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Megan
Griffin



ACRL
honors
the
2007
WSS
award


winners

Recognizing achievement 

WSS Significant Achievement Awards 
The winners of the 2007 ACRL Women’s 
Studies Section (WSS) Award for Signifi cant 
Achievement in Woman’s Studies Librarian­
ship presented a panel at the 2006 National 
Women’s Studies Association (NWSA) meet­
ing, entitled “Locating Women’s Studies 
Information: Contemporary Quandaries in 
Providing Effective Access to Feminist Ma­
terials.” 

The panelists were as follows: Jennifer Gil­
ley (head librarian, Pennsylvania State­ New 
Kensington), Kayo Denda (women’s studies 
librarian, Rutgers University), Jenna Freedman 
(coordinator of reference services and Zine 
librarian, Barnard College), Sharon Ladenson 
(gender studies and communications librar­
ian, Michigan State University). 

The WSS award, sponsored by Routledge, 
honors a significant or one­time contribution 
to women’s studies librarianship. 

A $1,000 award and a plaque will be 
presented to the four panelists during the 
2007 ALA Annual Conference in Washington 
D.C. at the WSS Program on Monday, June 
25, at 8:00 a.m. 

“The panel covered important issues 
related to women’s studies resources,” said 
Megan Adams Brooks, chair of the WSS award 
committee. “The panel was signifi cant for 
taking the initiative as librarians to present 
at a conference of the professional organi­
zation of women’s studies teaching faculty 
and researchers. By addressing several is­
sues related to women’s studies resources, 
the panel offered an excellent model that 
should encourage other members of WSS 

to prepare panel proposals for future NWSA 
conferences.” 

River awarded WSS Career 
Achievement Award 
Sandra (Sandy) A. River, architecture and 
humanities librarian at the Texas Tech Univer­
sity Libraries, has been selected as the 2007 
winner of the ACRL Women’s Studies Sec­
tion (WSS) Career Achievement Award. The 
award, sponsored by Greenwood Publishing 
Group, Inc., honors signifi cant long­standing 
contributions to women’s studies in the fi eld 
of librarianship over the course of a career. 

A cash prize of $1,000 and a plaque will be 
presented to River during the 2007 American 
Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference 
in Washington D.C. at the WSS Program on 
Monday, June 25, at 8:00 a.m. 

“Sandy’s leadership in the ACRL Women’s 
Studies Section is exemplary,” said Megan 
Adams Brooks, chair of the WSS award com­
mittee. “She has been a leader in Women’s 
Studies Librarianship for many years and she 
continues to be a force within the ACRL WSS, 
not only by her activities and participation on 
committees but also through her mentorship 
of young librarians.” 

River received her M.A. in Philosophy 
from Texas Tech University, and her MLS in 
Library Science from the University of North 
Texas. She received her B.A. in Political Sci­
ence from Mankato State College. 

Megan Griffin is ACRL program coordinator, e-mail: 
mgriffi  n@ala.org 
© 2007 Megan Griffin 

380C&RL News June 2007

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