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CHICAGO — Carol A. Mandel, dean of the division of libraries at New York University, has been named the 2011 winner of the . Mandel will receive a cash award and citation at 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 26, 2011, at the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) Award Program, during the 91´«Ã½ Annual Conference in New Orleans.

Named in honor of one of the pioneers of library automation, the Atkinson Award recognizes an academic librarian who has made significant contributions in the area of library automation or management and has made notable improvements in library services or research.

“Carol Mandel is acknowledged as an articulate and effective leader in shaping the future of academic libraries,” said Cheryl Kern-Simirenko, Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award committee chair and dean of university libraries at the University of Akron. “She has been a pioneer in developing user-centered service models for both the physical and the virtual library, based on assessment and research.”

“Her career as an academic librarian has been characterized by a record of distinctive accomplishment in library automation and management, of leadership and risk-taking in areas of critical importance across the higher education library community and of professional contributions that have influenced and improved library services and development,” wrote Mandel’s nominator.



Mandel received her B.A. in Art, magna cum laude, from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Mass. She earned her M.S.L.S., with honors, in 1970 from Columbia University, where she also received her M.A. in Art History in 1975.

The Hugh C. Atkinson Award is jointly sponsored by four divisions of the 91´«Ã½: , the Association of College and Research Libraries (), the Library Leadership and Management Association () and the Library and Information Technology Association (). The award is funded from an endowment established to honor Hugh C. Atkinson.

Donations to the endowment may be sent to Megan Griffin, ACRL, 50 East Huron St., Chicago, Ill. 60611.

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