AASL presents awards, grants and scholarships for 2001

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ALA News Release


For Immediate Release


July 2001

AASL presents awards, grants and scholarships for 2001

The following awards, grants and scholarships were presented at the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) Awards Ceremony, June 18, 2001, during the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in San Francisco:

  • Marilyn Rothberg, Sugartown Elementary School (Malvern, Pa.), received the
    AASL Collaborative School Library Media Award, for the schools Ellis Island Reenactment Project for fifth-grade students. The award, sponsored by the Sagebrush Corporation, recognizes collaborations and partnerships between school library media specialists and teachers in meeting the goals outlined in
    Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning through joint planning of a program, unit or event in support of the curriculum and using media center resources.
  • Jackie Gould accepted the
    ABC-CLIO Leadership Grant on behalf of the Educational Media Association of New Jersey (EMAnj), for their program, "Putting Action Research to Work!" The grant, sponsored by the ABC-CLIO Company, is given for an outstanding leadership program developed by an AASL affiliate organization. EMAnj will use the grant to expand their series of Summer Leadership Workshops for members, and include training on how to interpret data collected from the Information Power School Library Research Action Project.
  • The
    Distinguished School Administrator Award, honoring a school administrator who has made worthy contributions to the operation of an exemplary school library media center and to advancing the role of the school library media center in the educational program, was presented to Dr. Kathleen D. Smith, Cherry Creek High School (Englewood, Colo.) The Distinguished School Administrator award is sponsored by SIRS-Mandarin, Inc.
  • Dr. Hilda Jay (Bowie, Md.) received the
    Distinguished Service Award for her contributions to school library media scholarship and leadership roles in AASL. Sponsored by Baker & Taylor, the award recognizes an individual member of the library profession who has, over a significant period of time, made an outstanding national contribution to school librarianship and school library development.
  • The winners of the
    Information Technology Pathfinder Award are Beverly "Buffy" Smith-Edwards of Lakeview Elementary School (Norman, Okla.) in the elementary school category and Ann Bell of Camanche High School (Camanche, Iowa) in the secondary school category. The award honors school library media specialists who demonstrate vision and leadership by using information technology to build lifelong learners. The Follett Software Company sponsors the award.
  • Dr. Dianne McAfee Hopkins, professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Library and Information Science, is the recipient of the
    Intellectual Freedom Award. The award, sponsored by SIRS-Mandarin, Inc., recognizes a personal member of AASL who, through their work as a media specialist, has upheld the principles of intellectual freedom.
  • The
    National School Library Media Program of the Year (NSLMPY) Award was presented to Corbett Elementary School (Tucson, Ariz.) in the single school category and DeKalb (Ga.) County School System in the large school district category. The award, sponsored by Follett Library Resources, recognizes exemplary school library media programs that are fully integrated into the school's curriculum.
  • The
    AASL President's Crystal Apple Award, was presented by 2000-2001 AASL president Harriet Selverstone to 3M Library Systems for donating $2.5 million worth of library detection systems to school libraries through the "3M Salute to School" program. The Crystal Apple Award is given at the discretion of the AASL president to an individual or group that has had a significant impact on school libraries and students.
  • Katherine Grant Cadden of Nathaniel Alexander Elementary (Charlotte, N.C.) was the winner of the
    Frances Henne Award, sponsored by the Greenwood Publishing Group. The award is given to a school library media specialist with five years or less experience who demonstrates leadership qualities with students, teachers and administrators, and funds attendance to an ALA Annual Conference or an AASL National Conference for the first time.
  • Darlene Wilson of Forest, Ohio, received the
    School Librarian's Workshop Scholarship, which provides financial assistance for the professional education of a person who plans to become a school library media specialist, sponsored by Library Learning Resources.

AASL is a division of the ALA.