ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


1 8 4 / C & RL News

ACRL honors the best in academic and research 
librarianship

Carla Stoffle, director of libraries at the Univer­
sity of Arizona, has been nam ed the 1992 ACRL 
Academic or Research Librarian of the Year. Stoffle 
will receive the award (a $3,000 cash award and 
citation) at a reception given in her honor on June 
29,1992, at 5:30 p.m. during ALA’s Annual Confer­
ence in San Francisco. T he reception imm ediately 
follows ACRL’s President’s Program. Baker & Tay­
lor Books donates the cash award and citation.

In nom inating Stoffle, h e r colleagues said, “H er 
influence on the profession has been im m easur­
able. Few  librarians of her generation have so 
involved themselves in national issues …  consis­
tently dem onstrated the kind of
dedication and com m itm ent to 
the profession that she has.”

In selecting Stoffle for the 
association’s highest honor, com ­
m ittee chair Karen W ittenborg 
said, “W e w e re  p a rtic u la rly  
struck by the span of h e r inter­
est.” The com m ittee cited her 
contributions to the develop­
m ent o f bibliographic instruc­
tion and user services. As her 
colleagues noted, “th e  biblio­
g ra p h ic  in stru c tio n  program  
which she developed at the Uni­
versity o f W isconsin-Parkside 
attracted the attention of the na­
tional m edia in the mid-seven- 
ties . .  . [and] served as a model 
for program s developed at many 
other institutions.” Carla Stoffle: “

Stoffle’s support o f issues re­ the profess
lated to diversity and the recruit­ immea
m ent of minorities to the profes­
sion were also n oted by the com m ittee. She estab­
lished a minority retention dem onstration project 
at the University o f Wisconsin-Parkside and was the 
leader in the developm ent of the P eer Inform ation 
Counseling Program at the University o f Michigan 
Library. W hile at Michigan she initiated steps to 
improve th e  attitudes toward and com m itm ent to 
diversity. T he programs she developed are “models 
for setting goals and achieving progress in minority 
recruitm ent and involvement,” according to those 
who nom inated her.

Stoffle’s contributions to  the profession’s asso­
ciations are num erous. She has been active in 
ACRL since 1975 and was one of the founding 
m em bers of the Bibliographic Instruction Section. 
She was elected ACRL’s president for 1982-83 and

served on the Board of Directors from 1981 to 1983. 
She then became active in ALA and was elected to 
th e  Council in 1983. She has served on the ALA 
Executive Board since 1985 and as ALA Treasurer 
since 1988.

Stoffle has written and spoken widely, authoring 
th ree  books, num erous articles and chapters, and 
making countless presentations. H e r writing has 
focused predominantly on academic libraries, ad­
dressing programmatic initiatives and innovative 
approaches to service on topics such as biblio­
graphic instruction, leadership, the M-Link Project, 
libraries and undergraduates, involvement in the 

profession, and future trends in 
academic librarianship.

Stoffle is the recipient of the 
Miriam D udley Bibliographic 
Instruction Librarian oft he Year 
Award (1991), the Outstanding 
Alumnus o f the College o f In ­
formation Science, University 
o f Kentucky Award (1989), and 
th e  R eference Service Press 
Award (1986).

Stoffle began h er career as a 
library intern at the University 
o f Kentucky. She also held li­
brary positions at the Univer­
sity o f W isco n sin -P ark sid e, 
where she eventually became 
assistant chancellor for educa­
tional services. After that she 
served as associate director for 

H er influence on public services at the University 
ion has been of Michigan and was prom oted 
surable. ” to deputy director there in 1986, 

a position she held until 1991 
w hen she assumed h e r c u rrent position at the 
University o f Arizona.

T he Academic or Research Librarian of the Year 
Award is given annually to recognize an individual 
who is making outstanding contributions to aca­
dem ic or research librarianship and library devel­
opm ent. Previous winners have included Richard 
D e G ennaro (1991); Patricia Battin (1990); John P. 
McGowan (1989); Edward G. Holley (1988); Duane 
W ebster (1987); Margaret Beckman (1986); Jessie 
C arney Smith (1985); Richard D. Johnson (1984); 
Richard M. Dougherty (1983); William Budington 
(1982); Beverly P. Lynch (1981); Evan Ira F arber 
(1980); H enriette D. Avram and Frederick G. 
Kilgour (1979); Keyes D. M etcalf and Robert D. 
Downs (1978). ■  ■