sept13_b.indd C&RL News September 2013 426 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 win- ners of its awards. Thanks to generous corporate sponsorship that provides almost $35,000, 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 program. Please consider acknowledging those who have influenced your t h i n k i n g , y o u r practice, and your growth as an aca- demic or research librarian. We urge you to nominate colleagues whose work you admire, and whose con- tributions merit recognition by the profession. Your nominations 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 & Scholarships” section of the ACRL Web site at www.acrl.org. December 6, 2013, is the deadline for most of the awards to be presented in 2014. A brief description of each award is listed below. Achievement and distinguished service awards • Excellence in Academic Libraries Award (sponsored by YBP Library Services): $3,000 for each type of library award (college, community college, and university). Recog- nizes academic libraries that are outstanding in furthering the educational missions of their institutions. • Academic/Research Librarian of the Year Award (sponsored by YBP Library Ser- v i c e s ) : $ 5 , 0 0 0 award. Recogniz- es an outstand- ing member of the academic or research library profession. • H u g h C . A t k i n s o n M e - morial Awar d (sponsored by ACRL, Associa- tion for Library Collections and Te c h n i c a l S e r- v i c e s [ A L C T S ] , Library Leadership and Management As- sociation [LLAMA], Library and Information Technology Association [LITA]): cash award. Recognizes outstanding achievements (in- cluding risk-taking) in the areas of library automation, management, or development and research. Megan Griffin ACRL’s 2014 Awards Program Honoring outstanding achievements in academic librarianship Megan Griffin is ACRL program officer, e-mail: mgriffin@ ala.org © 2013 Megan Griffin Left to right: 2012–13 ACRL President Steven J. Bell; Patri- cia Iannuzzi, 2013 ACRL Academic/Research Librarian of the Year and dean of university libraries at University of Nevada-Las Vegas; John Elliott, vice president of U.S. Sales at YBP Library Services. September 2013 427 C&RL News • Law and Political Science Section Marta Lange/SAGE-CQ Press Award (spon- sored by SAGE-CQ Press): $1,000 award. Rec- ognizes a librarian who has made distinguished contributions to bibliography and information service in law or political science. • Miriam Dudley Instruction Librarian Award (ACRL Instruction Section): $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 ProQuest): $3,000 award for librarians who have implemented innovative approaches to information literacy at their respective institutions or in their communities. • College Libraries Section ProQuest Innovation in College Librarianship Award (sponsored by ProQuest): $3,000 award for librarians who demonstrate a capacity for inno- vation in working with or serving undergradu- ates or instructors in the areas of programs, services, and operations; or creating innova- tions for library colleagues that facilitate their ability to better serve the library’s community. • Community College Learning 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. • Routledge Distance Learning Librari- anship Conference Sponsorship Award (sponsored by Routledge/Taylor & 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 learning librarianship or related library service in higher education. • Distinguished Education and Behav- ioral Sciences Librarian Award (sponsored by John Wiley & Sons): $2,500 award. Honors outstanding contributions to education and behavioral sciences librarianship through ac- complishments and service to the profession. • Women and Gender Studies Section Award for Career Achievement (sponsor pending): Recognizes career achievement in the area of women and gender studies librarianship. • Women and Gender Studies Section Award for Significant Achievement (spon- sor pending): Honors a distinguished academic librarian who has made outstanding contribu- tions to women and gender studies through ac- complishments and service to the profession. Research awards and grants • WESS-SEES De Gruyter European Li- brarianship Study Grant (sponsored by the Walter de Gruyter Foundation for Scholarship and Research): €2,500 grant supports research in European studies with an emphasis on librarianship, the book trade, resource docu- mentation, and similar information-science related topics. Publications • Katharine Kyes Leab and Daniel J. Leab Exhibition Catalogue Awards (spon- sored by Katharine Kyes Leab and Daniel J. Leab, American Book Prices Current): Recognizes outstanding catalogs published by American or Canadian institutions in con- junction with library exhibitions. Deadline: October 15, 2013. • 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 Ag- ricultural or Natural Sciences: This biennial award is given in odd-numbered years for the best English-language bibliography in the field of agriculture or a related science. Deadline: December 5, 2014. If you would like more information about the ACRL 2014 Awards Program, visit the “Awards & Scholarships” section of our Web site at www.acrl.org or contact ACRL Program Officer Megan Griffin at mgriffin@ala.org. We welcome your nominations and look forward to celebrating achievements in aca- demic librarianship in 2014.