ACRL Awards Program

Recognizes an outstanding member of the library profession who has made a significant national or international contribution to academic or research librarianship and library development.

Recognizes the outstanding accomplishments of the librarians and library staff of a community college, college, and university library each year.

Recognizes college librarians and staff who demonstrate innovation in their library.

Recognizes significant achievement in the area of community college programs.

Recognizes significant achievement in the areas of community college leadership.

Honors any individual ACRL member working in the field of, or contributing to the success of, distance learning librarianship or related library service in higher education.

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.

Recognizes an individual librarian who has made an especially significant contribution to the advancement of instruction in a college or research library environment.

Recognizes a project that demonstrates creative, innovative, or unique approaches to information literacy instruction or programming.

Recognizes an academic or law librarian who, through research, service to the profession, or other creative activity, makes distinguished contributions to bibliography and information service in law or political science.

Recognizes library, archives, or museum workers whose contributions to providing professional development opportunities for academic libraries have been especially noteworthy or influential.

Recognizes excellence in the publication of catalogues and brochures that accompany exhibitions of library and archival materials, as well as for el

Recognizes an outstanding publication related to instruction in a library environment published in the preceding two years.