Unique student orientation idea wins ACRL Community and Junior College Libraries Section Program Award

Contact: Megan Bielefeld


ACRL Program Coordinator


312-280-2514


mbielefeld@ala.org

For Immediate Release


February 14, 2006

Unique student orientation idea wins ACRL Community and Junior College Libraries Section Program Award

CHICAGO – The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) is pleased to announce that Eva Lautermann, library director, Sherry Durren, information literacy librarian, and Lois Shelton, l ibrary technical assistant, of the Georgia Perimeter College Jim Cherry Learning Resources Center, have been chosen to receive the 2006 CJCLS/EBSCO Community College Learning Resources Program Achievement Award for their work on the
CSI: Information Literacy orientation. Using the television series,
CSI, as their inspiration, the librarians wrote a script and clues for the orientation program in order to help familiarize students with using the library.

“This unique orientation, initiated by the librarians and coordinated with the Joint Enrollment and Student Services Offices, is an outstanding example of creative, involved, professional librarians who stay focused on students and contribute to the overall mission of their institution,” said award committee chair Alice Lubrecht.

A citation and $500, donated by EBSCO Information Services, will be presented to the award winners during the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in New Orleans at the CJCLS Awards Breakfast, Saturday, June 24, at 8 a.m.

ACRL is a division of the American Library Association, representing 13,000 academic and research librarians and interested individuals. ACRL is the only individual membership organization in North America that develops programs, products and services to meet the unique needs of academic librarians. Its initiatives enable the higher education community to understand the role that academic libraries play in the teaching, learning and research environments.