sept12_b.indd C&RL News September 2012 474 For more than three quarters of a century, ACRL has been committed to celebrating the achievements of deserving academic and research librarians through the presentation of awards, grants, and fellowships. Every year ACRL extends recognition and honor to the winners of its awards. Thanks to generous corporate sponsorship that provides almost $35,000, ACRL has and will continue to nominate, select, and honor the very best in academic librari- anship. ACRL mem- bers are an in- tegral part of our successful awards program. Please consider acknowledging those who have influenced your thinking, your p r a c t i c e , a n d your growth as an academic or research librar- ian. We urge you to nominate col- leagues whose work you admire, and whose contributions merit recognition by the profession. Your nominations will ensure that the pool of candidates for each award remains both competitive and distinguished. Complete information about the ACRL awards program, including nomination pro- cedures, past winners, criteria, and contacts, is available in the “Awards & Scholarships” section of the ACRL Web site at www.acrl.org. December 7, 2012, is the deadline for most of the awards to be presented in 2013. A brief description of each award is listed below. Achievement and distinguished service awards • Excellence in Academic Libraries Award (sponsored by YBP Library Services): $3,000 for each type of library award (college, community college, and university). Recog- nizes academic libraries that are outstanding in furthering the educational missions of their institutions. • Academic/Research Librarian of the Year Award (sponsored by YBP Library Ser- vices): $5,000 award. Recogniz- es an outstand- ing member of the academic or research library profession. • Hugh C. Atkinson Me- morial Award (sponsored by ACRL, Associa- tion for Library Collections and Technical Ser- vices [ALCTS], Li- brary Leadership and Management Association [LLAMA], Library and Information Technology Association [LITA]): cash award. Recognizes outstanding achievements (including risk-taking) in the areas of library automation, management, or development and research. • Law and Political Science Section Marta Lange/CQ Press Award (sponsored by Casey Kinson is ACRL program coordinator, e-mail: ckinson@ala.org © 2012 Casey Kinson Casey Kinson ACRL’s 2013 Awards Program Honoring outstanding achievements in academic librarianship Paula T. Kaufman, 2012 Academic/Research Librarian of the Year, with 2011–12 ACRL President Joyce L. Ogburn and Mark Kendall, senior vice president of sales for YBP Library Services. September 2012 475 C&RL News CQ Press): $1,000 award. Recognizes a librar- ian who has made distinguished contributions to bibliography and information service in law or political science. • Miriam Dudley Instruction Librarian Award: Award TBD. Recognizes an individual librarian for significant contributions to the ad- vancement of instruction in a college or research library environment. • Instruction Section Innovation Award (sponsored by ProQuest): $3,000 award for librarians who have implemented innovative approaches to information literacy at their respective institutions or in their communities. • College Libraries Section ProQuest In- novation in College Librarianship Award (sponsored by ProQuest): $3,000 award for librarians who demonstrate a capacity for inno- vation in working with or serving undergradu- ates or instructors in the areas of programs, services, and operations; or creating innova- tions for library colleagues that facilitate their ability to better serve the library’s community. • Community College Learning Re- sources Leadership/Library Achievement Awards (sponsored by EBSCO Information Services): $500 for each of two awards rec- ognizing outstanding achievement in library programs or leadership. • Routledge Distance Learning Librari- anship Conference Sponsorship Award (sponsored by Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group): $1,200 conference sponsorship award to honor any individual ACRL member working in the field of, or contributing to the success of, distance learning librarianship or related library service in higher education. • Distinguished Education and Behav- ioral Sciences Librarian Award (sponsored by John Wiley & Sons): Award TBD. Honors outstanding contributions to education and behavioral sciences librarianship through ac- complishments and service to the profession. • Innovation in Science and Technol- ogy Librarianship Award (sponsored by IEEE): Awards $3,000 in recognition of cre- ative, innovative approaches to solving prob- lems, or improving products and services in science and technology librarianship. • Women and Gender Studies Section Award for Career Achievement: Recognizes career achievement in the area of women’s studies and gender studies librarianship. • Women and Gender Studies Section Award for Significant Achievement: Hon- ors a distinguished academic librarian who has made outstanding contributions to women and gender studies through accomplishments and service to the profession. Research awards and grants • WESS De Gruyter European Librarian- ship Study Grant (sponsored by the Walter de Gruyter Foundation for Scholarship and Research): EUR 2,500 grant supports research in European studies with an emphasis on librarian- ship, the book trade, resource documentation and similar information-science related topics. Publications • Katharine Kyes Leab and Daniel J. Leab Exhibition Catalogue Awards (sponsored by Katharine Kyes Leab and Daniel J. Leab, American Book Prices Current): Recognizes outstanding catalogues published by Ameri- can or Canadian institutions in conjunction with library exhibitions. Deadline: October 15, 2012. • Ilene F. Rockman Instruction Pub- lication of the Year Award (sponsored by Emerald Group Publishing Limited): $3,000 to recognize an outstanding publication related to instruction in a library environment published in the last two years. • Science and Technology Section Oberly Award for Bibliography in the Ag- ricultural or Natural Sciences: This biennial award is given in odd-numbered years for the best English-language bibliography in the field of agriculture or a related science. If you would like more information about the ACRL 2013 Awards Program, visit the “Awards & Scholarships” section of our Web site at www.acrl.org or contact ACRL Program Coordinator Casey Kinson at ckinson@ala.org. We welcome your nominations and look forward to celebrating achievements in aca- demic librarianship in 2013.