Alexandria Prize for Undergraduate Research
First Prize: $200.00 Second Prize: $100.00
Awardees’ name and research paper title will be announced on the Library website, the Gabriele Library
newsletter, and posted in the library.
Who may enter:
1. Any student who is a full-time undergraduate student at Immaculata University.
2. The research paper must have been submitted for a grade during the previous calendar year, January
through December.
3. The research paper may be from any discipline.
Submission criteria:
1. Papers must be submitted by 12:00 p.m. (Noon) on May 4, 2015 to be considered for the prize.
2. The submitted research paper must have used some of the resources, print and/or electronic, available
in Gabriele Library.
3. The research paper must have received a letter grade of A- or above in a 3 credit course. Papers may
only be submitted one time.
4. The Immaculata University faculty member who graded the research paper must be willing to sign the
submission cover sheet and provide supporting comments.
5. In-text citations and references must be included in the paper in the appropriate citation style, APA,
MLA or Chicago.
6. All submissions must have been submitted to Turnitin.com and the Originality Report submitted with
the paper. If the paper was not submitted to Turnitin in class please contact the Library Director to
arrange to have it submitted.
Award Criteria:
1. Papers will be evaluated by a faculty member of the library staff, and two members of the Faculty
Library Committee.
2. The Awards Committee will evaluate the research papers using the following criteria.
a. Originality
b. Scholarship
c. Writing
d. Research Skills
e. Faculty recommendation
How to submit your research paper:
1. Download the submission cover sheet found on the library website. (See below)
2. Fill out the cover sheet and attach it to a print copy of the research paper.
3. Deliver the print copy of the research paper with attached cover sheet and faculty comments to the
Library Director.
4. Send an electronic copy of the research paper to jrollison@immaculata.edu. The subject line should
read Research Paper Submission.
The Ancient Library of Alexandria
288 BCE to 400 CE
The Great Hall, Library of Alexandria
Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt
A reconstruction based on scholarly evidence
The Ancient Library of Alexandria (288 BCE to 400 CE) in Alexandria, Egypt, was the largest, and most
famous, of the libraries of the ancient world. Containing approximately 650,000 scrolls (100,000+
modern books) it was the first known library of its kind to gather a serious collection of books from
beyond its country's borders, the Library at Alexandria was charged with collecting the entire world's
knowledge. It flourished under the patronage of the Ptolemaic dynasty, and functioned as a major
center of scholarship for many centuries thereafter.
Built in the Royal Quarter the library comprised a Peripatos walk, gardens, a room for shared dining, a
reading room, lecture halls and meeting rooms. This model's influence may still be seen today in the
layout of university campuses. The library was home to a host of international scholars, who were
provided by the Ptolemaic dynasty with travel, lodging and stipends for their whole families.
As a research institution, the library filled its stacks with works in mathematics, astronomy, physics,
natural sciences and other subjects. It was at the Library of Alexandria that the scientific method was
first conceived and put into practice, and its empirical standards applied in one of the first and
certainly strongest homes for serious textual criticism. Carved into the wall above the shelves, a
famous inscription read: The place of the cure of the soul.
Opened in 2003, the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (Latin for "Library of Alexandria") is a major library and
cultural center located on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea in the Egyptian city of Alexandria. Its
libraries and museums are dedicated to recapturing the spirit of openness and scholarship of the
original Library of Alexandria. The library, designed to imitate a rising Sun, is both a commemoration of
the Ancient Library of Alexandria that was lost in antiquity and an attempt to rekindle something of the
brilliance that this earlier center of study and erudition represented.
Alexandria Prize for Undergraduate Research
Student information
Name:
Campus Address:
Home Address:
Email address:
Course title and number:
Semester and year of the course:
Title of Research paper:
I believe my research paper deserves the Alexandria prize because it
Student Signature:
Date:
Faculty and Course Information
Faculty member’s name:
Campus address:
Campus email address:
Faculty member please attach to this cover sheet a brief statement recommending why this paper should
be considered for the Alexandria Prize for Undergraduate Research.
I affirm that this paper was a requirement for the course listed above and received a grade of A- or above
from me.
Faculty signature
Date