Co-Chairs: Katherine Yeager and Nicole Dillard
The R. Wayne Pace HRD Book of the Year Award is presented to the author(s) of a Human Resource Development book which is identified as outstanding in advancing the theory and/or practice of the profession.
Award Criteria
The Academy of Human Development may award the R. Wayne Pace HRD Book of the Year Award to that book which is found to make a most significant contribution to the field of HRD in a given year. Books submitted for consideration must focus on human resource development, organization development, personnel training and/or development, or more specific areas of HRD. The Award is inclusive of both print and electronic books (eBooks).
Books should be grounded in a sound foundation of theory and/or research, address a topic of timely importance, suggest new thinking about a topic, and/or challenge current values, beliefs, and assumptions. Past award winners include books that have been:
- Scholarly, rather than a "how-to” book of checklists;
- Well written, including editorial excellence, innovation and quality of design relative to the field, and quality of production;
- Appropriate for the chosen publishing method (i.e., eBooks embrace technology and reader interactivity while print copies embrace advancements in printing technologies and visualization); and
- Appropriate for the target audience (as defined by the author(s)) in connecting research, theory, and practice and filling a need or a gap in the field, contributing significantly to HRD.
Nomination Process
Authors, academy members, publishers, or a third-party may nominate books by providing the following in the nomination:
- The book’s full title, year of publication, publisher, telephone, email, and fax numbers for both the author(s) and publisher
- One or two sentences describing why you are nominating this book
- The name, address, phone and fax numbers, and e-mail address of the person(s) submitting the nomination
The publisher or author must submit PDF or e-Book copies only. Hard copies will not be accepted or shipped.
Due to the number and variety of e-Book formats available, the seven electronic submissions must be provided by the publisher in a format which imposes no costs or other burdens upon the set of reviewers who will be considering them for the award or upon the Academy of Human Resource Development.
Dependent on the nominations for any given year, the Committee may choose to award more than one Book of the Year per cycle. Given the high criterion-based standards implicit in this award however there is no guarantee that this award will be given each year.