sept08b.indd Megan Griffin ACRL’s 2009 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 $37,000, ACRL has and will continue to nominate, select, and honor the very best in academic librarianship. ACRL members are an integral part of our successful awards pro­ gram. Please consider acknowledging those who have influenced your thinking, your prac­ tice, and your growth as an academic or research librarian. We urge you to nomi­ nate colleagues whose work you admire, and whose contributions merit recognition by the profession. Your nomina­ tions will ensure that the pool of candidates 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 5, 2008, is the deadline for most of the awards to be presented in 2009. A brief description of each award is listed below. Ping Situ (University of Arizona) receiving the Samuel Lazerow Fellowship for Research in Technical Services or Acquisitions from Brian McDonough (Thomson Reuters). Achievement and distinguished service awards • Excellence in Academic Libraries Award (sponsored by Blackwell’s Book Ser­ vices): $3,000 for each type of library award (college, community college, and university). Recognizes academic libraries that are out­ standing in furthering the educational mis­ sions of their institutions. • Academic/Research Librarian of the Year Award (spon­ sored by YBP Library Services): $5,000 award. Recognizes an outstand­ ing member of the aca­ demic or research library profession. • Hugh C. Atkin­ son Memorial Award (sponsored by ACRL, Association for Library Collections and Tech­ nical Services [ALCTS], Library Administration and Management Asso­ ciation [LAMA], Library and Information Tech­ nology Association [LITA]): cash award. Rec­ ognizes outstanding achievements (including risk­taking) in the areas of library automation, management, 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 Megan Griffin is ACRL program coordinator, e-mail: mgriffi n@ala.org September 2008 491 C&RL News mailto:n@ala.org http:www.acrl.org 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 respective institutions or in their com­ munities. • Community Col­ lege Learning Resourc­ es Leadership/Library Achievement Awards (sponsored by EBSCO In­ formation Services): $500 for each of two awards recognizing outstanding achievement in library programs or leadership. • Haworth Press Dis­ tance Learning Librar­ ian Conference Spon­ sorship Award (spon­ sored by Routledge/Taylor and Francis Group): $1,200 conference sponsorship award to honor any individual ACRL member working in the field of, or contributing to the success of, distance learn­ ing librarianship or related library service in higher education. • Distinguished Education and Behav­ ioral Sciences Librarian Award (sponsored by John Wiley & Sons): $1,500 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. Shuyong Jiang (University of Arizona) re­ ceiving the Samuel Lazerow Fellowship for Research in Technical Services or Acquisitions from Brian McDonough (Thomson Reuters). Research awards/grants • Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship (sponsored by Thomson Reuters): $1,500 to assist doctoral students in the field with their dissertation research. • Samuel Lazerow Fellowship (spon­ sored by Thomson Reuters): $1,000 cash for travel and writing in the fields of acquisition or technical services. • Coutts Nijhoff West European Spe­ cialist Study Grant (sponsored by Coutts Information Services): $3,000 to support re­ search pertaining to Western European studies, librarianship, 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 Curr ent): Recognizes outstanding catalogs published by American or Canadian institutions in conjunction with library exhibitions. Deadline: October 15, 2008. • Ilene F. Rockman Instruction Pub­ lication of the Year Award (sponsored by Emerald Group Publishing Limited): $3,000 to recognize an outstanding publication related to instruction in a library environment published in the last two years. • Science and Technology Section Oberly Award for Bibliography in the Agricultural or Natural Sciences: This bien­ nial award is given in odd­numbered years for the best English­language bibliography in the field of agriculture or a related science. If you would like more information about the ACRL 2009 Awards Program, visit the Awards section of our Web site at www.acrl.org or con­ tact ACRL Program Coordinator Megan Griffi n at mgriffin@ala.org. We welcome your nomina­ tions and look forward to celebrating achieve­ ments in academic librarianship in 2009. C&RL News September 2008 492 mailto:mgriffin@ala.org http:www.acrl.org