Heather Moulaison Sandy has been named the winner of the 2018 . Emerald Publishing and the Library and Information Technology Association (LITA) sponsor the Award, which recognizes outstanding individuals or institutions for their long-term contributions in the area of Library and Information Science technology and its application.

The Award Committee selected Moulaison Sandy because it was impressed with her extensive contributions to ongoing professional development across the discipline., which include five books and more than 25 peer-reviewed journal articles. Her work has been presented at over 100 local, national, and international venues in nearly 15 countries as well as at numerous online webinars and talks.

Moulaison Sandy is Associate Professor at the iSchool at the University of Missouri and works primarily at the intersection of the organization of information and the online environment. She is a recipient of this year’s JRLYA/YALSA Writing Award, as well as the ALISE/OCLC 2016 Research Grant and the 91´«Ã½ Carnegie Whitney 2016 grant.

An avid Francophile and traveler, she was named an Associated Researcher at the French national school for library and information science (Enssib) in 2014, and received a Fulbright Senior Scholar grant in 2008-2009 to teach at l’Ecole des sciences de l’information in Morocco. She holds a PhD in Information Science from Rutgers and an MSLIS and MA in French, both from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

When notified she was this year's recipient, Moulaison Sandy said, “Receiving this award is a true honor, and I am thrilled to join the ranks of LITA/Library Hi Tech award recipients whose work I admire so much.” She will receive a citation and a $1,000 stipend.

Members of the 2018 LITA/Library Hi-Tech Award Committee are: Dr. Patrick T. Colegrove (Chair), Vanessa L. Ames (Past Chair), Holli Kubly, and Christina D. Mune.

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