CJCLS Community College Library Program Award

Since 1990, the CJCLS Community College Library Program Award annually recognizes significant achievement in outreach or academic programs in community college libraries.

From 1990-2021, this award was sponsored by EBSCO with a $750 cash prize to recipients and was known as the CJCLS EBSCO Community College Learning Resources Award. After a hiatus from 2022-2025, the award was relaunched under the new name CJCLS Community College Library Program Award in 2026. Monetary prizes are no longer a component for any ACRL professional recognition award. 

Award

The award includes a certificate of recognition.

Eligibility

Individuals or groups from two-year institutions, as well as the two-year institutions themselves, are eligible to receive the award. Self-nominations are accepted. ALA/ACRL membership is not required for nominees or award recipients. 

Criteria

Achievement in outreach or academic programs could be demonstrated by any of the following:

  • Innovation in an area of librarianship important to community college libraries or their patrons
  • Support or advancement of an important initiative at the local, state, or national level
  • Uniqueness
  • Collaboration with other college departments or the broader community

Submissions will be reviewed using this rubric established by the ACRL/CJCLS Awards Committee.

Submissions

Submissions are now closed. Submissions were accepted through December 12, 2025. Nominees were notified in Spring 2026. 

Electronic submissions through the online nomination form are required. Nominations should include a narrative letter describing the achievements and any supporting attachments.

Committee

The award is administered by the Community and Junior College Libraries Section of ACRL and juried by the ACRL/CJCLS Awards Committee.

Information & Assistance

Questions should be directed to ACRL staff, acrlawards@ala.org 

Nominations for the 2027 ACRL Awards will open in Fall 2026. 

Recipients

  • 2026 – The Living Law Project, Paul H. Thompson Library at Fayetteville Technical Community College - Press Release
  • 2022-2025 – Hiatus
  • 2021 – Anjali Parasnis-Samar and Alice Wilson, both of Monroe Community College - Award Announcement
  • 2020 – Colorado Community College System - Award Announcement
  • 2019 – Laura Luiz - Award Announcement
  • 2018 – Bucks County Community College
  • 2017 – LDS Business College
  • 2016 – Austin Community College Library Services
  • 2015 – Andrew G. Truxal Library at Anne Arundel Community College
  • 2014 – Parkland College Library and Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning staffs
  • 2013 – Palo Alto College library staff
  • 2012 – Sheila Afnan-Manns, Reyes Medrano, and Kandice Mickelsen
  • 2011 – Leslie Bussert
  • 2010 – Northwest Vista College Library
  • 2009 – Diana Fitzwater
  • 2008 – Hazard Community & Technical College
  • 2007 – Hagan Foundation Center for the Humanities at Spokane Community College
  • 2006 – Eva Lautermann, Sherry Durren, and Lois Shelton, Georgia Perimeter College
  • 2005 – Kate Connell and Suzanne Lo, City College of San Francisco
  • 2004 – Janice Peyton and Lonna Beers, North Harris Montgomery Community College District
  • 2003 – Baton Rouge Community College Library
  • 2002 – St. Petersburg Junior College
  • 2001 – Tompkins Cortland Community College
  • 2000 – The Indian River Community College
  • 1999 – Richland College
  • 1998 – Oakton Community College
  • 1996 – Southwestern College Library
  • 1995 – Derrie B. Roark
  • 1994 – Ed Rivenburgh
  • 1993 – Lois Marriot
  • 1992 – The Library Collection Development Committee at St. Petersburg Junior College
  • 1991 – Jimmie Anne Nourse & Rudy Widman
  • 1990 – Cooperative Collection Development Committee of the Chemeketa Cooperative Regional Library Services