CHICAGO- The Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) Achievement Awards Program honors the best in reference librarians and its many specialties. These awards recognize and honor the outstanding professional contributions and achievements of your RUSA peers.
RUSA level awards winners are:
Jennifer C. Boettcher, Business Research Librarian, Georgetown University, selected winner of the 2023 Isadore Gilbert Mudge Award
Rebecca Clarke, Manager, Adult Services - St. Louis County Library, selected winner of the RUSA Award for Excellence in Reference and Adult Library Services
Princeton University’s Industrial Relations Library wins 2023 John Sessions Memorial Award
Christina Plakas, PhD student of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of South Carolina - Columbia, selected winner of the 2023 Gail Schlachter Memorial Research Grant
East Chicago Public Library and Roddenbery Memorial Library selected winners of the Stephen T. Riedner Grant for Life Enhancing Library Programs for People Living with Dementia
Michelle A Ortiz, Supervisory Librarian, Vicenza and Del Din Library, USAG Italy, ARMY-IMCOM, named winner of the RUSA Federal Achievement Award
BRASS awards:
BRASS Excellence in Business Librarianship sponsored by Mergent Names It’s Winner – Hal P. Kirkwood, Bodleian Business Librarian, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
Mansi Nishit Trivedi named winner of the 2023 BRASS Student Travel Award, sponsored by SimplyAnalytics
Angel Truesdale, Social Sciences and Business Librarian, Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, winner of the BRASS Academic Business Librarianship Travel Award sponsored by Global Financial Data
BRASS Public Librarian Support Award Sponsored by Morningstar names John L. Amundsen, Business Librarian, Wilmette Public Library; Wilmette, IL 2023 winner
Wendy G. Pothier, Associate Professor, Business and Economics Librarian, University of New Hampshire, and Patricia B. Condon, Assistant Professor, Research Data Services Librarian, University of New Hampshire, chosen for the 2023 BRASS Research Grant Award sponsored by Emerald Publishing
CODES awards:
Diana Tixier Herald, Independent Reviewer, named winner of 2023 CODES Louis Shores Award
ETS awards:
Matthew Toro, Robert Cowling, Eric Friesenhahn and Jill Sherwood for the 3D Explorer project, and Janet Lee and Tegest Hailu, M.D. for The Kindle Early Language Learning Project, chosen for the Best Emerging Technology Application (BETA) Award Sponsored by Chatstaff and LibraryH3lp
ETS Achievement Award presented to Shannon D. Jones, Director of Libraries, Medical University of South Carolina & Director, Region 2, Network of the National Library of Medicine
HS Awards:
Michelle Enke, Manager of Genealogy / Special Collections, Wichita Public Library, named winner of the 2023 HS Genealogy/History Achievement Award
Whitney Thompson, Graduate Library Assistant, Edgewood College, is awarded the History Research and Innovation Award sponsored by Gale Cengage
STARS Awards:
Mia Partlow, Robin C. Davis, Dawn Pearce, and Silvia Sheffield with North Carolina State University, chosen for the STARS Publication Recognition Award
Thank you to all our sponsors!
The Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), a division of the American Library Association, represents librarians and library staff in the fields of reference, specialized reference, collection development, readers’ advisory and resource sharing. RUSA is the foremost organization of reference and information professionals who make the connections between people and the information sources, services, and collection materials they need. Learn more at www.rusaupdate.org.
