Jesse H. Shera Award for Distinguished Published Research
The award recognizes a research article published in English during the calendar year.
About
The Jesse H. Shera Award for Distinguished Published Research is given to the author(s) of a research article published in English during the previous calendar year and nominated by any member of LRRT or by editors of research journals in the field of library and information studies.
The award was initiated in 1975 by the Library Research Round Table and originally called, The LRRT Award. In 1987, the award was named in honor of Jesse H. Shera, noted librarian researcher.
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Frequency: Annual
Certificate and offer to present at the LRRT Chair's Program at ALA Annual.
Award Information
| Title | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Ben Rawlins
2025 - The Library Research Round Table is pleased to announce the 2025 Jesse H. Shera Award for Distinguished Published Research: Ben Rawlins |
| Title | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Lois D. Wine, Shana Pribesh, Sue C. Kimmel, Gail Dickinson, and Audrey P. Church
2024 - Winner(s) Lois D. Wine, Shana Pribesh, Sue C. Kimmel, Gail Dickinson, and Audrey P. Church were awarded the Jesse H. Shera Award for Distinguished Published Research... |
2024 - Winner(s) |
| Title | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Vanessa Kitzie, Diana Floegel, Sarah Barriage, and Shannon M. Oltman
2023 - Winner(s) Vanessa Kitzie, Diana Floegel, Sarah Barriage, and Shannon M. Oltman were awarded the Jesse H. Shera Award for Distinguished Published Research for their article, "How... |
2023 - Winner(s) |
| Title | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Maria Cahill, Erin Ingram, and Soohyung Joo
2022 - Winner(s) Maria Cahill, Erin Ingram, and Soohyung Joo were awarded the Jesse H. Shera Award for Distinguished Published Research for their article, "Storytime programs as mirrors... |
2022 - Winner(s) |
| Title | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Rachel Ivy Clarke and Sayward Schoonmaker
2021 - Winner(s) Rachel Ivy Clarke and Sayward Schoonmaker were awarded the Jesse H. Shera Award for Distinguished Published Research for their article, "Metadata for diversity: Identification and... |
2021 - Winner(s) |
| Title | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| No award
2020 - No Awards Given |
2020 - No Awards Given |
| Title | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Alex H. Poole
2019 - Winner(s) Alex H. Poole was awarded the Jesse H. Shera Award for Distinguished Published Research for, “‘Be damned pushy at times’: The Committee on the Status... |
2019 - Winner(s) |
| Title | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Alison L. Weightman, Damian JJ Farnell, Delyth Morris, Heather Strange, and Gillian Hallam
2018 - Winner(s) Alison L. Weightman, Damian JJ Farnell, Delyth Morris, Heather Strange, and Gillian Hallam were awarded the Jesse H. Shera Award for Distinguished Published Research for... |
2018 - Winner(s) |
| Title | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Alistair Black and Henry Gabb
2017 - Winner(s) Alistair Black and Henry Gabb were awarded the Jesse H. Shera Award for Distinguished Published Research for "The value proposition of the corporate library, past... |
2017 - Winner(s) |
| Title | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Eamon C. Tewell and Katelyn Angell
2016 - Winner(s) Eamon C. Tewell and Katelyn Angell. 2015. “Far from a trivial pursuit: assessing the effectiveness of games in information literacy instruction.” Evidence Based Library and... |
2016 - Winner(s) |
| Title | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Colleen S. Harris
2015 - Winner(s) Colleen S. Harris was awarded the Jesse H. Shera Award for Distinguished Published Research for "The relationship between academic library department experience and perceptions of... |
2015 - Winner(s) |
| Title | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Paul Conway
2014 - Winner(s) Conway’s article exemplifies well-defined research, with a clear problem statement as well as good application of the research methods. More importantly, however, the research is... |
2014 - Winner(s) |
| Title | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Sung Jae Park
2013 - Winner(s) "Measuring Public Library Accessibility" considers the role of distance and travel patterns in accessing public libraries by looking at actual travel routes, including roads and... |
2013 - Winner(s) |
| Title | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Shana Pribesh, Karen Gavigan, and Gail Dickinson
2012 - Winner(s) The 2012 recipients of the Published Research Award are Shana Pribesh, Karen Gavigan and Gail Dickinson for their article, "The access gap: Poverty and characteristics... |
2012 - Winner(s) |
| Title | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| M. Cristina Pattuelli
2011 - Winner(s) |
2011 - Winner(s) |
| Title | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Jane Greenberg
2010 - Recipient(s) The article shows that lifestyle modeling can provide a theoretical framework to enhance the understanding of metadata and help to sustain robust repository development. |
2010 - Recipient(s) |
| Title | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Lynn Westbrook
2009 - Recipient(s) The study examines the role public libraries can play in providing the information needs of victims of intimate partner violence. Data was collected from two... |
2009 - Recipient(s) |
| Title | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Eric M. Meyers, Karen E. Fisher, and Elizabeth Marcoux
2008 - Winner(s) Eric M. Meyers, Karen E. Fisher, and Elizabeth Marcoux won the Jesse H. Shera Award for Distinguished Published Research for "Studying the everyday information behavior... |
2008 - Winner(s) |
| Title | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Gary Marchionini, Paul Solomon, Cheryl Davis, and Terrell Russell
2007 - Winner(s) Gary Marchionini, Paul Solomon, Cheryl Davis, and Terrell Russell won the Jesse H. Shera Award for Distinguished Published Research for "Information and library science MPACT... |
2007 - Winner(s) |
| Title | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Helen Georgas and John Cullars
2006 - Winner(s) Helen Georgas and John Cullars won the Jesse H. Shera Award for Distinguished Published Research for "A citation study of the characteristics of the linguistics... |
2006 - Winner(s) |
| Title | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Karen E. Fisher, Joan C. Durrance, and Marian Bouch Hinton
2005 - Winner(s) Karen E. Fisher, Joan C. Durrance, and Marian Bouch Hinton won the Jesse H. Shera Award for Distinguished Published Research for "Information grounds and the... |
2005 - Winner(s) |
| Title | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Jeffrey D. Kushkowski, Kathy A. Parsons, and William H. Wiese
2004 - Jeffrey D. Kushkowski, Kathy A. Parsons, and William H. Wiese won the Jesse H. Shera Award for Distinguished Published Research for "Master's and doctoral thesis... |
| Title | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| George d'Elia, Corinne Jörgensen, Joseph Woelfel, and Eleanor Jo Rodger
2003 - Winner(s) George d'Elia, Corinne Jörgensen, Joseph Woelfel, and Eleanor Jo Rodger won the Jesse H. Shera Award for Distinguished Published Research for "The impact of the... |
2003 - Winner(s) |
| Title | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| No award
2002 - No Awards Given |
2002 - No Awards Given |
| Title | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| No award
2001 - No Awards Given |
2001 - No Awards Given |
| Title | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Karen M. Drabenstott, Schelle Simcox, and Eileen G. Fenton
2000 - Karen M. Drabenstott, Schelle Simcox, and Eileen G. Fenton won the Jesse H. Shera Award for Distinguished Published Research for "End-user understanding of subject headings... |
| Title | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Christine Pawley and Pamela Spence Richards
1999 - Winner(s) Christine Pawley and Pamela Spence Richards each won the Jesse H. Shera Award for Distinguished Published Research for:
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1999 - Winner(s) |
| Title | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Allyson Carlyle
1998 - Winner(s) Allyson Carlyle won the Jesse H. Shera Award for Distinguished Published Research for "Fulfilling the second objective in the online catalog: schemes for organizing author... |
1998 - Winner(s) |
- All entries must be research articles published in English during the 2025 calendar year.
- All nominated articles must relate in at least a general way to library and information studies. Any research method is acceptable.
- Authors of nominated articles need not be LRRT members.
- Articles by joint investigators are eligible, as are articles generated as a result of a research grant or other source of funding.
Research articles will be judged on the following points:
o Definition of the research problem;
o Application of research methods;
o Clarity of the reporting of the research;
o Significance of the conclusions, as judged by the Committee.
Calls for nominations are released in October with deadlines typically in mid-December. While nominations are generally solicited from journal editors, nominations are invited from all in the profession, including self-nominations. Please see Guidelines on the official Shera Award page for details.
Certificate and offer to present at the LRRT Chair's Program at ALA Annual.
Notifications of awards are made in March or April.
