sept07b.indd Megan Griffin ACRL’s 2008 Awards Program Honoring outstanding achievements in academic librarianship For more than three quarters of a century, ACRL has been committed to celebrating the achievements of deserving academic and research librarians through the presentation of awards, grants, and fellowships. Every year ACRL extends recognition and honor to the winners of its awards. Thanks to generous corporate sponsorship that provides almost $30,000, ACRL has and will continue to nominate, se­ lect, and honor the very best in academic librari­ anship. ACRL members are an integral part of our successful awards program. Please consider ac­ knowledging those who have influ­ ACRL Academic/Research Librarian of the Year Award enced your think­ winner Lizabeth (Betsy) A. Wilson, dean of university ing, your practice, libraries at the University of Washington­Seattle (third and your growth from right) with (left to right): Mary Ellen K. Davis, ACRL as an academic executive director; Ann­Marie Breaux, vice president of or research librar­ academic service integration, YBP Library Services; YBP Library Services representative; Linda Gagnon, senior ian. We urge you vice president of sales and marketing, YBP Library Ser­to nominate col­ vices; and ACRL Past­President Pamela Snelson. leagues whose work you admire, and whose contributions merit recognition by the profession. Your nominations will ensure that the pool of candi­ dates for each award remains both competitive and distinguished. Complete information about the ACRL awards program, including nomination pro­ cedures, past winners, criteria and contacts, is available in the “Awards” section of the ACRL Web site at www.acrl.org. December 7, 2007, is the deadline for most of the awards to be presented in 2008. A brief description of each award is listed below. Achievement and distinguished service awards • Excellence in Academic Libraries Award (sponsored by Blackwell’s Book Services): $3,000 for each type of library award (col­ lege, community college, and uni­ versity). Recog­ n i z e s a c a d e m i c libraries that are outstanding in fur­ thering the educa­ tional missions of their institutions. • Academic/ Research Librar- i a n o f t h e Ye a r Award (sponsored by YBP Library Services): $5,000 award. Recogniz­ es an outstanding member of the academic or research library profession. • Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award (sponsored by ACRL, Association for Library Col­ lections and Technical Services [ALCTS], Library Megan Griffin is ACRL program coordinator, e-mail: mgriffi n@ala.org © 2007 Megan Griffin C&RL News September 2007 524 mailto:n@ala.org http:www.acrl.org Administration and Management Association [LAMA], Library and Information Technology Association [LITA]): cash award. Recognizes outstanding achievements (including risk­tak­ ing) in the areas of library automation, man­ agement, or development and research. • Law and Political Science Section Marta Lange/CQ Press Award (sponsored by CQ Press): $1,000 award. Recognizes a librarian who has made distinguished con­ tributions to bibliography and information service in law or political science. • Miriam Dudley Instruction Librarian Award (sponsored by Elsevier on behalf of its library and information science program): $1,000 award. Recognizes 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): $3,000 award for librarians who have implemented innovative approaches to information literacy at their re­ spective institutions or in their communities. • Community College Lear ning Re- sources Leadership/Library Achievement Awards (sponsored by EBSCO Information Services): $500 for each of two awards rec­ ognizing outstanding achievement in library programs or leadership. • Hawor th Press Distance Lear ning Librarian Conference Sponsorship Award (sponsored by Haworth Press): $1,200 con­ ference sponsorship award to honor any individual ACRL member working in the fi eld of, or contributing to the success of distance learning librarianship of, related library ser­ vice in higher education. • Distinguished Education and Behav- ioral Sciences Librarian Award (sponsored by John Wiley & Sons): $1,000 award to honor outstanding contributions to educa­ tion 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): $1,000 for each of two awards recognizing career or significant achievements in the area of women’s studies librarianship. Research awards/grants • Doctoral Disser tation Fellowship (sponsored by Thomson Scientifi c): $1,500 to assist doctoral students in the field with their dissertation research. • Samuel Lazerow Fellowship (spon­ sored by Thomson Scientifi c): $1,000 cash for travel and writing in the fields of acquisition or technical services. • Coutts Nijhoff West European Special- ist Study Grant (sponsored by Coutts Nijhoff International): Grant that supports research pertaining to Western European studies, li­ brarianship, or the book trade. Publications • 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 catalogs published by American or Canadian institutions in conjunction with library exhibitions. Deadline: October 15, 2007. • Ilene F. Rockman Instruction Publica- tion of the Year Award (sponsored by Em­ erald Group Publishing Unlimited): $3,000 to recognize an outstanding publication related to instruction in a library environment published in the last two years. • S cience and Technolog y Section Oberly Award for Bibliography in the Ag- ricultural or Natural Sciences: This biennial award is given in odd­numbered years for the best English­language bibliography in the fi eld of agriculture or a related science. Learn more about ACRL’s awards If you would like more information about the ACRL 2008 Awards Program, visit the “Awards” section of our Web site at www. acrl.org or contact ACRL Program Coordinator Megan Griffin, at (800) 545­2433 ext. 2514, or mgriffi n@ala.org. We welcome your nominations and look forward to celebrating achievements in aca­ demic librarianship in 2008. September 2007 525 C&RL News mailto:n@ala.org http:acrl.org