ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


C&RL News ■  Se p tem ber 1998 / 589

C o l l e g e  & . R e s e a r c h  L i b r a r i e s

ACRL awards for 1999
Honoring accomplishments and supporting professional development

by Jack Briody

A
CRL provides opportunities to recognize 
important contributions to the field of aca­

demic or research librarianship through the ACRL 
Awards Program. The ACRL Board of Directors, 
with the help o f vendors and hard work from 
ACRL members, provides support for these rec­
ognition opportunities. ACRL currently has 15 
awards in three categories: achievement and dis­
tinguished service awards, research awards/ 
grants, and publications.

These opportunities are made available thanks 
largely to the ongoing support of vendors with 
strong ties and interests in the academic/research 
field who provide funding for 10 of ACRL’s 15 
awards. The award juries are comprised of ACRL 
members appointed by either the ACRL presi­
dent or the appropriate section’s chair. The ju­
ries rely heavily on the ACRL membership to act 
as their eyes and ears in finding the truly com­
mendable and outstanding of the profession.

Each award has a flyer (available on ACRL’s 
homepage or from the ACRL office) that gives 
information on the award amount, criteria, sub­
mission procedures, and who to contact for as­
sistance or questions. Members are strongly en­
couraged to make nominations or applications 
for these awards.

Most awards have a December 1, 1998, sub­
mission deadline.

The ACRL awards are listed below; sponsors 
are noted in parentheses.

A c h ie v e m e n t  a n d  d is t in g u is h e d  
s e r v ic e  a w a r d s

• Academic or Research Librarian o f the 
Year Award (Baker and Taylor Books).

• Community College Learning Resources/ 
Library Achievement Awards (EBSCO Sub­
scription Services).

• Marta Lange/CQ Award for Law Librarians 
(Congressional Quarterly).

• Miriam Dudley Instruction Librarian Award 
(/AI Press).

• Instruction Section Innovation in Instruc­
tion Award.

• Distinguished Education and Behavioral 
Sciences Librarian Award.

• Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award (ACRL, 
LAMA, UTA, ALCTS).

Research aw ards/grants
• Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship (Institute 

fo r  Scientific Information).
• Samuel Lazerow Fellowship for Research 

in Acquisitions or Technical Services (Institute 
f o r  Scientific Information).

• West European Specialist Study Grant 
(Martinus Nijhoff International).

P u b licatio n s
• Katharine Kyes Leab and Daniel J. Leab 

Exhibition Catalogue Awards (Katharine Kyes 
Leab and Daniel J. Leab American Book Prices 
Current).

• Rare Books and Manuscripts Librarianship 
Award (Christie, Manson and Woods).

• K. G. Saur Award for Best Article in C&RL 
(R. R. Bowker/K.G. Saur).

• Instruction Section Publication Award.
• Oberly Award for Bibliography in the Agri­

cultural Sciences.

M ore in fo rm atio n  availab le
More information is available on ACRL’s 
homepage (http://www.ala.org/acrl/award2. 
html) under “Professional Development” or from 
the ACRL office. Contact: Jack Briody at (800) 
545-2433, ext 2516, or jbriody@ala.org.

About the author

Jack Briody is ACRL design/production assistant and manages ACRL's awards program, e-mail: jbriody@ala. org

http://www.ala.org/acrl/award2
mailto:jbriody@ala.org


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