2021 ACRL Award Recipients
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The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2021 awards. Made possible by generous corporate support, the annual presentation of ACRL’s awards and grants enables ACRL to honor the very best in academic and research librarianship.
Academic/Research Librarian of the Year
Sponsored by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO
Julia M. Gelfand, Applied Sciences and Engineering Librarian at the University of California (UC)-Irvine
“Julia Gelfand, long-time applied science and engineering librarian at the University of California-Irvine, has spent more than four decades shaping research librarianship for the better. It is because of her transformative contributions to her university, the profession, and scientific inquiry itself that the committee named her as the 2021 Academic/Research Librarian of the Year.” - Dennis Clark, ACRL Academic/Research Librarian of the Year Award Committee Chair.
Excellence in Academic Libraries Awards
Sponsored by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO
College
Davidson College
Davidson, NC
“The E.H. Little Library has demonstrated how their expertise, programming, and resources support and enhance the strategic priorities of the college. Of particular note, the library staff has demonstrated that all library work contributes to social justice, providing a model for others to follow in engaging meaningfully with this work at a campus level. The library led and has been a key partner in helping transition instruction in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, developing training and ongoing learning opportunities to encourage further faculty development." - Lauren Pressley, Excellence in Academic Libraries Award Committee Chair.
Community College
Tulsa Community College
Tulsa, OK
“The TCC Library demonstrated a strategic approach of developing strong partnerships with other offices across the institution to further TCC’s educational mission and student support. The library is notable for their use of different types of assessment to enable data-driven decision making. The staff were quick to adapt in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, moving services online and partnering with other units to expand technology lending for their community.” - Lauren Pressley, Excellence in Academic Libraries Award Committee Chair.
University
Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, CA
“The William H. Hannon Library demonstrated a clear case of initiatives that bolster the institution’s mission, in particular encouraging learning, educating the whole person, and social justice. The library has embraced evidence-based practices and built a culture of assessment which is evident in the outcomes of their initiatives. Further, their leadership in the Institute for Research Design in Librarianship is far reaching in its impact for the field.” - Lauren Pressley, Excellence in Academic Libraries Award Committee Chair.
Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award
Sponsored by ACRL and Core
Mark E. Phillips, Associate Dean for Digital Libraries, University of North Texas
“Mark has worked in libraries for more than 15 years. His work in the area of web archiving continues to provide access to government information long after the original websites are no longer available. As Mark has developed digital library infrastructure, he has continued to share the innovations through open-source software.” - Dale Poulter, Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award Committee Chair
Section Awards
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CJCLS EBSCO Community College Learning Resources Leadership Award
Sponsored by EBSCO Information Services
Yumi Shin, Coordinator of Reference and Access Services, Lamar State College, Port Arthur
CJCLS EBSCO Community College Learning Resources Program Award
Sponsored by EBSCO Information Services
Anjali Parasnis-Samar and Alice Wilson, both of Monroe Community College
DOLS Routledge Distance Learning Librarianship Conference Sponsorship Award
Sponsored by Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group
Natalie Haber, Online Services Librarian, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
EBSS Distinguished Education and Behavioral Sciences Librarian Award
Sponsored by the American Psychological Association
Kaya van Beynen, Associate Dean of Library Research & Instruction, University of South Florida
IS Ilene F. Rockman Instruction Publication of the Year Award
Sponsored by Carrick Enterprises
Alison J. Head, Barbara Fister, and Margy MacMillan, for their report “Information Literacy in the Age of Algorithms: Student Experiences with News and Information, and the Need for Change”
IS Innovation Award
Sponsored by EBSCO Information Services
Alexandria Chisholm and Sarah Hartman-Caverly, Reference and Instruction Librarians, Penn State Berks
IS Miriam Dudley Instruction Librarian Award
Sponsored by the ACRL Instruction Section
Nicole Pagowsky, Associate Research & Learning Librarian and Information Literacy Instruction Program Manager, University of Arizona
PPIRS Marta Lange/SAGE-CQ Press Award
Sponsored by SAGE-CQ Press
Jill Severn, Archivist and Head of Access and Outreach, University of Georgia and Director, Russell Forum for Civic Life in Georgia
RBMS Katharine Kyes Leab and Daniel J. Leab American Book Prices Current Exhibition Catalogue Awards
Funded by by a generous endowment from Katharine Kyes Leab and Daniel J. Leab, editors of American Book Prices Current
Käthe Kollwitz: Prints, Process, Politics | The Getty Research Institute
Recipient, "Catalogs" category
Chart Your Own Voyage | The Rosenbach Museum
Recipient, "Brochures" category; Honorable Mention, "Innovation" category
Votes for Delaware Women | University of Delaware Library Special Collections
Recipient, "Digital" category
Crossing Borders: From Slavery to Abolition, 1670-1865 | Haverford College
Recipient, "Student" category
Our 5 Senses Activity Booklet and Seek & Find | Free Library of Philadelphia
Recipient, "Innovation" category
Who Created the New and Copied the Old: Printed Books of the Fifteenth Century | Haverford College
Honorable Mention, "Student" category
STS Oberly Award for Bibliography in the Agricultural or Natural Sciences
Funded by the Eunice Rockwood Oberly endowment
Jen Kirk, Government Information Librarian at Utah State University, and Helen F. Smith, Agricultural Sciences Librarian at Pennsylvania State University, for their work “.”
ULS Outstanding Professional Development Award
Sponsored by Library Juice Academy
Nimisha Bhat, Hailley Fargo, Chelsea Heinbach, and Charissa Powell, members of the editorial team for LibParlor
WGSS Award for Career Achievement in Women & Gender Studies Librarianship
Sponsored by Duke University Press
Jane Nichols, Associate Professor and Head of the Teaching and Engagement Department, Oregon State University
WGSS Award for Significant Achievement in Women & Gender Studies Librarianship
Sponsored by Duke University Press
Nicola Andrews, Instruction and First Year Experience Librarian, University of San Francisco
