MARAC Arline Custer Memorial Award CommitteeThe Arline Custer Memorial Award Committee was established by a vote of the membership in October 1976 at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to honor the memory of Arline Custer, former MARAC member and editor of the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections, who died in 1975. Mission and Goals Operations Entries are reviewed independently by the Committee members and the results are sent to the Committee Chair. The Committee usually conducts its work by mail or telephone although the Committee Chair may convene a meeting should it be necessary to reach agreement on the awards. The awards are decided by a majority vote of the Committee members. Committee members affiliated with an institution that submits entries for the awards should abstain from voting on the submission. Entries are judged on scholarship, relevancy, innovation, quality of writing, and presentation and layout. Submission guidelines for the Arline Custer Memorial Award See a list of previous Arline Custer Memorial Award winners Membership The Senior Co-chair of the Committee reports to the Chair of the Awards Committee and also serves on that committee to share information and coordinate activities with the chairs of the other awards committees. Last revised June 2016 |