STARS Mentoring Award
91´«Ã½
Sponsored by , this award offers a gift of $1,250 to fund travel expenses associated with attending 91´«Ã½’s annual conference. The recipient will be a library practitioner who is new to the field of interlibrary loan/document delivery or electronic reserves, and who has daily, hands-on involvement in the areas of borrowing, lending, document delivery, electronic reserves, material delivery, or resource sharing.
This award is intended for a person who has been in the profession for less than two years, or an individual who is newly employed in interlibrary loan, resource sharing or electronic reserves position and has little or no experience in that area. M.L.S. or 91´«Ã½ membership is not required for this award. Preference will be given to those with greatest demonstrated need for the purposes of professional development, networking, education, and service to their local community. The STARS Education and Training Committee will assign a mentor to the recipient for the conference to help them navigate through the conference experience. The recipient is expected to participate in STARS events throughout the conference.
*Monetary award amounts are subject to change without notice and are contingent upon donor funding supplied at the time the award is presented.
Nominations
To nominate a librarian, complete the STARS Mentoring Award . Self-nominations are permitted.
Questions should be directed to the committee chair.
Submission Guidelines
Submit the following materials with the nomination form:
- Proof of entry into this field for the first time, in the form of written confirmation from the human resources office or the library director.
- An updated resume that can be verified by Committee members.
- A brief description of your position, department, and library.
- A statement of petition, in essay format (no more than three pages) which answers the following questions:
- Why are you interested in attending 91´«Ã½ Annual?
- What benefits would you like to see in mentoring at 91´«Ã½ Annual?
- How might your attendance benefit service at your local institution?
- What, in particular, interests you in interlibrary loan, resource sharing or electronic reserves?
Award Recipients
2024: , Resouce Sharing Librarian, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas
2023:
2022:
2021: Carla Lasky, Library Assistant II / Interlibrary Loan Coordinator, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science; Jacob E. Lotter, Access Services Assistant, Wheaton College, MA
2020: No Awardee for 2020
2019:
2018: Guerda Baucicaut, InterLibrary Loan & Reserves Specialist at Borough of Manhattan Community College
2017: Elizabeth Hussey , Public Services Librarian at Roberts Wesleyan College (NY) and Eleana Cordova, Adult Reference & Interlibrary Loan Librarian at Wayne Public Library (NJ)
2016: Kimberly Steiner, Messiah College (Pa.)
2015: Karen Thomas, Delaware Valley College
2014: Jacob Kubrin, Holy Names University
2013: Daniel Chesney, Southern Nazarene University (Okla.).
2012: Natalie D. Beam
2011: Micquel Little
2010: Cherié Weible, Head of Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2009: Barbara Coopey
2008: Suzanne Ward
2007: Anne K. Beaubien
2006: Arlene Cohen
2005: Harry M. Kriz
2004: Joan Stein
2003: Mary A. Hollerich
2002: Tom Delaney
2001: Lynn Wiley
2000: Joanne Halgren
