
Sponsored by Gale Cengage Learning, the Isadore Gilbert Mudge Award was established in 1958. It presents a cash award of $5,000 and a citation to an individual who has made a distinguished contribution to reference librarianship. This contribution may include an imaginative and constructive program in a particular library; authorship of a significant book or articles in the reference field; creative and inspirational teaching; active participation in professional associations devoted to reference services; or leadership in other noteworthy professional activities.
Nominations should be submitted to the award committee chair. Submitted materials should include: a letter of nomination explaining why the nominee is deserving of this recognition and citing specific achievements; three to five letters of recommendation; a copy of the nominee’s resume or curriculum vitae; and any other appropriate documentation.
Questions about the award or the nomination process should be directed to the committee chair via phone or e-mail. The deadline for nominations is December 15.
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2008 |
Margaret Stieg Dalton |
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2007 |
Barbara Mita Chaikin Bibel |
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2006 |
Joseph W. Janes |
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2005 |
David Tyckoson |
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2004 |
Robert Balay |
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2003 |
Martin Sable |
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2002 |
James P. Danky |
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2001 |
Carole Leita |
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2000 |
Linda C. Smith |
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1999 |
Virginia Massey-Burzio |
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1998 |
Beth S. Woodard |
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1997 |
Joan C. Durrance |
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1996 |
Joe Morehead |
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1995 |
Roger K. Summit |
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1994 |
Anne Grodzins Lipow |
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1993 |
Andrew M. Hansen |
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1992 |
Gail A. Schlachter |
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1991 |
Peter Watson-Boone |
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1990 |
Virginia Boucher |
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1989 |
P. William Filby |
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1988 |
James Rettig |
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1987 |
Marjorie E. Murfin |
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1986 |
Sylvia G. Mechanic |
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1985 |
Thomas A. Childers |
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1984 |
Sara D. Knapp |
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1983 |
Charles A. Bunge |
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1982 |
Robert L. Collison |
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1981 |
Eugene Paul Sheehy |
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1980 |
Hylda Kamisar |
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1979 |
Henry J. Dubester |
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1978 |
C. Edward Wall |
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1977 |
Bohden S. Wynar |
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1976 |
John Neal Waddell (awarded post-humously) |
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1975 |
Jean L. Connor |
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1974 |
Florence E. Blakely |
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1973 |
William A. Katz |
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1972 |
Thomas J. Galvin |
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1971 |
James Bennet Childs |
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1970 |
Thomas Besterman |
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1969 |
No award |
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1968 |
Thomas S. Shaw |
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1967 |
Louis Shores |
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1966 |
Frances B. Jenkins |
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1965 |
Katharine G. Harris |
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1964 |
Ruth Walling |
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1963 |
Mabel Conat |
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1962 |
Frances Neel Cheney |
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1961 |
Edith M. Coulter |
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1960 |
Constance M. Winchell |
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1959 |
Mary Neill Barton |