ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 2 7 8 / C&RL News ■ A p ril 1999 C o l l e g e & R e s e a r c h L i b r a r i e s news ACRL honors the 1999 award winners Recognizing professional contributions and scholarly research by Ann-Christe Young Nutter nam ed w in n er of Atkinson A w ard Susan K. Nutter, vice provost and director of libraries at North Carolina State University (NCSU), is the 1999 recipient of the Hugh C. A tk in so n M em orial Award. William A. Gosling, chair of the award com­ mittee, pointed to the energy, expertise, and v is io n N utter has brought to the profes­ sion as major factors in the committee’s selec­ Susan K. Nutter tion. He said, “Having demonstrated a clear vision for the future of how technology would impact libraries, she has implemented numerous innovative ac­ complishments over more than a decade at NCSU. An action-oriented leader, she has em­ ployed technological solutions to a variety of operations to advance library services to us­ ers. “She has shared cutting-edge changes [ac­ complished at NCSU] with the profession broadly through her leadership roles in li­ brary and information science organizations … and more broadly through such organi­ zations as the American Association for the Advancement o f Science.” Nutter’s career in librarianship includes positions as associate director of libraries for Collection Management and Technical Ser­ vices at the Massachusetts Institute of Tech­ nology (MIT); Council on Library Resources Academic Library Management intern at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and a founding staff member o f Project INTREX at MIT. Nutter is a member o f the IFLA Standing Committee on University Libraries (Section 2). She serves on the Steering Committee of NC LIVE— North Carolina Libraries and Vir­ tual Education Project. She was also president of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) in 1993 and a member of the Association of American Uni­ versities (AAU)/ARL Steering Committee. In addition, Nutter is chair of the Execu­ tive Committee for the Governing Board of the Triangle Research Libraries Network (TRLN); a member of the Board of the Direc­ tors of the Center for Research Libraries; and vice chair of the North Carolina Networking Initiative. She was past chair of the SOLINET Board o f Directors and a former member o f the Ex­ ecutive Board of the U.S. Agricultural Infor­ mation Network and its Networking and Tele­ communications Committee. She received the Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award from Simmons College (1995). The award, $2,000 and a citation, recog­ nizes outstanding accomplishments of an aca­ demic librarian who has worked in the areas o f library automation or library management and has made contributions (including risk- About the author Ann-Christe Young is production editor at ACRL, e-mail: ayoung@ala.org mailto:ayoung@ala.org C&RL News ■ A p ril 1999 / 279 Rader named Academic/Research Librarian of the Year Hannelore B. Rader, university librarian at the University of Louisville (UL), has been named the 1999 ACRL Academic/Research Librarian of the Year Award winner, the high­ est honor in academic librarianship. The award, which includes a citation and $3,000 donated by Baker & Taylor Books, will be presented to Rader at a reception in her honor on June 28, 1999, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the ALA Annual Con­ ference in New Orleans. Committee chair James F. Wil­ liams II said, “Hannelore Rader’s work has defined the field of in­ structional services in academic li­ braries. She has thoroughly articu­ Hannelore B. Rader lated the rationale for and the phi­ losophy of these services while document­ ing the evolving concepts at the foundation of instructional services. She commands a commitment to the pedagogical, managerial, and political issues that must be addressed in order to develop effective instructional pro­ grams in the academic library community. And the record will show that she has an equal and abiding professional commitment to the educational role of academic librar­ ies.” Rader has successfully created three model library instruction programs at Eastern Michi­ gan University (EMU), Cleveland State Uni­ versity (CSU), and the University of Wiscon- sin-Parkside (UWP). She was also an origi­ nal member of ACRL’s Bibliographic Instruc­ tion Task Force, which led to the creation of ACRL’s Bibliographic Instruction Section, and she was a leader in the establishment of the Library Orientation and Instruction Exchange (LOEX) that was founded at EMU in the mid 1970s. On receiving the award Rader said, “When ACRL President Maureen Sullivan called me early in the morning during the ALA Mid­ winter Conference in Philadelphia to inform me that I would receive the award this year, I thought I was dreaming. It seemed so un­ real to me to receive this great honor from our profession. I had often thought how won­ derful it must be to receive this award but I did not think I would actually become a member of this distinguished group of aca­ demic librarians. I am grateful that my work has had some impact on our profession.” Carla J. Stoffle, dean of libraries at the Uni­ versity of Arizona-Tucson, said, “Rader has been an active contributor to in­ ternational library development. She has given presentations and consulted with academic libraries in Turkey and Germany to name just two. She has been an active participant in the International Li­ brarians Round Table and IFLA. She also served actively in the creation of cooperative programs among all types o f libraries in Wisconsin and she was a member of the task force that created the UW System Library Automation Project. Her work led to the fund­ ing of integrated libraiy systems in the univer­ sity libraries.” Prior to joining UL in 1997, Rader was di­ rector of the university library at Cleveland State University (1987-96); director of the li­ brary/learning center at the UWP in Kenosha, Wisconsin (1980-87); and held several posi­ tions at EMU (1968-1980). Rader is a life member of ALA, having served four terms on Council, and ACRL, serv­ ing as president (1986-87) and chairing a num­ ber of committees. Her numerous awards in­ clude CSU’s “Women Who Make a Difference Award” (1996), she was the 1994 education foundation honoree for the American Asso­ ciation of University Women, and she received a distinguished alumnus award from the Uni­ versity of Michigan Library Association (1984). She also received the ACRL/EBSS Distinguished Education and Behavior Sciences Education Award (1995) and the ACRL/IS Miriam Dudley Bibliographic Award (1993). T h e A cadem ic/Research Librarian o f th e Year Award is given annually to recog nize an individual w h o is m aking an outstanding contribution to aca ­ dem ic o r research librarianship and library devel­ opm ent. Previous w inners include: Allen B. Veaner (1 9 9 8 ); Ja m e s G. Neal (1 9 9 7 ); Ralph Russell (1 9 9 6 ); J o s e p h B o is s é ( 1 9 9 5 ) ; Ir e n e B r a d e n H o a d le y (1 9 9 4 ); W illiam A. M offett (1 9 9 3 ); Carla Stoffle (1 9 9 2 ); Richard D eG en n aro (1 9 9 1 ); and Patricia Battin (1 9 9 0 ). 280 / C&RL News ■ A p ril1 9 9 9 taking) toward the improvement of library services or to library development or re­ search. The Faxon Company also provides the winner with a gold giraffe pin from Tiffany’s, symbolizing the “sticking-your-neck-out” as­ pect of the award. The award is jointly sponsored by the As­ sociation of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), the Library Administration and Man­ agement Association (LAMA), the Library and Information Technology Association (LITA), and the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS). It will be presented at the ALCTS Membership Meeting/President’s Program on June 28, 1999, at 9:30 a.m. Lindauer receives K. G. Saur A w ard Bonnie Gratch Lindauer, reference/instruc­ tional services librarian and interim coordi­ nator of reference ser­ vices at the City College of San Francisco, has been named the winner of the 1999 K. G. Saur Award for best article, “Defining and Measur­ ing the Library’s Impact on Campus-wide Out­ comes” in College & Re­ s e a r c h L ib r a r ie s (N o­ vember 1998). William G. Jones, chair of the selection committee, said, “This year’s award-winning article explores issues of critical concern to academic librarians, including 1) the connec­ tions and contributions of libraries to educa­ tional outcomes, 2) the focusing of assessment efforts on the library’s role in learning and teaching, and 3) the identification of perfor­ mance indicators for measuring and document­ ing the library’s impact on key campuswide outcomes. Lindauer’s original analysis of a com­ plex set of issues distinguishes her article among a number of outstanding articles sub­ mitted the C&RL in 1998.” Prior to her current position at the City Col­ lege of San Francisco, Lindauer was director of Information and Instructional Services at St. Mary’s College of California (1992-96) and director of Information Services at Bowling Green State University Libraries (1989-92). She is an experienced author, writing numerous articles and book chapters. The award, $500 and a plaque, donated by the K. G. Saur publishing company, will be presented at the ACRL business meeting on June 28, 1999, at 2:00 p.m., during the ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans. Reichel nam ed Dudley Instruction Librarian Mary R e ich e l, u n iv ersity lib rarian at Appalachian State University, North Carolina, is the 1999 winner of the ACRL Instruction Section’s (IS) Miriam D u d ley In s tru c tio n Librarian Award. This award recognizes an individual librarian who has made an especially significant contribution to the advancement of instruction in a college o r re s e a r c h lib rary e n v iro n m e n t. T h e aw ard a lso h o n o rs Miriam Dudley, whose pioneering efforts in the field o f bibliographic instruction lead to the formation of the ACRL Instruction Section. Randy Burke Hensely, chair of the award committee, said, “The IS Section’s Awards Committee determined that Mary Reichel’s professional efforts constitute a substantial and consistent record of insightful contribu­ tion and advocacy for the role o f instruction in the academic library environment. In par­ ticular, her publications articulating the ap­ plication of learning theory and conceptual frameworks to instructional design are touch­ stones for anyone wanting to understand the knowledge base of instructional design and pedagogy.” In her 27 years as a librarian, Reichel has also served as a reference librarian at Uni­ versity o f Nebraska, Omaha; senior reference librarian, Undergraduate Library, SUNY, Buf­ falo; Reference Department head, Georgia State University; and assistant university li­ brarian, University of Arizona. As a member of ACRL she has served as chair of IS, a member of the ACRL Board of Directors, and a significant number o f com­ mittees. O f particular note is her seven-year term as editor of the “Library Literacy” col­ umn for RQ. The award, $1,000 and a com m em ora­ tive plaque, is donated by JAI on behalf C&RL News ■ A p ril 1999 / 281 of its journal R e s e a r c h Strategies. It will be presented at the IS ALA Conference Pro­ gram, Ju n e 27, 1999, at 2:00 p.m. in New Orleans. Carr selected fo r EBSS A w ard Jo Ann Carr, director o f the Center for In­ structional Materials and Computing, School of Education, at the University o f Wisconsin- Madison (UWM), has been named winner of the 1999 Distinguished Education and B e­ havioral Scien ces Librarian Award. This award, sponsored by ACRL and its Educa­ tion and Behavioral Sciences Section (EBSS), honors a distinguished academic librarian who has made an outstanding contribution as an education and/or behavioral sciences li­ brarian through accom­ plishments and services to the profession. Leslie Bjorncrantz, chair o f the selection committee, and Adele Dendy, an award com­ mittee member, said, “Jo Ann Carr is a superb Jo Ann Carr leader who exemplifies excellence in education librarianship in the local, state, and national arenas. “During her 20 years at the UWM, she has developed the Center for Instructional Materi­ als (CIM) into a highly acclaimed, award-win­ ning library. In 1987 the CIM library was rec­ ognized as “Library of the Year,” by Wisconsin’s multitype South Central Library System, and has since been cited as a ‘model for the state and the nation’ by the Wisconsin State De­ partment of Public Instruction.” Carr has served in several positions in the Instructional Materials Center at UWM: pub­ lic services librarian (1976-84), acting direc­ tor (1975-76), and cataloger (1974-75). She has held several key positions with EBSS since joining in 1984, including chair (1992-93), secretary (1989-90), and chair of the 1993 Conference Program Planning Committee. Widely published, she is now chairing an EBSS committee to develop a CD publica­ tion on the management o f instructional materials centers. She was recently awarded the 1999 Li­ brary Collections, Acquisitions and Techni- cal Services Award from Pergamon to sup­ port her research on comparing core titles in education with the coverage o f four full-text journal databases. The award (a citation) will be presented during the ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans, June 27, 1999, at 2:00 p.m. U niversity of A rizona w in s IS Innovation A w ard The Education Project Team at the Univer­ sity o f Arizona (UA) is the winner o f the 1999 Instruction Section (IS) Innovation in Instruc­ tion Award for RIO (Research Instruction Online). RIO is a program of Web-based tutorials ( http://www.library.arizona.edu/rio) de­ signed to help students learn how to find and evaluate information. Through its foun­ dation in information literacy competencies, its structure and design, its use o f graphics, and a strong evaluation component, RIO helps students develop an integrated set of skills to be used in complex information en­ vironments. RIO has been designed to be used inde­ pendently, as an adjunct to reference ser­ vice, or as part o f course-related instruction. The RIO project is also notable for the way in which it took advantage o f usability test­ ing in its development and the way in which it was marketed to campus constituencies. Robert F. Rose, chair of the awards com­ mittee, said, “Among the many excellent Web-based tutorials that have been devel- T h e U n iv e rs ity o f A r iz o n a Libra ry Research Instruction Online Helping you learn ho w to find information oped, RIO stands out for its excellent design, its effective use of color, graphics and hu­ mor, its ease o f use and clarity of language, its evaluation component, and its adaptabil­ ity to a variety of instructional settings— from course-related instruction to reference ser­ vice to just-in-time research assistance. “Based on sound pedagogical principles, RIO enlisted the talents of faculty and staff across the university in its development. The way in which RIO was introduced and mar­ keted to the university community is also wor­ thy of emulation by other institutions inter­ ested in developing such a program.” http://www.library.arizona.edu/rio 282 / C&RL News ■ A p ril 1999 The members of the Education Project Team are Laura Bender, Science-Engineer­ ing librarian; Ann Eagan, Undergraduate Ser- vices/Science-Engineering librarian; Louise Greenfield, Fine Arts/Humanities librarian; Cathy Larson, Social Sciences librarian; Claire Macha, Science-Engineering librarian; Judy Marley, Fine Arts/Humanities librarian; Jeff Rosen, Social Sciences librarian; and Karen Williams, Social Sciences team leader. Three interns from the School of Information Re­ sources and Library Science at UA assisted the team—Jerrilyn Blackman, John Olsen, and James Tyler. The award, a citation, will be presented at the IS dinner during the ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans, on Ju ne 25, 1999. Bruce w in s IS Publication Award Christine S. Bruce, lecturer in the Queensland University of Technology’s (QUT) School of Information Systems in Brisbane, Australia, is the 1999 winner of the Instruction S e ctio n 's Publication Award for her b ook, T he Seven Faces o f Inform ation Lit- eracy (Adelaide, Austra­ lia: Auslib Press, 1997). Robert F. Rose, chair of the award commit­ te e, said, “Christine B ru ce’s work is pro­ vocative and challenging and presents a unique interpretation of the ‘phenomenon’ of information literacy. Bruce explores the different ways in which information literacy is experienced by people and in so doing develops seven new concepts— or concep­ tions— based on user definitions. Bruce’s work has made a significant contribution to the literature of information literacy and will likely generate further research in the bur­ geoning and increasingly important field.” Bruce’s book, an outcome of her doc­ toral, dissertation posits a relational model of information literacy rather than the more traditional behaviorist model. Her work cre­ ates a new theoretical framework for un­ derstanding the phenomenon o f information literacy. While not intended to be used as a practical guide for implementing instruc­ tional programs, many practitioners will find Bruce’s work useful in understanding a theo­ retical construct within which their work takes place. Bruce’s first professional appointment was as civil engineering librarian in the QUT Li­ brary, following which she was appointed the Advanced Information Retrieval Skills co­ ordinator, and later the User Education coor­ dinator for the amalgamated QUT Library. The award, a citation, will presented dur­ ing the ALA Annual Conference in New Or­ leans, at the IS program, on June 25, 1999. Goldberg w in s Marta Lange/CQ Aw ard Jolande E. Goldberg, senior cataloging policy specialist (Law Classification) at the Library of Congress, is the 1999 recipient of the Marta Lange/CQ Award. The award is administered by ACRL’s Law and Political Science Section (LPSS) and sponsored by C ongressional Q uar­ terly in honor of former LPSS chair Marta Lange. R o se m ary A llen L ittle , c h a ir o f th e award committee, said, “In nearly 30 years as law classification spe­ cialist, G oldberg has developed several clas­ Jolande E. Goldberg sification schedules in law-related disciplines. She was also respon­ sible for substantial revisions and changes in LC Classification policies in connection with the J schedules for Political Science. It is clear that her understanding o f compara­ tive, Roman, and foreign law, including civil and common law-based systems, has been a tremendous asset.” Her colleagues at the Library of Congress have cited her outreach activities at home and abroad. She has been involved in reclas­ sification projects at Yale, Harvard, and Ber­ keley, and recently has been working with the Vatican Library on the Canon Law sched­ ules. The Library of Congress law classifica­ tion is being used at the Political Science Institute o f the University of Leipzig, the Cultural Heritage Library in Berlin, the Bibliotheque de Parliament in Canada, the University of Jerusalem in Israel, and Sophia University in Japan, to name a few. C&RL News ■ A p ril 1999 / 283 The cash award and a citation will be pre­ sented at the LPSS lunch on June 26, 1999, at the ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans. Hacken receives the M artinus Nijhoff W est European Study Grant Richard Hacken, European Studies bibliog­ rapher for Brigham Young University, has b e e n aw ard ed the Martinus Nijhoff West E uropean Specialists Study Grant for 1999. The grant o f 10,000 Dutch guilders, covers air travel to and from Europe, transportation in Europe, and lodging and board in selected sites for a period not to exceed 14 consecutive days. Hacken will use the grant to travel to Vienna, where he will research the topic “To­ wards Reconstructing the Fate of Viennese Jewish Libraries in the Nazi Era.” Heleni Pedersoli, chair of the award com­ mittee, said, “the jury was impressed with the presentation, organization, content, and the tim eliness o f the subject m atter” o f Hacken’s proposal. After visiting for the first time over a de­ cade ago the lone surviving Viennese syna­ gogue from that time period, Hacken was deeply moved by the human history and cul­ tural riches that had been lost in that city fol­ lowing the “Anschluss” of 1938. This grant will allow him to delve into the historic documents and inventories, which he hopes will help cat­ egorize types of Viennese Jewish libraries and their main areas of collection strength, data that can show the reading habits of a historic popu­ lace at the height of their culture. The award will be presented at the WESS general membership meeting on June 28 at 9:30 a.m. during the ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans. Doctoral Dissertation Fellow ship aw arded to A lenka Šauperl Alenka Šauperl, doctoral candidate at the Uni­ versity of North Carolina at Chapel-Hill (UNC- CH) School o f Information and Library Sci­ ence, has been awarded the 1999 ACRL/ISI Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship for her work “Subject Determination During the Catalog­ ing Process.” William Gray Potter, chair of the award committee, said, “As the title implies, the purpose of her research is to investigate how catalogers determine the topic of a document and choose the appropriate subject descrip­ tion. She is doing this by gathering data on the process catalogers at three different aca­ demic libraries actually go through in assign­ ing subject headings. “While many may think that cataloging is a dying art, in fact there is an increasing vol­ ume of material to be cataloged, including resources on the Web and specialized col­ lections in libraries that have never been fully cataloged. A better understanding of how catalogers assign subject headings can lead to increased productivity and enhanced ac­ cess for our readers.” Once she has completed the dissertation, she will teach in the Department o f Library Science at the Faculty of Arts of the Univer­ sity of Ljubljana in Slovenia. She is also in­ volved in the development of an academic and research library at a new university be­ ing developed in Slovenia. Šauperl has a distinguished academic record at UNC-CH, including receiving the Lester Asheim Award for distinguished work in the doctoral program. The award, $1,500 and a plaque, is do­ nated by the Institute for Scientific Informa­ tion (ISI) and will be presented at the ACRL Award Ceremony/Membership Meeting dur­ ing the ALA Annual Conference in New Or­ leans, June 28, 1999, at 2 p.m. Robert A. G ross w in s aw ard fo r best article in RBML Robert A. Gross is the winner of the 1999 R are B ooks a n d M anuscripts L ibrarian ship (RBML) Award for best article for “Commu­ nications Revolutions: Writing a History of the Book for an Electronic Age” (volume 13:1, 1998). Members of the award committee praised the article as “offering a broad view of the field and a summary of scholarship in the history of the book, based on substantial and thoughtful re­ search, and providing refreshing and useful per­ spectives for teaching and as a context for the practice o f special collections librarianship. [His] p re s e n ta tio n at the 1997 RMBS 284 / C&RL News ■ A p r il! 999 Preconference, on which the article is based, was well received, and we are pleased to see it translated into this per­ manent form.” Gross has been the Forrest D. Murden Jr. professor of history and American Studies at the College of William and Mary since 1992, where he also served as direc­ tor of American Studies (1988-98). He is spend­ Robert A. Gross ing this year in Denmark at Odense University as a Fulbright Chair in American Studies. The award, $1,000 and a certificate donated by Christie, Manson & Woods, Inc., will be presented at the RBMS program during the ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans on June 27, 1999, at 2:00 p.m. Oberly Aw ard goes to Eli MacLaren Eli MacLaren has been awarded the 1999 Oberly Award for Bibliography in the Agricul­ tural Sciences for his book Wolves: Ecology, Conservation a n d M anagem ent: An A nnotated Bibliography (Edmonton: Canadian Circumpo­ lar Institute, 1997). The award, given in odd-numbered years, includes a cash prize and citation donated by the Oberly Endowment Fund. It will be pre­ sented during the ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans. Bahde and Richland College receive Com m unity College aw ards Wanda Johnston Bahde, a consultant and trainer for libraries, educational institutions and businesses, has been chosen to receive the EBSCO Community Col­ lege Learning Resources L ead ership Award, sponsored by ACRL’s Community and Junior College Libraries Section (CJCLS) and EBSCO In­ formation Services. M em bers o f the award com m ittee se­ Wanda Johnston Bahde lected Bahde for its lead­ ership award because of “her many years of profession leadership. She authored Administering the Comm unity Col- lege Learning Resources Program, the only cur­ rent text available on managing community colleges. She demonstrated national leader­ ship in her many articles, and was active in the development of the 1994 “Standards for Community, Junior, and Technical College Learning Resource Programs.” She has been active in both grantwriting and in teaching others about this skill. Finally, she has directly promoted community college libraries by tak­ ing an active role in her community’s Cham­ ber of Commerce leadership programs.” Bahde’s held a number of positions includ­ ing director of Learning Resources at Central Florida Community College (1995-98); direc­ tor of Learning Resources at Broome Commu­ nity College (1992-95); director of Library Ser­ vices at St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley (1990-92); and director of Learning Resources at Morton College (1984-90). She has been a member of the ALA since 1980; and she has held many CJCLS commit­ tee positions for ACRL including, chair (1997— 98), secretary (1994-95), Board Member (1992- present), chair of the Bibliographic Instruc­ tion Committee (1991-95), chair of the Re­ search and Publication Committee (1 9 9 8 - present), and chair of the Mentoring Ad Hoc Committee (1994-97). She also served on vari­ ous committees for the Association for Educa­ tional Communications and Technology (1973- 97); the College Center for Library Automa­ tion (1995-98); and the Florida Library Asso­ ciation (1997-present). Richland College in Dallas, Texas, will re­ ceive this year’s EBSCO Community College Learning Resources Program Award. The college was chosen, the award com­ mittee said, “because its bibliographic program for students, which includes instructions on using the online catalog, the Internet, CD-ROM databases and the MIA format, is outstanding. The printed materials supporting this program are excellent. They include instructional hand­ outs and the Library H andbook, which is a comprehensive guide to library research. The extensive Library Home Page Website is also an important element of this innovative pro­ gram.” The awards, $500 and a plaque, are do­ nated by EBSCO Subscription Services and will be presented at the CJCLS business meeting during the ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans on June, 26, 1999, at 8:00 a.m. ■ 286 / C&RL News ■ A p ril 1999