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Susan K. Nutter photograph by Mara Masters.

Nutter named 2016 ACRL Academic/ Research Librarian of the Year

CHICAGO — Susan K. Nutter, vice provost and director of libraries at North Carolina State University (NCSU), is the 2016 Association of College and Research Libraries’ (ACRL) Academic/Research Librarian of the Year. The award, sponsored by YBP Library...

2016 ACRL Excellence in Academic Libraries Award winners announced

CHICAGO - The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) announces the recipients of the 2016 Excellence in Academic Libraries Award – Hudson County Community College Library, Jersey City, New Jersey; Macalester College DeWitt Wallace Library...

Pat Scales

Scales is 2016 ALSC Distinguished Service Award recipient

BOSTON – Pat Scales is the 2016 recipient of the Association for Library Service to Children’s (ALSC) Distinguished Service Award. This prestigious award honors an individual who has made significant contributions to library service to children and to...

Gerald Hodges

Hodges Award nominations deadline extended

CHICAGO — The 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) Intellectual Freedom Round Table (IFRT) is extending the deadline for nominations for its 2016 Gerald Hodges Intellectual Freedom Chapter Relations Award. The Gerald Hodges Intellectual Freedom Chapter...

Gerald Hodges

Call for nominations for the Gerald Hodges IF Chapter Relations Award

CHICAGO — The 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) Intellectual Freedom Round Table (IFRT) is seeking nominations for its 2016 Gerald Hodges Intellectual Freedom Chapter Relations Award. The Gerald Hodges Intellectual Freedom Chapter Relations Award...

Ten librarians named 2015 winners of the I Love My Librarian Award

Library users nominate favorites for prestigious national public service honor NEW YORK – Ten librarians were honored today with this year’s I Love My Librarian Award for their exceptional public service to the community and ongoing commitment to...

Professional Awards

Mangan and Stephens receive 2016 Bechtel Fellowship

CHICAGO – The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) and the Special Collections and Bechtel Fellowship Committee have awarded the 2016 Louise Seaman Bechtel Fellowship to Bridgid Mangan and Wendy Stephens. The Bechtel Fellowship is designed...

Orange, California librarian chosen for national public service honor

Sylvia Cieply recipient of the prestigious 2015 I Love My Librarian Award NEW YORK – Today, Sylvia Cieply, teacher librarian at the Otto A. Fischer School Library inside Orange County Juvenile Hall in Orange, California, will receive the I Love My...

Perkinston, Mississippi librarian chosen for national public service honor

Shugana Williams recipient of the prestigious 2015 I Love My Librarian Award NEW YORK – Today, Shugana Williams, librarian at the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s Perkinston Campus, will receive the I Love My Librarian Award for her outstanding...

Eastover, North Carolina librarian chosen for national public service honor

Leslie D. Koch recipient of the prestigious 2015 I Love My Librarian Award NEW YORK – Today, Leslie D. Koch, school library media coordinator at Armstrong Elementary School in Eastover, North Carolina, will receive the I Love My Librarian Award for her...

Groton, Connecticut librarian chosen for national public service honor

Elizabeth G. Rumery recipient of the prestigious 2015 I Love My Librarian Award NEW YORK – Today, Elizabeth G. Rumery, library director for the Avery Point Campus Library at the University of Connecticut in Groton, will receive the I Love My Librarian...

Denton, Texas librarian chosen for national public service honor

Doug Campbell recipient of the prestigious 2015 I Love My Librarian Award NEW YORK – Today, Doug Campbell, library learning services librarian at the Willis Library at the University of North Texas in Denton, will receive the I Love My Librarian Award for...

Anchorage, Alaska librarian chosen for national public service honor

Dona J. Helmer recipient of the prestigious 2015 I Love My Librarian Award NEW YORK – Today, Dona J. Helmer, librarian at the College Gate Elementary School library in Anchorage, Alaska, will receive the I Love My Librarian Award for her outstanding...

New Haven, Connecticut librarian chosen for national public service honor

Diane Brown recipient of the prestigious 2015 I Love My Librarian Award NEW YORK – Today, Diane Brown, branch manager of the New Haven (Connecticut) Free Public Library’s Stetson Branch, will receive the I Love My Librarian Award for her outstanding...

Granbury, Texas librarian chosen for national public service honor

Courtney P. Kincaid recipient of the prestigious 2015 I Love My Librarian Award NEW YORK – Today, Courtney P. Kincaid, former library director of the Hood County Library in Granbury, Texas, will receive the I Love My Librarian Award for her outstanding...