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Lois Swan Jones Award

Award Guidelines

This award has been named in honor and memory of Lois Swan Jones, Professor Emerita of art history at the University of North Texas and charter member of the ARLIS/Texas-Mexico Chapter. Professor Jones was the author of several standard works on art information research methods and a recipient of the ARLIS/NA Distinguished Service Award. The combination of her enthusiasm, commitment to education, and love for art history serves as a model for art information professionals. See also: Remembering Lois Swan Jones.

Purpose: To support and encourage the participation of an ARLIS/Texas-Mexico Chapter member in the ARLIS/NA annual conference, by helping to defray conference expenses.

Eligibility

  • Applicants must be members in good standing of both ARLIS/NA and ARLIS/Texas-Mexico. Please note that membership in ARLIS/NA does not automatically include membership in ARLIS/TxMx. They each require separate applications.
  • Only those applicants who receive partial or no institutional funding toward the ARLIS/NA annual conference are eligible.

Application Procedure

  • Applicants must submit a letter of application and curriculum vitae to the award committee chair via email (Tara Spies at ts20@txstate.edu). The letter should include a statement of qualifications, the amount of expected institutional funding for conference attendance, and proposed conference program involvement.
  • A member may apply even if the member has previously received the award. The committee shall consider the merits of the individual application independent of past decisions.

Selection Factors

Preference will be given to:

  • First-time ARLIS/NA annual conference attendees
  • Applicants actively participating in the conference, such as a speaker, moderator, recorder, or committee member

Conditions of the Award

Award winners must commit to some level of conference involvement, which could include, but is not limited to, participation as a speaker, moderator, committee member, recorder, or volunteer with the local arrangements committee.

Award winners must write a report of conference activities and experiences for the chapter newsletter, The Medium. This report should include an account of how the award helped the recipient's professional development.

The number of award winners, the amount of the awards, and the deadline for applications will be determined each year by the voting membership at the annual chapter business meeting.

Contributions

The Lois Swan Jones Award is made possible through monetary contributions from chapter members and other supporters. Contributions in the form of checks made payable to the "ARLIS/TXMX LSJ Award" may be sent to the current treasurer listed on the officers page.

Contact Information

Questions about the award may be submitted to Tara Spies, Chair, Lois Swan Jones Award Committee: ts20@txstate.edu.

Past Winners