ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 702 / C&RL News ■ September 2000 newsC o l l e g e & R e s e a r c h L i b r a r i e s A C R L a w a r d s f o r 2 0 0 1 C e le b ra tin g the best in a ca d e m ic lib ra ria n s h ip by Meredith Parets S ince 1923, ACRL has been dedicated to recognizing and honoring the achievements of outstanding academic and research librarians. With the addition of three new awards in 1999, the ACRL Awards Program has grown to include 18 awards, including grants, fellowships, pub­ lication, and achievement awards. With the generous support of corporate sponsors, ACRL awards nearly $30,000 each year to the best and brightest in academic librarianship. Take tim e to n o m in a te a d e se rvin g colleagu e The prestige of the Awards Program ulti­ mately rests upon the ACRL membership. We urge you to take some time to reflect on the accomplishments of your colleagues and to consider making nominations for the 2001 awards. Award winners in the areas of Distin­ guished Service and Publication are se­ lected by juries comprised of ACRL mem­ bers, who rely on their peers to nominate outstanding librarians for consideration. Researchers and doctoral students are en­ couraged to submit proposals for one of the three fellowships and grants ACRL of­ fers. The enthusiasm and support of mem­ bers ensures a distinguished and competi­ tive pool of nominees and applicants, and the recognition that winners and nominees receive is especially meaningful because it comes from colleagues. The ACRL office is happy to provide you with informational flyers for each award, which list submission procedures, award amount, criteria, and contact infor­ mation. These flyers are also on the ACRL Web site at h ttp ://w w w .a la .o rg / acrl.award2.html. Most awards have a De­ cember 1, 2000, deadline. Brief descrip­ tions of each award are listed below. A ch ie ve m e n t and d is tin g u is h e d service aw ards • Excellence in Academic Libraries Award (sponsored by Blackwell’s Book Ser­ vices): $3,000 cash award for each of three awards (one in each type of library) that recognizes academic libraries that are out­ standing in furthering the educational mis­ sions of their institutions. • Academic o r Research Librarian o f the Year Award (sponsored by Yankee Book Peddler): $3,000 cash award that rec­ ognizes an outstanding member of the aca­ demic or research library profession. • Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award (sponsored by ACRL, ALCTS, LAMA, LI TA): $2,000 cash award that recognizes out­ standing achievements (including risk-tak­ A bout th e author Meredith Parets is ACRL Awards program assistant, e-mail: mparets@ala.org http://www.ala.org/ C & R L N e w s ■ S e p t e m b e r 2 0 0 0 I 7 0 3 i n g ) in t h e a r e a s o f lib ra r y a u t o m a t i o n , m a n ­ a g e m e n t , o r d e v e l o p m e n t a n d r e s e a r c h . • M a r t a L a n g e / C Q A w a r d ( s p o n s o r e d b y C o n g r e s s i o n a l Q u a r t e r l y , I n c . ) : $ 1 , 0 0 0 c a s h a w a r d t h a t r e c o g n i z e s a l i b r a r i a n w h o h a s m a d e d i s t i n g u i s h e d c o n t r i b u t i o n s t o b i b l i o g r a p h y a n d i n f o r m a t i o n s e r v i c e i n l a w o r p o l i t i c a l s c i e n c e . • M i r i a m D u d l e y I n s t r u c t i o n L i b r a r ­ i a n A w a r d ( s p o n s o r e d b y E l s e v i e r S c i e n c e , L t d . ) : $ 1 , 0 0 0 c a s h a w a r d t h a t r e c o g n i z e s a n i n d i v i d u a l l i b r a r i a n f o r s i g n i f i c a n t c o n ­ t r i b u t i o n s t o t h e a d v a n c e m e n t o f i n s t r u c ­ t i o n in a c o l l e g e o r r e s e a r c h l i b r a r y e n v i ­ r o n m e n t . • I n s t r u c t i o n S e c t i o n I n n o v a t i o n i n I n ­ s t r u c t i o n A w a r d ( s p o n s o r e d b y C o n g r e s ­ s i o n a l I n f o r m a t i o n S e r ­ v i c e ) : $ 3 , 0 0 0 c a s h a w a r d f o r l i b r a r i a n s w h o h a v e i m p l e ­ m e n t e d i n n o v a t i v e a p ­ p r o a c h e s t o i n f o r m a ­ t io n lit e r a c y a t t h e i r r e ­ s p e c t i v e in s titu tio n s o r in t h e i r c o m m u n it i e s . • C o m m u n i t y C o l ­ l e g e L e a r n i n g R e ­ s o u r c e s L e a d e r s h i p / L i b r a r y A c h i e v e m e n t A w a r d s ( s p o n s o r e d b y E B S C O S u b s c r i p t i o n S e r v i c e s ) : $ 5 0 0 c a s h fo r e a c h o f t w o a w a r d s T h is cry sta l, c o m m e m o r a t in g t h e E x c e lle n c e in A c a d e m ic L ib r a r ie s A w a r d , is j u s t o n e o f t h e w a y s A C R L r e c o g n iz e s its a w a r d w in n e rs . r e c o g n i z i n g o u t s t a n d ­ in g a c h i e v e m e n t in li­ b r a ry p r o g r a m s o r le a d ­ e r s h i p . • D i s t i n g u i s h e d E d u c a t i o n a n d B e ­ h a v i o r a l S c i e n c e s L i b r a r i a n A w a r d : C i­ t a t i o n h o n o r i n g o u t s t a n d i n g c o n t r i b u t i o n s t o e d u c a t i o n a n d b e h a v i o r a l s c i e n c e s l ib r a r i a n s h i p t h r o u g h a c c o m p l i s h m e n t s a n d s e r v i c e t o t h e p r o f e s s i o n . • W o m e n ’s S t u d i e s S e c t i o n A w a r d s f o r A c h i e v e m e n t ( s p o n s o r e d b y G r e e n w o o d P u b l i s h i n g G r o u p , I n c ., R o u t l e d g e ) : $ 1 , 0 0 0 c a s h f o r e a c h o f t w o a w a r d s r e c o g n i z i n g c a ­ r e e r o r s i g n i f i c a n t a c h i e v e m e n t s in t h e a r e a o f w o m e n ’s s t u d i e s l ib r a r ia n s h ip . 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