aids Award Committee.

Award Winners

2009
Newport News Public Library
online exhibit: "The Old Dominion Land Company and the Development of the City of Newport News"

2008
The National Library of Medicine
online exhibit: Profiles in Science: The Mary Lasker Papers

2007
Jessica Tanny, University Archives, State University of New York at Buffalo
online exhibit: Samuel P. Capen: University Man

2006
University of Virginia
online exhibit: Patients' Voices in Early 19th Century Virginia: Letters to Doct. James Carmichael & Son