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Announcing the 2023 Library Research Award

Ezra Lehman Library will present the 2023 Library Research Award to the undergraduate student researchers who write the best literature review as a part of their research with a faculty mentor. The Library will present a $1000 first prize award and a $500 honorable mention award. The competition will take place in the Spring Semester in coordination with Minds@Work, Shippensburg University's annual student research conference.

Special thanks are owed to Professor Emeritus Berkley Laite and his wife Carol Laite for instituting the Library Research Award and generously funding it.

Students conducting research under the guidance of a faculty mentor are eligible to apply for the Library Research Award. Examples include:

• Recipients of the Undergraduate Research Grant,
• Students in Senior Seminar
• Students in Capstone Courses
• Students doing Honors Capstone Projects

All Literature Reviews must be a minimum of 1000 words (Times New Roman, 12pt font) and should be prepared with proper citation and style format appropriate to the discipline. Beyond these requirements, the literature reviews will be evaluated based on the following four criteria:

• The review and works cited list consistently follow one citation style and contain minimal errors.
• The review develops relationships between ideas tied to the broader purpose of the literature review while clearly flowing through the progression of these ideas.
• The review clearly describes and analyzes sources while integrating the sources into the writing.
• The review supports the claims made with appropriate sources.

Timelines for submission:

The submission deadline is Monday, February 6, 2022 @ Noon.

More information about the Library Research Award, deadlines, and submission procedures can be found at http://library.ship.edu/LRA.