LIFT Awards Committee

Charge

Solicits nominations and selects an individual to receive the Core Career LIFT Award, which is designed to support information professionals whose passion, actions, and everyday work warrants recognition and celebration.

The award consists of up to $1,500 that individuals may use on professional development including, but not limited to, ALA or Core membership dues, attending ALA Annual, LibLearnX, the Core Forum, or continuing education.

This award is sponsored by Core, OCLC, EBSCO and Lyrasis.

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Roster

Ms. Melissa M. Brooks

(Chair, July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025)

Jennifer Donner

(Member, July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2026)

Robin L. Ewing

(Member, July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2026)

Amy I. Kornblau

(Member, July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2025)

Dana Laird

(Member, July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2026)

Mr. Timothy Ryan Provenzano

(Member, July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2025)

Marlena Rose

(Member, July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2026)

Kelly J. Sattler

(Member, July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2025)

Mea Warren

(Member, July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2026)

Thomas Ferren

(Staff Liaison, August 20, 2024, to August 20, 2099)

Julie Reese

(Staff Liaison, May 3, 2023, to June 30, 2050)

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About this Committee

Deliverables

  • Promotes the opening of the application process and solicits award nominations;
  • Reviews submitted nomination packages and selects awardee;
  • Chair/committee writes the announcement and citation.

Expected Time Commitment

  • Holds 1-2 virtual meetings and no face-to-face meetings each year;
  • Group members work an average of 2 hours per month in January, February, and March.

Desired Skills, Knowledge, and Experience

  • Experience reviewing award applications is helpful but not required.
Sponsor

OCLC is a nonprofit global library cooperative providing shared technology services, original research and community programs so that libraries can better fuel learning, research and innovation. Through OCLC, member libraries cooperatively produce and maintain WorldCat, the most comprehensive global network of data about library collections and services. Libraries gain efficiencies through OCLC's WorldShare, a complete set of library management applications and services built on an open, cloud-based platform. It is through collaboration and sharing of the world's collected knowledge that libraries can help people find answers they need to solve problems. Together as OCLC, member libraries, staff and partners make breakthroughs possible.

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