Center for the Humanities wins ACRL Community and Junior College Libraries Program Award
Contact: Megan Griffin
ACRL Program Coordinator
312-280-2514
mgriffin@ala.org
For Immediate Release
March 5, 2007
Center for the Humanities wins ACRL Community and Junior College Libraries Program Award
CHICAGO – The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) is pleased to announce that the Hagan Foundation Center for the Humanities at Spokane Community College has been chosen to receive the 2007 Community and Junior College Libraries Section (CJCLS) EBSCO Community College Learning Resources Program Achievement Award.
A citation and $500, donated by EBSCO Information Services, will be presented to the staff of the Hagan Foundation Center for the Humanities during the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. at the CJCLS Awards Breakfast, Sunday, June 24, at 8 a.m.
“The Hagan Foundation Center for the Humanities is a nationally recognized, innovative program that places Spokane Community College’s library at the center of educational inquiry, and provides the library with a positive image in the greater Spokane community,” said award committee chair Matt Burrell.
Originally called the Center for the Humanities, it was renamed the Hagan Foundation Center for the Humanities in 2005. Located in the library, the Center was created in an effort to integrate liberal arts and humanities across the campus curriculum, and to create a humanities-based model for academic inquiry. Additional goals of the Center are to:
* Instill critical thinking skills and appreciation for the humanities in SCC students
* Raise community awareness of the scope and variety of campus programs
* Provide positive focus on and visibility for the Library/Learning Resources Center
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.