RUSA Federal Achievement Award

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The Federal Achievement Award recognizes individuals for achievement in the promotion of library and information service and the information profession in the Federal community. Those nominated need not be members of RUSA or ALA. It has been administered by the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) since the Federal and Armed Forces Libraries Interest Group (FAFLIG) joined RUSA in 2020. It was first awarded in 1985 by the Federal Librarians Round Table, which merged with the Armed Forces Libraries Round Table in 2001 to form the Federal and Armed Forces Libraries Round Table (FAFLRT). FAFLRT merged in 2018 with the Association of Specialized Government and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASGCLA), which dissolved in 2020.

Nominations

To nominate a librarian, complete the nomination form (Google Form).

If you do not have a Google account or unable to use the Google form, please fill out the PDF nomination form. Send the completed nomination form along with the submission materials to the RUSA Office

Submission Materials

Nomination letter, describing the ways in which the nominee fulfills the purpose of awarding an individual for recognizing their promotion of library and information science and the information profession within the Federal and Armed Forces communities.
The nomination letter may either include a summary of the nominee’s activities and contributions, or a resume of individual listing their activities and contributions.
A 2^nd letter or statement of endorsement containing specific reasons for supporting the nomination.
Provide any other appropriate documentation supporting the candidate (optional).
Nominators should discuss nomination with potential candidate before and during creation of submission materials, as RUSA has a promotional event for awardees.

Criteria

Federal Achievement Award candidates must:

Have promoted library and information science and the information profession in the Federal community.
Have contributed to Federal and Armed Forces Libraries and the information profession.
Self-nominations are permitted.
Strength of endorsement or letters of support.

Award Recipients

2025: Rachel Drake and Molly Higgins
2024: Paula Laurita and D. Lynne Rickard
2023: Michelle A. Ortiz, Supervisory Librarian, Vicenza and Del Din Library, USAG Italy, ARMY-IMCOM
2022 Lee Lipscomb, Assistant Librarian at the Federal Judicial Center
2021 No Awards Given
2020 Nancy Faget, Army Research Library
2020 Karl Debus-Lopez, Library of Congress, retired
2019 Richard Huffine, Chief of the Library and Public Information Center at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
2018 Master Gunnery Sergeant (USMC), Chief, US Marine Band Library & Archives
2016 Anne Harrison, From Library of Congress
2015 Jeanne Drewes
2014 Judith Proctor Cannan
2013 No Awards Given
2012 No Awards Given
2011 No Awards Given
2010 Shirley Loo
2009 Donna Scheeder
2008 Robert E. Schnare, Jr.
2007 No awards given
2006 James King
2005 No awards given
2004 Susan M. Tarr
2003 Janet D. Ormes
2002 Dan O. Clemmer
2001 No Awards Given
2000 Pam André
1999 Milton H. Megee
1998 Jeanne Hurley Simon, National Commission on Libraries and Information Science
1997 Laurie Stackpole, Naval Research Laboratory
1996 No Award given
1995 Gail L. Koholhorst, General Services Administration
1994, Louise Nyce, Pentagon
1993 No Awards given
1992 Mary Berghaus Levering, Executive Director, FLICC, Library of Congress
1991 Elisabeth Knauff, Treasury Department
1990 Major Owens, Representative in Congress
1989 Bill Welsh, Deputy Librarian of Congress
1988 Anne Heanue, ALA Washington Office
1987 Adelaide del Frate, NASA
1986 No Awards given
1985 Patricia Wilson Berger, National Bureau of Standards