ARSC Awards for Excellence
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Annual ARSC Award Winners
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Annual ARSC Award Finalists
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Awards for Lifetime Achievement and Distinguished Service to Historical
Recordings
For more information, view the ARSC Award guidelines or contact Roberta Freund Schwartz (University of Kansas).
The Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2009 ARSC Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research. Begun in 1991, the awards are presented to authors and publishers of books, articles, liner notes, and monographs, to recognize outstanding published research in the field of recorded sound. In giving these awards, ARSC recognizes outstanding contributions, encourages high standards, and promotes awareness of superior works. A maximum of two awards is presented annually in each category—one for best history and one for best discography. Certificates of Merit are presented to runners-up of exceptionally high quality. The 2009 Awards for Excellence honor works published in 2008. Additionally, a Lifetime Achievement Award and Award for Distinguished Service to Historical Recordings are also presented annually.
Winners are chosen by the ARSC Awards Committee: five elected judges representing specific fields of study, plus the ARSC President, and the Book Review Editor of the ARSC Journal. The members of the 2009 ARSC Awards Committee are: David Lewis (Awards Committee Co-Chair); Roberta Freund Schwartz (Awards Committee Co-Chair); Vincent Pelote (Ex-Officio); Vincent Pelote (ARSC President); Jim Farrington (Book Review Editor, ARSC Journal); Dennis Rooney (Classical Music Judge); Cary Ginell (Judge-at-Large); Dan Morgenstern (Jazz Music Judge); William L. Schurk (Popular Music Judge); Dick Spottswood (Judge-at-Large).
