ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries C&RL News ■ Septem ber 2003 / 541 C o l l e g e & R e s e a r c h L i b r a r i e s sweN ACRL’s 2004 Awards Program Honoring outstanding achievements in academic librarianship by M a ry Jane P etro w ski F or more than three quarters o f a century, ACRL has been committed to celebrating the achievements of deserving academic and research librarians through the presentation o f awards, grants, and fellowships. Every year, ACRL ex­ tends recognition and honor to the winners of its awards. Thanks to generous corporate sponsor­ ship that provides almost $30,000, ACRL has and will continue to nominate, select, and honor the very best in aca­ demic librarianship. N om inate your colleagues ACRL members are an integral part of o u r s u c c e s s f u l awards program. Please consider ac­ knowledging those w ho have influ­ enced your thinking, your practice, and your growth as an acad em ic or re ­ 2 0 0 2 -0 3 ACRL P re s id e n p r e s e n te d M a rc T r u it t , search librarian. We Librarie s, a n d K a th a rin e urge you to nomi­ Library, w it h th e Sam uel n ate c o lle a g u e s 2003 A L A A n n u a l C o n fe whose work you admire, and whose contributions merit recogni­ tion by the profession, Your nominations will en­ sure that the pool o f candidates for each award remains both competitive and distinguished. A b rie f d escrip tio n o f e a ch award is listed here. t H U F L re n A chievem en t and distinguished service aw ards • E xcellen ce in Academic Libraries Award (sponsored by Blackw ell’s B ook Services). $3,000 for each type-of-library award (college, com­ munity college, and university). Recognizes academic libraries that are outstanding in furthering the edu­ cational missions of their institutions. • Academic o r Research lib rarian o f the Year Award (sponsored by YBP Library Services): $3,000 award. Rec­ ognizes an out­ standing member of the academic or research library profession. • H ugh C. A tk in so n Me­ m o r ia l A w ard (s p o n s o r e d by ACRL, ALCTS, LAMA, and UTA) e le n H. S p a ld in g ( r ig h t) , $2,000 award. Rec­ n iv e r s ity o f N o tr e D a m e ognizes outstanding a rre ll, P rin c e to n U n iv e rs ity a z a ro w F e llo w s h ip a t th e achievements (in­ c e . cluding risk-taking) in the areas o f li­ brary automation, management, or development and research. • Marta Lange/CQ Award (sponsored by Congressional Quarterly, Inc.). $1,000 award. Rec­ ognizes a librarian who has made distinguished contributions to bibliography and information About the author M a ry Jane Petrowski is ACRL associate director, e-mail: mpetrowski@ala.org mailto:mpetrowski@ala.org 542 / C&RL News ■ September 2003 service in law or political science. • M iriam D u d ley In s tr u c tio n L ib ra r­ ia n A w ard (s p o n so red b y E lsev ier S cien ce, Ltd.): $1,000 award. Recognizes an individual librarian fo r sig n ifican t c on trib u tion s to the advancem ent o f instruction in a colleg e or re­ search library environment. • In s tr u c tio n S e ctio n In n o v a tio n in I n s tr u c tio n A w ard (s p o n s o r e d b y L ex is- N exis): $ 3 ,000 award for librarians w h o have im plem ented innovative approaches to infor­ m ation literacy at their respective institutions o r in their com munities. • C o m m u n ity C ollege L e a rn in g R e­ s o u r c e s L e a d e r s h i p /L ib r a r y A c h ie v e ­ m e n t A w ards (sp o n so red by EBSCO In fo r ­ m ation Services): $500 for each o f two awards recognizing outstanding achievement in library programs or leadership. • Distinguished Edu cation an d B ehav­ io ra l S cien ces L ib rarian Aw ard: Citation. Honors outstanding contributions to education and behavioral sciences librarianship through ac­ complishments and service to the profession. • W o m e n ’s Studies S e ctio n A w ards fo r A chievem ent (sponsored by G reen w ood P u blishin g G roup, In c. and R outledge): $ 1 ,0 0 0 for e a ch o f two awards recognizing career o r significant achievements in the area o f w om en’s studies librarianship. R esearch a w a r d s /g ra n ts • D o c to ra l D is s e rta tio n F e llo w sh ip (sp o n so red by T hom son ISI): $ 1,500 to assist doctoral students in the field with their disser­ tation research. • Sam u el L a z e ro w F ello w sh ip (s p o n ­ sored by T hom son ISI): $1,000 cash for travel and writing in the fields o f acquisition or tech­ nical services. • C outts N ijh o ff W est E u r o p e a n S pe­ c ia lis t Study G ra n t (s p o n s o r e d b y C outts N ijh o ffI n tern ation al): Grant that supports re­ search pertaining to W estern European stud­ ies, librarianship, or the b o o k trade. P u b lic a tio n s • K a th a r in e K yes Leab a n d D an iel J . L e a b E x h i b i t i o n C a ta lo g u e A w a rd s (sponsored by Katharine Kyes Leab and Daniel J. Leab, Am erican B o o k Prices Current): R ec­ o g n iz e s o u tstan d in g c a ta lo g s p u b lish e d by American or Canadian institutions in con jun c­ tion w ith library exhibitions. • I n s tr u c tio n S e ctio n P u b lica tio n th e Y e a r Award: R ecognizes an outstanding pu blication related to instruction in a library environm ent published in the last two years. N e e d m o r e in f o r m a t io n ? Com plete information about the ACRL awards program , including nom in ation p rocedu res, past w in n ers, criteria, and con tacts, is avail­ a b l e t h r o u g h t h e A C R L W e b s i t e a t w w w .acrl.org (click o n “Awards”) o r con tact ACRL Associate Director Mary Ja n e Petrowski at (8 0 0 ) 5 4 5 -2 4 3 3 ex t. 2 523. D ecem ber 6, 2003, is the deadline for most o f the awards to b e p resented in 2004. We welcome your nominations and look for­ ward to celebrating achievements in academic librarianship in 2004. ■ ACRL offering tw o online seminars this fall ACRL has expanded its online learning o p ­ tions and will b e offering two seminars this fall on important topics that will provide you with skills you need. Assessing s tu d e n t le a rn in g outcom es, O c to b e r 2 0 -N o v e m b e r 8 This seminar is designed to give librarians the skills to create assessm ent tools to measure student information literacy. After com plet­ ing the course, academ ic librarians will b e p repared to w ork w ith faculty to design, implement, and evaluate tools for assessing student learning outcomes. A ll users a re local, N o v e m b e r 3–22 “All users are local: Bringing the library next door to the campus worldwide” will provide you with the information you need to design a plan for library support o f distance educa­ tion at your institution. Participants will cre­ ate a planning d ocu m ent as they p roceed through the course, enabling them to walk away with a tool for future program devel­ opment. ACRL o n lin e sem in a rs u s e W ebC T courseware and have both synchronous and asynchronous com ponents. ACRL and ALA members receive a registration discount. For c o m p l e te in fo r m a tio n , g o t o http:// www.acrl.org/e-leaming. o f http://www.acrl.org http://www.acrl.org/e-leaming C&RL News ■ September 2003 / 543