Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award

This award honors the life and accomplishments of Hugh C. Atkinson, one of the major innovators in modern librarianship, and recognizes outstanding achievements (including risk-taking) by academic librarians that have contributed significantly to improvements in the areas of library automation, library management, and/or library development and research.  For more information on this award, please use the link below.

Awards

Cash award and a plaque. This award is funded by an endowment created by divisional, individual, and vendor contributions given in memory of Hugh C. Atkinson. The award is jointly sponsored by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS), the Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA), and the Library and Information Technology Association (LITA).

Eligibility

The nominee must be a librarian employed in a university, college, or community college library in the year prior to application for the award and must have a minimum of five years of professional experience in an academic library.

Criteria

The nominee must have demonstrated achievement (including risk-taking) that has contributed significantly to improvements in the areas of library automation, library management, and/or library development or research.

Submission Procedures

Electronic submissions are required.   Nominations must include documentation that indicates the name, address, and phone number of both the nominating party and the nominee as well as a narrative supporting the nomination, and a current vita.  Nominators are encouraged to solicit additional letters that would help the committee understand the full scope of the nominee’s contributions.  

Please e-mail the nomination to Megan Griffin at mgriffin@ala.org.  If sending multiple files, each file name must include the nominee's name.

Information and Assistance

If you have questions, please contact the Chair of the Atkinson Award Committee, Cheryl Kern-Simirenko, Dean, University Libraries, University of Akron, T: (330) 972-7507, cks7@uakron.edu, or Megan Griffin at mgriffin@ala.org.

Submission Deadline: Friday, December 3, 2010

Previous Recipients

2010 – Paula T. Kaufman
2009 – Ray English
2008 – No recipient
2007 – James G. Neal
2006 – Nancy M. Cline
2005 – Paul M. Gherman
2004 – Jerome Yavarkovsky
2003 – Wendy Pradt Lougee
2002 – Harold W. Billings
2001 – Larry Frye
2000 – Kenneth Frazier
1999 – Susan K. Nutter
1998 – Arnold Hirshon
1997 – William Gray Potter
1996 – Thomas W. Shaughnessy
1995 – Nancy L. Eaton
1994 – Dorothy Gregor
1993 – Richard De Gennaro
1992 – Miriam Drake
1991 – Donald E. Riggs
1990 – Russell Shank
1989 – Thomas Michalak
1988 – Richard M. Dougherty

Sponsorship provided by American Library Association Divisions: ACRL/ALCTS/LLAMA/LITA