[Air-L] Call for Nominations Baym Annual Book Award

[Jennifer Stromer-Galley]

We are pleased to call for nominations for the Nancy Baym Annual Book Award. This award recognizes the best scholarship of the Association of Internet Researchers, and highlights the breadth of work relating to the social and cultural dimensions of networked media. We will accept nominations (self and other) for the Baym Annual Book Award published during the calendar year of 2015. Edited collections are ineligible; the book must explore a single topic and be authored or co-authored as a monograph. The books will be reviewed by a committee of Tama Leaver, Curtin University, Stephanie Schulte, University of Arkansas, and chaired by Nancy Baym, Microsoft Research. Nomination must be received no later than May 15th, 2016.

Submission Details:

A nomination letter that describes how the book draws on and/or contributes to scholarship of the AoIR community should be emailed to the chair of the committee, Nancy Baym (baym at microsoft.com).

We are happy to accept books in either digital or hard copy. If digital, please provide 3 copies (1 copy each) to:
Nancy Baym (baym at microsoft.com)
Tama Leaver (t.leaver at curtin.edu.au)
Stephanie Schulte (stephanieschulte at gmail.com)

Hard copies (1 each) should be mailed to:
Nancy Baym/Microsoft Research
1 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, MA 02142 USA

Stephanie Schulte
417 Kimpel Hall
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701 USA

Tama Leaver, MCCA
Curtin University
GPO Box U1987 Perth,
WA 6845, AUSTRALIA.

Nomination letters and book copies should arrive no later than May 15th.

The winner of the award will be announced in the summer of 2016. In addition to winning a cash prize, the individual will also be invited to participate at the AoIR conference in Berlin in October.

Please contact Nancy Baym or Jenny Stromer-Galley (prez at aoir.org) if you have any questions about this process.

~Jenny Stromer-Galley
President, AoIR