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Scotts Ridge Middle School project receives AASL Collaborative School Library Award
CHICAGO – The “Human Body Systems” project from Scotts Ridge Middle School Library in Ridgefield, Connecticut, is the recipient of the 2018 American Association of School Librarians’ (AASL) Collaborative School Library Award. Sponsored by Upstart, the $2...
Deb Sondall Saetveit receives AASL Frances Henne Award
CHICAGO – Deb Sondall Saetveit, school librarian at Westside Middle School in Omaha, Neb., is the recipient of the 2018 American Association of School Librarians’ (AASL) Frances Henne Award. Sponsored by ABC-CLIO, the $1,250 award recognizes a school...
Margaret Hung’s library history dissertation wins the 2017 Dain Award
CHICAGO — The Library History Round Table (LHRT) of the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) is pleased to announce the recipient of the 2017 Phyllis Dain Library History Dissertation Award. The winner is Margaret Hung for her dissertation, “English Public...
Conkling wins 2018 ACRL WGSS Career Achievement Award
CHICAGO – Diedre Conkling, director of the Lincoln County Library District, has been selected as the 2018 winner of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Women and Gender Studies Section (WGSS) Career Achievement Award. The award honors...
Lew and Yousefi win 2018 ACRL WGSS Significant Achievement Award
CHICAGO – Shirley Lew, dean of library, teaching, and learning services at Vancouver Community College, and Baharak Yousefi, head of library communications at Simon Fraser University, are the winners of the 2018 Association of College and Research...
Rapchak named 2018 Routledge Distance Learning Librarianship Conference Sponsorship Award winner
CHICAGO – Marcia Elizabeth Rapchak, head of teaching and learning at Duquesne University, has been named the 2018 recipient of the Routledge Distance Learning Librarianship Conference Sponsorship Award. This annual award, sponsored by Routledge/Taylor &...
Williams receives ACRL CLS Innovation in College Librarianship Award
CHICAGO – Teresa D. Williams, business librarian at Butler University, has been named the 2018 recipient of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) College Libraries Section (CLS) Innovation in College Librarianship Award for her work on...
Dysert named 2018 ACRL ESS De Gruyter Grant Winner
CHICAGO – Anna Dysert, cataloguer librarian at McGill University, has been selected to receive the 2018 Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) European Studies Section (ESS) De Gruyter European Librarianship Study Grant for her project “A...
Brager, Mars, and Pittman win 2018 ACRL IS Innovation Award
CHICAGO— Trent Brager, Amy Mars, and Kim Pittman have been selected to receive the 2018 Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Instruction Section (IS) Innovation award for their work on 23 Framework Things, a free online professional...
Nutefall receives 2018 ACRL Instruction Section Ilene F. Rockman Publication of the Year Award
CHICAGO – Jennifer E. Nutefall, university librarian at Santa Clara University, has been chosen as the winner of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Instruction Section (IS) Ilene F. Rockman Publication of the Year Award as editor of...
Scherlen named 2018 Marta Lange/SAGE-CQ Press Award winner
CHICAGO – Allan Scherlen, professor and social sciences librarian at Appalachian State University, has been awarded the 2018 Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Politics, Policy, and International Relations Section (PPIRS) Marta Lange...
Lindsey Whittington Receives Immroth Award
The 91´«Ã½ Intellectual Freedom Round Table (IFRT) Immroth Awards Committee is pleased to announce Lindsey Whittington as 91´«Ã½’s recipient for this year’s John Phillip Immroth Memorial Award, which honors significant contributions defending intellectual...
Bucks County Community College wins ACRL CJCLS EBSCO Community College Learning Resources Award
CHICAGO – The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), is pleased to announce that Bucks County Community College has been chosen to receive the 2018 Community and Junior College Libraries Section (CJCLS) EBSCO Community College Learning...
Nominations open for 2018 David Cohen/EMIERT Multicultural Award
CHICAGO - The Ethnic & Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table (EMIERT) of the 91´«Ã½ seeks nominations for the 2018 David Cohen/EMIERT Multicultural Award. The David Cohen/EMIERT Multicultural Award recognizes recent articles...
Nancy E. Kraft receives Banks Harris Preservation Award
CHICAGO—Nancy E. Kraft is the recipient of the 2018 Paul Banks and Carolyn Harris Preservation Award. This award is given annually by the Preservation and Reformatting Section (PARS) of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS)...
