ACRL seeks nominations for 2006 awards recognizing outstanding achievements in academic librarianship

Contact: Megan Bielefeld


Program Coordinator, ACRL


312-280-2514


mbielefeld@ala.org
For Immediate Release


August 15, 2005

ACRL seeks nominations for 2006 awards recognizing outstanding achievements in academic librarianship

CHICAGO - For more than three-quarters of a century, the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) has been committed to celebrating the achievements of academic and research librarians through the presentation of awards, grants and fellowships. With almost $31,000 donated annually by corporate sponsors, ACRL has and will continue to nominate, select and honor the very best in academic librarianship.

Members are an integral part of ACRL's successful awards program. ACRL urges members to nominate colleagues whose work has influenced their thinking and growth as an academic librarian and whose contributions merit recognition by the profession. Member nominations will ensure that the pool of candidates for each award remains both competitive and distinguished. Nominations and supporting materials for most awards must be submitted by December 2, 2005.

Outstanding achievement and distinguished service awards are:

  • Excellence in Academic Libraries Award (sponsored by Blackwell's Book Services) recognizes academic libraries that are outstanding in furthering the educational missions of their institutions. A $3,000 award is given for each type of library (e.g. college, community college and university).
  • Academic or Research Librarian of the Year Award (sponsored by YBP Library Services) awards $3,000 and recognizes an outstanding member of the academic or research library profession.
  • Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award (sponsored by ACRL, ALCTS, LAMA and LITA) provides a cash award and recognizes outstanding achievements (including risk-taking) in the areas of library automation, management, development and research.
  • Marta Lange/CQ Award (sponsored by CQ Press) provides a $1,000 award and recognizes a librarian who has made distinguished contributions to bibliography and information service in law or political science.
  • Miriam Dudley Instruction Librarian Award (sponsored by Elsevier Science, Ltd.) recognizes and awards $1,000 to an individual librarian for significant contributions to the advancement of instruction in a college or research library environment.
  • Instruction Section Innovation Award (sponsored by LexisNexis) honors librarians who have implemented innovative approaches to information literacy at their respective institutions or in their communities. The winners will share a $3,000 award.
  • Community College Learning Resources Leadership/Library Achievement Awards (sponsored by EBSCO Information Services) recognize outstanding achievement in library programs and leadership. The honor will be presented to two recipients, who will each receive an award of $500.
  • Haworth Press Distance Learning Librarian Conference Sponsorship Award ( sponsored by Haworth Press) provides a $1,200 conference sponsorship award to honor any individual ACRL member working in the field of, or contributing to the success of, distance learning librarianship or related library service in higher education.
  • Distinguished Education and Behavioral Sciences Librarian Award (sponsored by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) honors and awards $1,000 to an individual librarian for outstanding contributions to education and behavioral sciences librarianship through accomplishments and service to the profession.
  • Women's Studies Section Awards for Achievement (sponsored by Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. and Routledge) recognize career and significant achievements in the area of women's studies librarianship. The two recipients will each receive $1,000.

Research awards are:

  • Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship (sponsored by Thomson Scientific
    ) awards $1,500 to assist doctoral students in the field with their dissertation research.
  • Samuel Lazerow Fellowship (sponsored by Thomson Scientific) awards $1,000 cash for travel and writing in the fields of acquisition or technical services.
  • Coutts Nijhoff West European Specialist Study Grant (sponsored by Coutts Nijhoff International) supports research pertaining to Western European studies, librarianship or the book trade by providing 4,500 Euros for travel expenses.

Publication awards are:

  • Katharine Kyes Leab and Daniel J. Leab Exhibition Catalogue Awards (sponsored by Katharine Kyes Leab and Daniel J. Leab, American Book Prices Current ) recognizes outstanding catalogues published by American or Canadian institutions in conjunction with library exhibitions. Deadline: September 30, 2005
  • Instruction Section Publication of the Year Award recognizes an outstanding publication related to instruction in a library environment published in the last two years.
  • The Oberly Award is given in odd-numbered years for the best English-language bibliography in the field of agriculture or a related science. Deadline: December 1, 2006

More information, including submission procedures, past winners, criteria and contact information, is available in the awards section of the ACRL Web site at
www.ala.org/acrl or by contacting ACRL Program Coordinator Megan Bielefeld at (312) 280-2514.