For Immediate Release
February 6, 2007
Contact: Barbara Meredith
Ph: 212/255-0200 ext.223
Email: bmeredith@publishers.org
Association of American Publishers Announces the Winners of the 2006 PSP Awards for Excellence
February 6, 2007, Washington, DC, – The Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division (PSP) of the Association of American Publishers (AAP) today announced the winner of the R.R. Hawkins Award for the Outstanding Professional, Reference or Scholarly Work of 2006. This year’s 12-member judging panel selected Evolutionary Dynamics by Martin A. Nowak, published by Harvard University Press, to receive the R.R. Hawkins Award, which is named for the former head of the Science and Technology Division of the New York Public Library.
As described by Michael G. Fisher, editor in chief of Harvard University Press, Evolutionary Dynamics “offers not just the basics, but also conveys the excitement and challenges of cutting-edge research.” The book serves as introductory material while also addressing active areas of research, making it “valuable to readers at every level of sophistication in biology and related disciplines,” according to Fisher.
The Hawkins Award, along with awards in 30 categories for outstanding books, journals and digital products covering a wide range of academic disciplines, will be presented today at a special awards luncheon during the PSP Annual Conference in Washington, DC. The award for Innovation in Journal Publishing is being given to the American Chemical Society for its ACS Chemical Biology.
AAP President and CEO Pat Schroeder extended the Association’s congratulations to all of the PSP Award honorees, noting that “promoting and encouraging the dissemination of scholarship is one of AAP’s primary missions,” and highlighting the special honor of being chosen by one’s peers for these awards. This year’s panel of expert judges was made up of librarians, academics and working publishers.
The Association of American Publishers is the national trade
association of the U.S. book publishing industry. AAP’s more than 300
members include most of the major commercial publishers in the United
States, as well as smaller and non-profit publishers, university presses
and scholarly societies—small and large. AAP members publish hardcover
and paperback books in every field, educational materials for the elementary,
secondary, postsecondary, and professional markets, scholarly journals,
computer software, and electronic products and services. The protection
of intellectual property rights in all media, the defense of the freedom
to read and the freedom to publish at home and abroad, and the promotion
of reading and literacy are among the Association’s highest priorities.
Information on the Hawkins Award winners and a complete list of the winners
in all categories is attached.
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To view a complete list of winners, please click here
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