AIR’s Charles F. Elton Best Paper Award is presented for the paper that best exemplifies the standards of excellence established by the award's namesake and that makes a significant contribution to the field of IR. The award recipient is recognized at the next Forum. AIR’s Professional File and IR Applications are AIR-refereed journals published online. The ERIC Collection is a select anthology of archival papers available on the Web through ERIC. 

To be considered for the Charles F. Elton Best Paper Award, e-mail your papers in Word or PDF format to bestpaper@airweb.org. To be considered for the Professional, IR Applications, or ERIC Collection e-mail your submissions to papers@airweb.org and indicate the publication(s) to which you are submitting. If not specified, your paper(s) will be considered for all three publications.

Submissions will close at midnight EDT, Friday, June 11, 2010. Authors will be notified of the final dispositions of their submissions as soon as possible.

Submitted papers will be reviewed for possible inclusion in a special AIR Forum edition of RIHE. Theory, methodology, and quality are considered, as well as significance of the paper as a contribution to IR literature.

To be considered, deposit three (3) good-quality copies of the complete manuscript, including one (1) camera-ready original copy and a CD containing the document (in Word format) in the designated box located at the Registration Desk, Convention Registration, no later than noon on Tuesday, June 1, 2010.