CJCLS Community College Library Program Award
This award is administered by the the Community and Junior College Libraries Section of ACRL; it recognizes significant achievement in the area of community college programs and outreach.
About
Since 1990, the CJCLS Community College Library Program Award recognizes community college librarians and library staff who accomplish significant achievements in outreach or academic programs.
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. Monetary prizes are no longer a component for any ACRL professional recognition award.
Nominations for the 2027 ACRL Awards will open in Fall 2026.
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Professional Recognition Information
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Living Law Project
2026 - Winner(s) The Living Law Project was selected due to its community collaboration and the team’s and partners’ commitment to student success. “By bringing community members directly to students, the... |
2026 - Winner(s) |
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Anjali Parasnis-Samar
2021 - Winner(s) |
2021 - Winner(s) |
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Alice Wilson
2021 - Winner(s) |
2021 - Winner(s) |
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Colorado Community College System
2020 - Winner(s) "The CCCS OER project has already converted the top 40 Guaranteed Transfer Pathways General Education Curriculum classes to Open Education Resources materials. In a few... |
2020 - Winner(s) |
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Laura Luiz
2019 - Winner(s) “Laura Luiz’s efforts with Get Out the BC Vote allowed the library to connect with the Student Government Association to help students become informed voters... |
2019 - Winner(s) |
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| Bucks County Community College
2018 - Winner(s) The Learning Resources Faculty Institutes are two- or four-day immersive professional development opportunities for Bucks County Community College faculty. Designed and convened by faculty for... |
2018 - Winner(s) |
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| LDS Business College
2017 - Winner(s) “There’s a Monster in the Library” is an online tutorial for information literacy instruction stylized as a virtual comic book and utilizing gamification principles and... |
2017 - Winner(s) |
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| Austin Community College Library Services
2016 - Winner(s) Austin Community College Library Services has integrated information literacy tutorials and instruction within many key academic and workforce programs. The Research Tutorials Suite follows student... |
2016 - Winner(s) |
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| Andrew G. Truxal Library
2015 - Winner(s) Developed by Rabin and Lathrop and launched as a pilot in spring 2013, the Virtual Writing Center is an innovative response to data that showed... |
2015 - Winner(s) |
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| Parkland College
2014 - Winner(s) Originally conceived by Hackman and Sherry Cmiel, former information services librarian at Parkland College, SPARK was one of the first institutional repositories created at a... |
2014 - Winner(s) |
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| Palo Alto College
2013 - Winner(s) Providing face-to-face reference and instruction services away from the physical library, the Library a la Carte project is designed to meet students “where they are.”... |
2013 - Winner(s) |
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| The Medrano Project
2012 - Recipient(s)
“The Medrano Project provides a model for effective librarian and classroom instructor collaboration that can be implemented in almost any college or university,” said... |
2012 - Recipient(s) |
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| Bussert
2011 - Winner(s)
“Leslie was selected for her innovative assessment work and collaboration with a faculty member on an information literacy assessment project and subsequent 2010 book... |
2011 - Winner(s) |
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| Northwest Vista College Library
2010 - Recipient(s) |
2010 - Recipient(s) |
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| Fitzwater
2009 - Recipient(s)
“Diana Fitzwater’s initiative to coordinate the information literacy program at the College of DuPage is quite worthy of this award,” said award committee chair... |
2009 - Recipient(s) |
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| Hazard Community & Technical College
2008 - Recipient(s) Hazard Community & Technical College hosts an annual regional conference in Southeastern Kentucky, which brings together academic, public and school librarians. The program includes trainers... |
2008 - Recipient(s) |
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| Hagan Foundation Center for the Humanities at Spokane Community College
2007 - Recipient(s) |
2007 - Recipient(s) |
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| Georgia Perimeter College
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2006 - Recipient(s) |
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| City College of San Francisco
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2005 - Recipient(s) |
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| North Harris Montgomery Community College District
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2004 - Recipient(s) |
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| Baton Rouge Community College Library
2003 - Recipient(s) |
2003 - Recipient(s) |
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| St. Petersburg Junior College
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2002 - Recipient(s) |
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| Tompkins Cortland Community College
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| The Indian River Community College
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| Richland College
1999 - Recipient(s) |
1999 - Recipient(s) |
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| Oakton Community College
1998 - Recipient(s) |
1998 - Recipient(s) |
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| Roark
1995 - Recipient(s) |
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| Rivenburgh
1994 - Recipient(s) |
1994 - Recipient(s) |
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| Marriot
1993 - Recipient(s) |
1993 - Recipient(s) |
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| The Library Collection Development Committee of St. Petersburg Junior College
1992 - Recipient(s) |
1992 - Recipient(s) |
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| Jimmie Anne Nourse & Rudy Widman
1991 - Recipient(s) |
1991 - Recipient(s) |
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| Cooperative Collection Development Committee of the Chemeketa Cooperative Regional Library Services
1990 - Recipient(s) |
1990 - Recipient(s) |
Individuals or groups from two-year institutions, as well as the two-year institutions themselves, are eligible to receive awards.
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
Electronic submissions through the online nomination form are required. Nominations should include a narrative letter describing the achievements and any supporting attachments.
Certificate of recognition
The award is administered by the Community and Junior College Libraries Section of ACRL and juried by the ACRL/CJCLS Awards Committee.
