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Lu and Chambers article wins Swanson Best of LRTS Award
CHICAGO — Wen-Ying Lu, cataloging librarian, Access Services, San Mateo County Library (formerly of the University of Colorado, Boulder), and Mary Beth Chambers, director of catalog & metadata services, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, have been...
Deyrup named 2014 ACRL WESS-SEES De Gruyter Grant winner
CHICAGO – Marta Mestrovic Deyrup, professor and librarian for technical services, Italian, Russian and East European Studies at Seton Hall University, has been selected to receive the 2014 Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Western...
Parkland College Project wins ACRL CJCLS EBSCO Community College Learning Resources Award
CHICAGO – The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), announces that Parkland College Library and the Parkland College Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning have been chosen to receive the 2014 Community and Junior College Libraries...
Rodriguez receives ACRL CJCLS EBSCO Community College Learning Resources Leadership Award
CHICAGO – The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), is pleased to announce that David M. Rodriguez, faculty librarian at the Maricopa Community College District and Glendale Community College, has been chosen to receive the 2014 Community...
Stielow named 2014 Routledge Distance Learning Librarianship Conference Sponsorship Award winner
CHICAGO – Frederick Stielow, vice president and dean of libraries, electronic course materials and APUS ePress at the American Public University System (APUS), has been named the 2014 recipient of the Routledge Distance Learning Librarianship Conference...
91´«Ã½ seeking nominations for the Lemony Snicket Prize for Noble Librarians Faced With Adversity
CHICAGO — Librarians face adversity every day, whether they are defending a book that has been challenged or fighting to provide services on a limited budget. If you know a similarly beleaguered librarian, now is your chance to give that person some much...
Anne R. Kenney wins 2014 Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award
CHICAGO — Anne R. Kenney, Carl A. Kroch University Librarian at Cornell University, has been named the 2014 winner of the Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award. Kenney will receive a cash award and citation during the 2014 91´«Ã½ Annual Conference in Las Vegas...
CHICAGO – Wendy Holliday, head of academic programs and course support at Northern Arizona University, and Jim Rogers, associate professor and director of the Intensive English Language Institute at Utah State University, have been chosen as the winners...
Patricia Glass Schuman named lifelong member of United for Libraries board
PHILADELPHIA — At the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) Midwinter Meeting, the board of United for Libraries voted unanimously to present past 91´«Ã½ President Patricia Glass Schuman with life membership on its board in honor of her many accomplishments and...
Hayes, Jacobson and Swanson receive ACRL CLS ProQuest Innovation in College Librarianship Award
CHICAGO – Tish Hayes, Terra B. Jacobson and Troy A. Swanson, all of the Moraine Valley Community College (MVCC) Library (Palos Hills, Ill.), have been named the 2014 recipients of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) College Libraries...
Coutts named 2014 Marta Lange/SAGE-CQ Press Award winner
CHICAGO – Brian E. Coutts , professor and head of the department of library public services at Western Kentucky University, has been awarded the 2014 Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Law and Political Science Section (LPSS) Marta Lange...
Farkas, Hofer, Molinelli and Willson-St. Clair win 2014 ACRL IS Innovation Award
CHICAGO — Meredith Farkas, Amy Hofer, Lisa Molinelli and Kimberly Wilson-St. Clair, all of Portland State University, have been selected to receive the 2014 Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Instruction Section (IS) Innovation Award for...
Micham wins 2014 ACRL WGSS Career Achievement Award
CHICAGO – Laura Micham, Merle Hoffmann director of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History and Culture and curator of gender and sexuality history collections in the David M. Rubenstein Rare Books and Manuscripts Library at Duke University, has been...
Grassian receives 2014 ACRL/IS Miriam Dudley Instruction Librarian Award
CHICAGO – Esther Stampfer Grassian, distinguished librarian (emerita), University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) College Library, is the winner of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Instruction Section’s (IS) Miriam Dudley...
ALSC and PLA receive award for Every Child Ready to Read®
CHICAGO — The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) and the Public Library Association (PLA) are proud to announce that Every Child Ready to Read® @ your library®, 2nd Edition was awarded the 2014 Opening Minds Innovation Award. Every Child...
