ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


Septem ber 1 9 9 6 / 5 1 1

ACRL aw ards for 1 9 9 7

By Jack  B riod y

Honoring accomplishments and 
supporting professional development

A CRL provides opportunities to  recognize im portant contributions to  the field o f aca­
dem ic o r research  librarianship th ro u g h  th e 
ACRL A w ards Program . T he ACRL B oard of 
Directors, w ith th e help o f vendors an d  hard 
w ork from  ACRL m em bers, provides su p p o rt 
for these recognition opportunities. ACRL cur­
re n tly  h a s  15 a w a rd s  in  th r e e  c a te g o rie s : 
A chievem ent an d  Distinguished Service Awards, 
Research A w ards/G rants, a n d  Publications.

T h e se  o p p o rtu n itie s  a re  m a d e  av ailab le 
thanks largely to  the ongoing su p p o rt of v en ­
dors w ith strong ties an d  interests in th e aca­
dem ic/research field w h o  provide funding for 
ten of ACRL’s 15 aw ards. T he aw ard juries are 
com prised o f ACRL m em bers a p p o in te d  by ei­
th e r th e  ACRL p re s id e n t o r th e  a p p ro p ria te  
section’s chair. T he juries rely heavily o n  th e 
ACRL m em bership to  act as their eyes an d  ears 
in finding th e truly com m endable an d  outstand­
ing of th e profession.

Each aw ard has a flyer (available o n  ACRL’s 
h o m ep ag e o r from  the ACRL office) that gives 
inform ation o n  th e aw ard am ount, criteria, su b ­
m ission pro ced u res, an d  w h o  to  contact for 
assistance o r questions. M em bers are strongly 
en co u rag ed  to  m ake nom inations o r applica­
tions for these aw ards.

Most aw ards have a D ecem ber 1, 1996, su b ­
mission deadline.

The ACRL aw ards are listed below ; s p o n ­
sors are n o ted  in parentheses.

Achievem ent and distinguished 
service a w a rd s

•  A cadem ic o r R esearch Librarian o f the 
Y ear A ward (B a ker a n d  Taylor Books).

•  Com m unity College Learning R esources/ 
Library A chievem ent Awards (EBSCO Subscrip­
tio n  Services)

•  Marta Lange/CQ  A ward for Law Librar­
ians ( C ongressional Q uarterly).

•  M iriam  D u d le y  I n s tru c tio n  L ib rarian  
A ward (M o u n ta in sid e P ublishing C om pany).

•  Instruction Section Innovation in Instruc­
tion Award.

•  D istinguished E ducation an d  Behavioral 
Sciences Librarian Award.

•  H u g h  C. A tk in s o n  M e m o ria l A w a rd  
(ACRL, LAMA, LLTA, ALCTS).

Research a w a rd s/g ra n ts
•  D octoral D issertation Fellow ship (Insti­

tu te f o r  Scientific Inform ation).
•  Samuel Lazerow Fellow ship for Research 

in A cquisitions o r Technical Services (Institute 
f o r  Scientific Inform ation).

•  W est E u ro p ean  Specialist Study G rant 
(M artinus N ijh o ff International).

Publications
•  K atharine Kyes Leab an d  Daniel J. Leab 

Exhibition C atalogue A wards (K a th a rin e Kyes 
Leab a n d  D a n ie l J. Leab A m erican B ook Prices 
Current).

•  Rare Books a n d  M anuscripts L ibrarian­
ship A ward (Christie, M anson a n d  Woods).

•  K. G. Saur A ward for Best Article in C&RL 
(R eed Reference/K.G. Saur).

•  Instruction Section Publication Award.
• O berly A ward for B ibliography in th e Ag­

ricultural Sciences.

More information av ailab le
More inform ation o n  th e aw ards is available 
o n  ACRL’s ho m ep ag e (h ttp ://w w w .ala.o rg /acrl. 
htm l) u n d e r “Professional D e v e lo p m e n t” o r 
from  th e ACRL office. Contact: Jack Briody at 
(800) 545-2433, ext 2516, o r jbriody@ala.org. ■

J a c k  B riody is ACRL p ro g ra m  assistant; e-m ail: jbriody@ ala.org

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