Academic/Research Librarian of the Year Award

Charge

Solicit nominations, market the availability of the award to the academic library community, facilitate the completion of the nomination process, select the award winner, monitor nomination pools and nomination updates, and recommend changes to award web site information.

Roster

Dr. David D. Oberhelman (Chair, July 1, 2012, to July 22, 2013)
Dr. Laurel Littrell (Vice-Chair, July 1, 2012, to July 22, 2013)
Joshua A. Becker (Member, July 1, 2012, to June 30, 2014)
Yvonne Mery (Member, July 1, 2012, to June 30, 2014)
Stephanie S. Atkins (Ex-Officio Member, July 1, 2012, to July 22, 2013)
Dr. Steven J. Bell (Ex-Officio Member, July 1, 2012, to July 22, 2013)
Dr. Ann Coder (Ex-Officio Member, July 1, 2012, to July 22, 2013)
Mary Ellen K. Davis (Ex-Officio Member, July 1, 2012, to July 22, 2013)
Ms. Gillian S. Gremmels (Ex-Officio Member, July 1, 2012, to July 22, 2013)
Dr. Steven J. Bell (Board Liaison, July 1, 2012, to July 22, 2013)
Casey L. Kinson (Staff Liaison, July 1, 2012, to July 22, 2013)

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Composition

  • Maximum number of appointed members for this committee is four, excluding the chair and vice-chair. 
  • One member should represent library education.
  • One member should represent a research library.
  • Two additional members should be practicing academic librarians from two different types of libraries.
  • Ex-officio members include the chairs of CLS, CJCLS, and ULS, as well as the ACRL president and executive director.

Origin

The Academic/Research Librarian of the Year Award Committee was created by the ACRL Board of Directors.

Get Involved

Volunteer applications for ACRL division-level committees are accepted through February 15 for service the following committee term, which begins July 1. Visit http://www.ala.org/acrl/membership/volunteer/volunteer  for more information and a link to the volunteer form.

Staff Liaison

Casey Kinson
Program Coordinator
Association of College & Research Libraries
American Library Association
50 East Huron Street
Chicago, IL  60611-2788
Work: 312-280-2511
E-mail: ckinson@ala.org