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RUSA Reference Services Section names Liane Taylor winner of outstanding service award
CHICAGO —The Reference Services Section of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) has selected the winner of the 2015 Service Achievement Award. The RSS Service Achievement Award consists of a citation that recognizes a member who has made...
HARRASSOWITZ Award to Michael Levine-Clark
CHICAGO — The Acquisitions Section of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) has selected Michael Levine-Clark, associate dean for scholarly communication and collections services and professor at the University of Denver, to...
Hinchliffe wins 2015 ACRL/IS Miriam Dudley Instruction Librarian Award
CHICAGO – Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, coordinator for information literacy services and instruction at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is the winner of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Instruction Section’s (IS) Miriam...
Emery and Stone receive Ingram Coutts Innovation Award
CHICAGO —The Association of Library Collections & Technical Services ( ALCTS) Collection Management Section ( CMS) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2015 Ingram Coutts Award for Innovation in Electronic Resources Management. Jill Emery...
CHICAGO — The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) has named Myung-Ja (MJ) Han, metadata librarian and associate professor of library administration at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), as the recipient of the...
Sibley named 2015 Routledge Distance Learning Librarianship Conference Sponsorship Award winner
CHICAGO — Christina Sibley, distance education librarian at Arizona Western College, has been named the 2015 recipient of the Routledge Distance Learning Librarianship Conference Sponsorship Award. This annual award, sponsored by Routledge/Taylor &...
PLA awards recognize 15 individuals and public libraries representing excellence
CHICAGO — The Public Library Association (PLA) has announced 15 2015 award winners honoring the best in public library service, innovation and outreach. The Allie Beth Martin Award, sponsored by Baker & Taylor, recognizes a public librarian for...
Brian Schottlaender wins 2015 Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award
CHICAGO — Brian Schottlaender, Audrey Geisel university librarian at the University of California-San Diego, has been named the 2015 winner of the Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award. Schottalender will receive a cash award and citation during the 2015 91´«Ã½...
Robert A. Seal named 2015 ACRL Academic/ Research Librarian of the Year
CHICAGO — Robert A. Seal, dean of university libraries at Loyola University Chicago, is the 2015 Association of College and Research Libraries’ (ACRL) Academic/Research Librarian of the Year. The award, sponsored by YBP Library Services, recognizes an...
Putnam County Library receives 2015 Light the Way grant
CHICAGO — The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½), has named Putnam County Library in Cookeville, Tennessee the recipient of the 2015 Light the Way: Library Outreach to the Underserved...
Winner of 2015 Zora Neale Hurston Award for promoting African-American Literature announced
CHICAGO — Carolyn Garnes, founder and CEO of Aunt Lil’s Reading Room, is the 2015 recipient of the Zora Neale Hurston Award, an annual achievement award administered by the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), a division of the American Library...
Louis Shores Award for excellence in book reviewing names Brad Hooper of Booklist as winner
CHICAGO — The Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), a division of the 91´«Ã½, has selected Brad Hooper of Booklist as the recipient of the 2015 Louis Shores Award, which recognizes outstanding book and media reviewing for...
Kathleen T. Horning is 2015 ALSC Distinguished Service Award recipient
CHICAGO – Kathleen T. Horning is the 2015 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...
2015 ACRL Excellence in Academic Libraries Award winners announced
CHICAGO — The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) announces the recipients of the 2015 Excellence in Academic Libraries Award – Santa Fe College Lawrence W. Tyree Library, Gainesville, Florida; Amherst College Frost Library, Amherst...
PLA to recognize the Ferguson Public Library and Scott Bonner at 91´«Ã½ Annual
CHICAGO — The Public Library Association (PLA) with support from Library Systems and Services, LLC (LSSI) will present a special recognition to the Ferguson (Missouri) Public Library and its director Scott Bonner at the 2015 91´«Ã½...
