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Ed Summers recipient of 2015 Kilgour Award
CHICAGO — The Library & Information Technology Association (LITA), a division of the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½), has announced Ed Summers as the 2015 winner of the Frederick G. Kilgour Award for Research in Library and Information Technology. The...
2015 Cunha-Swartzburg Award to Laura Word
CHICAGO — The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services’ (ALCTS) Preservation and Reformatting Section (PARS) Jury for the George Cunha and Susan Swartzburg Preservation Award has selected Laura Word as the 2015 recipient. The award...
CHICAGO—The Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) has named the winners of two achievement awards which recognize the profession’s most exceptional contributors to readers’ advisory and collection development services. “The CODES Achievement...
Drabinski receives 2015 ACRL Instruction Section Ilene F. Rockman Publication of the Year Award
CHICAGO — Emily Drabinski, coordinator of instruction at Long Island University-Brooklyn, 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 for...
CHICAGO—The History Section of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) has named the winners of three achievement awards which honor outstanding service and contributions to the fields of historical and genealogical research. “Quality...
Ross Atkinson award given to Carlen Ruschoff
CHICAGO — The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) names Carlen Ruschoff, director of technical services and strategic initiatives at the University of Maryland as the 2015 recipient of its Ross Atkinson Lifetime Achievement...
Culbertson and Collins recipients of Ulrich’s Serials Librarianship Award
CHICAGO — The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) congratulates the recipients of the 2015 Ulrich’s Serials Librarianship Award, Rebecca Culbertson and Maria Collins. Presented by the Continuing Resources Section (CRS) of...
RUSA’s Business Reference and Services Section selects achievement award and grant winners
CHICAGO — The Business Reference and Services Section (BRASS) of RUSA has selected the winners of the 2015 achievement awards, research and travel grants that recognize the profession’s most exceptional librarians, libraries and projects involving...
Two Friends groups win National Friends of Libraries Week Awards
PHILADELPHIA -- Friends of A.K. Smiley Public Library (Redlands, California) and Friends of the Logan County (Kentucky) Library are winners of United for Libraries’ 2014 National Friends of Libraries Week Awards. Friends of Fondulac Library (East Peoria...
RUSA’s STARS section names winners of 2015 achievement awards for ILL practitioners
CHICAGO —The Sharing and Transforming Access to Resources Section (STARS) has selected the winners of its two achievement awards honoring librarians providing exceptional service in the fields of interlibrary loan (ILL), resource sharing and document...
RUSA MARS section names Debbie Bezanson winner of service achievement award
CHICAGO —The MARS: Emerging Technologies in Reference Section of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) has selected the winner of the 2015 service achievement award. The My Favorite Martian Award, which offers a citation to a member of the...
Arizona, California libraries win 2015 Bookapalooza Program
CHICAGO — The Association for Library Services to Children (ALSC) has awarded the 2015 Bookapalooza Program to three libraries: Maricopa Public Library, Maricopa, Arizona; Pinetop-Lakeside Public Library, Lakeside, Arizona; and Monterey County Free...
Farmer wins 2015 LIRT Librarian Recognition Award
CHICAGO — The Library Instruction Round Table (LIRT) of the 91´«Ã½ has chosen Dr. Lesley S. J. Farmer, professor of library media at California State University Long Beach, as the 2015 recipient of the LIRT Librarian Recognition...
Keba, Schofield and Segno win 2015 ACRL IS Innovation Award
CHICAGO — Michelle Keba, Michael Schofield and Jamie Segno, all of Nova Southeastern University, have been selected to receive the 2015 Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Instruction Section (IS) Innovation award for their work on the...
CHICAGO — The Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) has selected the winners of the 2015 achievement awards. Winners receive research and travel grants that recognize the profession’s most exceptional librarians, libraries and projects involving...
