An awards panel, comprised of the previous three winners, reviews nominations and submissions, and recommends a recipient to the Editorial Board. Nominations and applications are solicited via the December Newsletter, and lala-l, and are due two months prior to the upcoming annual meeting. The award may be granted to a distinguished monograph, published, or accepted for publication, within the three years immediately preceding the closing date for nominations. The awards panel looks for outstanding bibliographies, reference works, and sources which facilitate access to research or contribute to the understanding, use, or development of Latin American collections. Reprints, translations, or re-editions are not eligible.
Selection is based on scholarship, style, and the importance of the contribution.
If requested to do so by the awards panel, authors are responsible for providing one copy of the work to the review committee. Such copies will be returned when the selection process has been completed.