Citation and $1,000 award sponsored by John Wiley and Sons, Inc. to honor a distinguished academic librarian who has made an outstanding contribution as an education and/or behavioral sciences librarian through accomplishments and service to the profession.

 Distinguished Education and Behavioral Sciences Librarian Award

This award, sponsored by John Wiley and Sons, Inc., honors a distinguished academic librarian who has made an outstanding contribution as an education and/or behavioral sciences librarian through accomplishments and service to the profession. Please remember to thank Wiley next time you speak with one of their representatives.

To read the award criteria and make a nomination, visit the ACRL/EBSS Distinguished Education and Behavioral Sciences Librarian Award  Web page.

The Distinguished Librarian Award Committee develops, plans, and implements the EBSS Distinguised Librarian Award.

Current Recipient Spotlight - John William Collins III

Dr. John William Collins III has devoted over 30 years to librarianship and for over 20 years has been an active and contributing member of ACRL and EBSS.  He has directly and indirectly influenced the direction of librarianship by co-founding the ACRL/Harvard Leadership Institute.  He has mentored and created professional development opportunities, promoted the exploration of issues through editorial boards and his own scholarship, and advocated for a more engaged and inclusive profession.  Beyond his years of service directly to the profession, he has kept the perspective of libraries and their users vital through key advisory roles in the development of the National Library of Education and the new ERIC database.  He truly epitomizes a professional lifetime of service and achievement. 

 

Dr. Collines III is currently a librarian and member of the faculty at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

 

The award will be presented during the EBSS program at the ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim, CA on Saturday, June 28, 2008 at 1:30 pm.

Previous Recipients

2008 - John William Collins III
2007 - Dr. Patricia O'Brien Libutti
2006 - Elizabeth O. Hutchins
2005 - Kate Corby
2004 - Dr. Laurene E. Zaporozhetz
2003 - Ilene Rockman
2002 - Barbara Kemp
2001 - Charles Thurston
2000 - Leslie Bjorncrantz
1999 - Jo Ann Carr
1998 - Eva L. Kiewitt
1997 - Nancy P. O'Brien
1996 - Donald V. Osier
1995 - Hannelore B. Rader
1994 - Mary Ellen Collins