It's VRA Awards Season! Call for Nominations 🥇
The VRA Awards Committee is seeking nominations for the 2024 Distinguished Service Award and the Nancy DeLaurier Award. These awards exist to honor outstanding efforts and people in visual resources that may otherwise go unrecognized.
1) The VRA Distinguished Service Award honors an individual who has made an outstanding career contribution to the field of visual resources and image management. Nominees must have achieved a level of distinction in the field either through leadership, research, or service to the profession. Recent award recipients include:
Greg Reser in 2023
Jolene de Verges in 2022
Marcia Focht in 2021
2) The Nancy DeLaurier Award honors a single professional or a group of professionals for distinguished achievement in the field of visual resources. “Achievement” may take the form of published works, oral presentations, digital humanities projects, open-source solutions, software development, technology applications, website creations, or other outstanding efforts. Recent award recipients include:
Lael Ensor-Bennett and Kendra Werst for exceptional leadership on the Equitable Action Committee and for founding the innovative and inclusive Community Hour Discussion Series in 2022.
Asfaneh Najmabadi for founding, guiding, developing, and sustaining the Women’s Worlds in Qajar Iran (WWQI) Digital Archive in 2022.
How To Apply
Nominations for both the Distinguished Service Award and the Nancy DeLaurier Award are submitted in the form of a dossier. This dossier must include:
The nominee’s curriculum vitae
A cover letter of nomination describing how the nominee meets the criteria, written by the nominator(s)
Letters written in support of the nomination
Documentation in support of the nomination, if applicable
Nominations are accepted electronically via e-mail or file hosting service. After the submission deadline, members of the VRA Awards Committee review the submitted dossiers. The Awards Committee then makes recommendations to the VRA Executive Board.
The dossiers for the 2024 Distinguished Service Award and the 2024 Nancy DeLaurier Award are due by Friday, July 26th and should be sent to: vra.awards@gmail.com.
If you have any questions or need help, please contact Ann McShane or any member of the Awards Committee. We would be very happy to assist you in the nomination process.