Excellence in Academic Libraries Award
Sponsored by Blackwell's Book Services
Award Background
Blackwell's Book Services has provided funding for an Excellence in Academic Libraries Award Program to recognize an outstanding community college, college, and university library each year. This award is to recognize the accomplishments of librarians and other library staff as they come together as members of a team to support the mission of their institution. Blackwell's gift of $12,000 provides a $3,000 gift to each of the three winning libraries and $3,000 to support travel by an ACRL officer to the three award ceremonies.
The awards process involves a committee with two subcommittees (one for Nominations and one for Selections) to preside over this award. The Nominations subcommittee will have 6 members with staggered terms, representing different time zones and different academic library types. The Selections subcommittee will have 5 members, including the past-past-president and the past-president of ACRL, as well as three appointed members from the different types of academic libraries.
More Information
Submission Deadline: Postmarked by Friday, December 7, 2007
For guidelines, check our Guidelines page.
For answers to frequently asked questions, refer to our FAQ page.
Previous Recipients
Date
|
University Library
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College Library
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Community College Library
|
ACRL Recognizes Winners
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2007 |
Georgia Institute of Technology |
Trinity University |
Hostos Community College/CUNY |
|
2006 |
Rochester Institute of Technology Libraries |
Augustana College |
No Recipient | PDF of ad from Chronicle, March 31, 2006 |
2005 |
University of Virginia |
Mount Holyoke College |
Pierce College |
PDF of ad from Chronicle, March 25, 2005 |
2004 |
University of Washington |
Hope College |
Richland College |
PDF of ad from Chronicle, April 2, 2004 |
2003 |
Loyola University New Orleans |
Baruch College |
City College of San Francisco |
PDF of ad from Chronicle, April 18, 2003 |
2002 |
Cornell University Library |
Oberlin College Library |
Anne Arundel Community College |
PDF of ad from Chronicle, March 7, 2003 |
2001 |
University of Arizona |
Earlham College |
Austin Community College |
PDF of ad from Chronicle, April 20, 2001 |
2000 |
North Carolina State University Libraries |
Wellesley College Library |
The College of DuPage Library |