ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries C & R L N e w s ■ M a y 2 0 0 0 / 3 8 3 ACRL " E x c e lle n c e in A ca d e m ic L ib ra rie s " winners hold celebrations T h e N o r th C a r o l i n a S t a t e U n iv e r s it y (N C SU )Libraries sta g e d a festiv e c e le b ra tio n o n M arch 21, 2 0 0 0 , in h o n o r o f its s e le c tio n as th e first re c ip ie n t o f ACRL’s E x c e lle n c e in A c a d e m ic Libraries Aw ard in th e u n iversity ca te g o ry . N early 2 0 0 individuals e n jo y e d a n e le g a n t lu n c h e o n b e fo r e th e o fficial c e re m o n y b e g a n . A m o n g th o s e atten d in g w e re library s ta ff m e m b e rs , cu rren t a n d retired library a d m inistrators, university adm inistrators an d fa c ulty, m e m b e rs o f th e F rien d s o f th e Library B o a r d o f D i r e c t o r s , s ta te le g is la to r s , an d s p e c i a l g u e s ts . E a c h guest received a gold- plated com m em orative b o o k m ark from the li braries and a red bu t ton supplied b y ACRL A C R L P resid en t Larry H ard esty and B la ck w ell's Book Services Don Satisky presented th e aw ard to NCSU o fficia ls. North Carolina le g isla to rs and a u th o r Kaye G ib b o ns also attend ed th e even t. that read, “NCSU Librar ies: B e st o f the B e st.” Larry L. H ard esty , p resid en t o f ACRL, for m ally p r e s e n te d th e h a n d s o m e ciy sta l aw ard to NC State C h a n c e llo r M arye A n n e F o x and P ro v o st K erm it L. Hall. H all e x p r e s s e d h is a d m ira tio n fo r Su san N utter’s o u tstan d in g le a d e rsh ip as library d ire cto r b e fo r e a n n o u n c in g th e lib rary ’s latest ARL ran k in g , a rise to 35 o u t o f 111 a c a d e m ic r e s e a r c h libraries. F o llo w in g th e aw ard p re se n ta tio n , D o n ald Satisky, v ic e p re sid e n t fo r in tern a tio n a l sa le s an d m a rk etin g fo r B la c k w e ll’s B o o k S erv ices, In c ., d e liv e re d a $ 3 ,0 0 0 c h e c k to J in n ie Y. D avis, assistan t d irecto r fo r Sch o larly C o m m u n ica tio n an d E x te rn a l R elation s. D avis w as re p re se n tin g V ice P ro v o st an d D ire cto r o f Li b raries Su san K. Nutter, w h o w as u n a b le to atten d th e c e re m o n y b e c a u s e o f surgery. F rie n d s o f th e L ib ra ry ’s A u th o r-in -R e si- d e n c e , in te rn a tio n a lly a c c la im e d w riter K ay e G ib b o n s , lo v in g ly d e s c rib e d h e r m a n y y ears o f a s s o c ia tio n w ith th e NCSU Libraries. S h e w o rk e d th e re du rin g h e r u n d erg rad u ate days at th e university, a n d s h e r e c a lle d vividly h e r first e n c o u n te r w ith n ew ly h ire d library di re c to r S u sa n N utter fro m MIT. S h e cla im e d sh e just sa u n tered right in to N utter s orrice o n e d ay a n d said, “I u n d ersta n d y o u ’re fro m ‘u p th e r e ’ a n d y o u ’re g o in g to h a v e this p la c e full o f c o m p u te r s a n d I w a n t it s m e llin g lik e b o o k s .” G ib b o n s ad d ed s h e w a n te d th e library to alw ays sm ell like b o o k s , w h ic h Nutter p ro m ised to d o. F ro m this initial e n c o u n te r, th e A u th or-in -R esid en ce p rogram b lo sso m e d , w ith K ay e G ib b o n s p ro v id in g u n stin tin g su p p ort, talks, an d d o n atio n s to an institution sh e ch e r ish es. A lto g eth er, it w a s a n o c c a s io n th at e n c o m p a s s e d th e en tire university and a c c o m p lish ed th e E x c e lle n c e in A ca d em ic Libraries Award p ro g ra m ’s g oal o f a c h ie v in g c a m p u s r e c o g n itio n o f aw ard - w in n in g libraries. P u b licity a b o u t th e aw ard resu lted in a n editorial in th e Raleigh n ew sp a p e r p raisin g th e NCSU Libraries’ a ch ie v e m e n ts w h ile n o tin g th e n e e d to su stain its m o m e n t u m . — T e rre ll A . Croiv, e -m a il: terry _ crow @ ncsu.edu, a n d Jin n ie Y Daivs, NCSU Libraries, e-mail: jinnie_davis@ ncsu.edu College of DuPage and Wellesley College Libraries Ed. note: T h e C o lle g e o f D u P a g e Library , w in n e r in th e c o m m u n ity c o lle g e ca te g o ry , will h o ld a r e c e p tio n o n M ay 10 at 5 :3 0 p .m ., h o s t e d b y th e B o a r d o f T r u s t e e s . A lth e a J e n k i n s , e x e c u t iv e d ir e c t o r o f ACRL, w ill p re se n t th e p la q u e , a n d a re p re se n ta tiv e o f B la c k w e ll’s B o o k S e r v ic e s w ill p r e s e n t th e c h e c k . W e llesley C o lle g e Library, w in n e r in th e c o lle g e c a te g o ry , p la n s a c e r e m o n y o n th e step s o f th e M argaret C lap p Library w ith a n o u td o o r r e c e p tio n to fo llo w o n M on d ay, M ay 15 fro m 4 :0 0 -6 :0 0 p .m . S p e a k e rs at th e c e r e m o n y w ill in clu d e W ellesley C o lle g e P resi d en t D ia n a C h a p m a n W alsh, a n d D e a n o f th e C o lle g e L ee C uba. ■ mailto:crow@ncsu.edu mailto:jinnie_davis@ncsu.edu