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Megan
Bielefeld


ACRL
honors
the
2006
award



Jean
E.
Dryden


winners

The final installment 

Dryden named Doctoral Dissertation 
Fellowship award winner 
Jean E. Dryden, a doctoral degree candidate at 
the University of Toronto, has been awarded 

the 2006 ACRL Doctoral 
Dissertation Fellowship 
for her proposal, “Copy­
right in the Real World: 
Copyright and Archival 
Material on the Inter­
net.” Her research will 
investigate the impact 
of copyright law on the 

current practices of Cana­
dian repositories in making the primary source 
material preserved by archives and library 
special collections available on the Internet. 

The fellowship is sponsored by Thomson 
Scientific and fosters research in academic 
librarianship by encouraging and supporting 
dissertation research. 

“The committee took particular note of 
Ms. Dryden’s research as the implications 
extend beyond archives and is applicable to 
all academic libraries,” said Teresa Y. Neely, 
chair of the selection committee and director 
of the Zimmerman Library at the University of 
New Mexico. “It has the potential to impact 
and justify changes in current law, cultural 
policy, and professional practice; as well as 
impact the identification and clarifi cation of 
users’ rights and fair use in relation to primary 
source material.” 

Dryden received her BA in English and His­
tory from the Queen’s University in Kingston, 
Ontario (1970) and received her MA from 
the Institute of Canadian Studies at Carleton 
University in Ottawa (1972). She earned her 

MLS at the University of Western Ontario in 
London (1983). 

The award of $1,500 and a plaque will be 
presented at the 2006 ALA Annual Conference 
in New Orleans during the ACRL President’s 
Program on Monday, June 26, at 1:30 p.m. 

Craig named ACRL DLS Haworth 
Press Distance Learning Librarian 
Conference Sponsorship award winner 
Monica Hines Craig, off­campus librarian for 
the Metro Detroit Region at Central Michigan 
University, has been named the 2006 recipient 
of the ACRL Distance Learning Section (DLS) 
Haworth Press Distance Learning Librarian 
Conference Sponsorship Award. 

This annual award honors an ACRL member 
working in the field of, or contributing to the 
success of, distance learning librarianship or 
related library service 
in higher education. 

“Monica is one of 
our founders, having 
been an active member 
and contributor since 
the Distance Learning 
Section of ACRL was 
established in 1990,” 
said Tom Abbott, chair 
of the DLS award com­
mittee. “She has made 
significant contributions to the field of distance 
learning librarianship through teaching and 
supporting off­campus students and faculty 
at Central Michigan University for the past 18 

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Hines
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years. She is a mentor, collaborator, and cheer­
leader for DL librarians, student and faculty 
alike. Her ‘quiet’ and distinguished leadership 
is valued and respected by all.” 

Craig received her BA from Michigan State 
University (1975), and earned her MSLS from 
the University of Michigan (1978). 

The Haworth Press, Inc., sponsor of the 
award, will present the $1,200 award and 
plaque at the ALA Annual Conference in New 
Orleans during the DLS program on Saturday, 
June 24, at 4:00 p.m. 

Hutchins named ACRL/EBSS 
Distinguished Librarian 
Elizabeth Oakley Hutchins, former coordinator 
of library instruction at St. Olaf College Librar­
ies, has been chosen to receive the 2006 ACRL 
Education and Behavioral Sciences Section 
(EBSS) Distinguished Education & Behavioral 
Sciences Librarian Award. 

This award honors a distinguished aca­
demic librarian who has made an outstanding 
contribution as an education and/or behavioral 
sciences librarian through accomplishments 
and service to the profession. 

“Elizabeth Oakley 
Hutchins forged the way 
in faculty collaboration 
with librarians for in­
struction,” said award 
committee chair Nancy 
P. O’Brien. “Her publica­
tions, research, confer­
ence presentations and 
professional service, 
spanning more than two 

decades, all reflect a collaborative approach 
with teaching faculty to instill excellent peda­
gogical practices into the classroom. Her work 
in private and public schools in the U.S. and 
overseas as well as her more recent work in 
academic libraries demonstrate commitment to 
the education of students at all levels.” 

Hutchins received her BA in Political 
Science from Wellesley College (1965). She 
earned her MS from the Graduate School of 
Library and Information Science at Simmons 
College (1973), and her M. Div. in Religion, 

Elizabeth
Oakley


Hutchins



Gender and Culture/Women’s Studies from 
Harvard University (1994). 

A prize of $1,000 and a plaque, donated by 
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., will be presented to 
Hutchins during the ALA Annual Conference in 
New Orleans at the EBSS Program on Saturday, 
June 24, 2006, at 1:30 p.m. 

Anderson wins ACRL CJCLS Leadership 
award 
Susan Anderson, director of libraries at St. Pe­
tersburg College, has been selected as the 2006 
winner of the ACRL CJCLS/EBSCO Community 
College Learning Resources Leadership Award. 
The award honors significant achievement in 
the advocacy of learning resources, as well as 
leadership in professional organizations that 
support the missions of community, junior, 
and technical colleges. 

“Susan Anderson embodies the spirit of the 
CJCLS/EBSCO Leadership award criteria,” said 
Alice Lubrecht, CJCLS award committee chair. 
“She consistently contributes to the mission of 
community colleges in general and specifi cally 
within her institution through her outstand­
ing work. This work exemplifies the highest 
quality work of an academic professional in 
that it includes research and publication, ser­
vice within her institution, service within her 
community, and commitment to and service 
within her professional association and her col­
leagues. She is much admired and respected 
in her academic community.” 

A citation and $500, donated by EBSCO 
Information Services, will be presented to An­
derson at the ALA Annual Conference in New 
Orleans during the CJCLS Awards Breakfast, 
Saturday, June 24, at 8:00 a.m. 

Unique Student Orientation wins ACRL 
CJCLS Program award 
ACRL is pleased to announce that Eva Lauter­
mann, library director; Sherry Durren, informa­
tion literacy librarian; and Lois Shelton, library 
technical assistant, of the Georgia Perimeter 
College Jim Cherry Learning Resources Cen­
ter, have been chosen to receive the 2006 
CJCLS/EBSCO Community College Learning 
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their work on the CSI: Information Literacy 
orientation. Using the television series, CSI, 
as their inspiration, the librarians wrote a 
script and clues for the orientation program 
in order to help familiarize students with us­
ing the library. 

“This unique orientation, initiated by the 
librarians and coordinated with the Joint En­
rollment and Student Services Offices, is an 
outstanding example of creative, involved, 
professional librarians who stay focused on 
students and contribute to the overall mission 
of their institution,” said award committee 
chair Alice Lubrecht. 

A citation and $500, donated by EBSCO 
Information Services, will be presented to the 
award winners during the ALA Annual Con­
ference in New Orleans at the CJCLS Awards 
Breakfast, Saturday, June 24, at 8:00 a.m. 

Askey named ACRL WESS Coutts 
Nijhoff International West European 
Specialist Study grant winner 
Dale Askey, Web development librarian at 
the Kansas State University libraries, has been 
selected to receive the 2006 ACRL Western Eu­
ropean Studies Section (WESS) Coutts Nijhoff 
International West European Specialist Study 
Grant. This grant covers airfare to and from 
Europe, transportation in Europe, and lodg­
ing and board for up to 14 days. The primary 
criterion for awarding the grant is the signifi ­
cance and utility of the proposed project as 
a contribution to the study of the acquisition, 
organization, or use of library materials from 
or relating to Western Europe. 

Askey’s proposal entitled, “Documenting a 
Vanishing Culture: German­language Literature 
from Czechoslovakia, 1945–1990,” aims to 
examine unpublished materials documenting 
continued creative efforts of German­speaking 
residents of Czechoslovakia from the period 
following World War II through the breakup 
of the country. 

“This proposal was chosen from an out­
standing field,” said award committee chair 
Thomas M. Izbicki. “It was well crafted with 
a careful plan for the project presented in de­
tail. The need to interview surviving authors 

from the German minority in Czechoslovakia 
was a compelling element in Dale Askey’s 
proposal.” 

Askey has degrees in Germanic languages 
and literatures, as well as in library science. 
He has studied in both Bremen as a Fulbright 
Scholar and in Berlin. Askey will receive his 
plaque and 4,500 Euros at the WESS general 
membership meeting at the 2006 ALA Annual 
Conference in New Orleans on Monday, June 
26, at 8:00 a.m. 

Kraft, Kruse, and Johnson receive WSS 
Significant Achievement awards 
Katherine Kraft, archivist at the Arthur and 
Elizabeth Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Insti­
tute of Harvard University, and the team of 
Carrie Kruse, director of the College Library 
at the University of Wisconsin, and Cynthia 
Johnson, director of reader services at the 
Pratt Institute Libraries, are the winners of 
the 2006 ACRL Women’s Studies Section 
(WSS) Award for Significant Achievement in 
Woman’s Studies Librarianship. The award, 
sponsored by Routledge, honors a signifi cant 
or one­time contribution to women’s studies 
librarianship. 

Katherine Kraft 
“Katherine Kraft has been instrumental in 
preserving the records of American women,” 
said award committee 
chair Ruth Dickstein. 
“Her influence has been 
crucial in the creation 
of a premier and model 
research library in wom­
en’s history. As project 
director for ‘The Second 
Wave, Documenting the 
post­WWII Women’s 
Movement,’ she trained 
staff and contributed to creating a series of 
detailed finding aids which are publicly acces­
sible through Harvard’s OASIS system, oasis. 
harvard.edu.” 

Kraft was the lead archivist of a National 
Endowment for the Humanities grant to pro­
cess over 800 linear feet of documents, which 

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Kruse


included the records of National Organization 
for Women, Women’s Equity Action League, 
the Boston Women’s Health Book Collective, 
and other feminist activists. 

Carrie Kruse and Cynthia Johnson 
“Carrie Kruse and Cynthia Johnson took on 
the Women’s Studies Core Book Lists project, a 

long­standing initiative 
of the ACRL Women’s 
Studies Section, and 
transformed it for the 
21st century,” said Dick­
stein. “The signifi cance 
of Carrie’s and Cynthia’s 
vision, hard work, and 
collaborative leadership 
is evident in the sharp 
increase in usage statis­

tics in 2005 and in the effusive praise given to 
the database by their peers.” 

The Women’s Studies Core Books Database 
contains recommended in­print titles on a 
myriad of subjects within Women’s Studies, 
selected by a volunteer network of more 
than 40 librarians. The database assists librar­
ians in building Women’s Studies collections 
and also serves as a guide for instructors and 
students. 

A $500 award and a plaque will be pre­
sented to Kraft and to the team of Kruse and 
Johnson during the 2006 ALA Annual Confer­
ence in New Orleans at the WSS Program on 
Monday, June 26, at 8:00 a.m. 

Simmons wins ACRL IS Publication 
award 
Michelle Holschuh Simmons, of the University 
of Iowa, has been chosen as the winner of 
the ACRL Instruction Section (IS) Publication 
Award for her article, “Librarians as Disciplin­
ary Discourse Mediators: Using Genre Theory 
to Move Toward Critical Information Literacy,” 
which appeared in portal: Libraries and the 
Academy 5, no. 3 (2005): 297–311. 

This annual award recognizes an outstand­
ing publication related to instruction in a 
library environment published in the preced­
ing two years. 

“With her article, Simmons challenges us to 
broaden our conception of information literacy 
beyond the skill and task orientations that 
continue to dominate our professional discus­
sions, to encompass the notion of discursive 
practices that differentiate the disciplines from 
each other,” said Lynn D. Lampert, IS award 
committee chair. “With her provocative asser­
tion of the affinity between information literacy 
and genre theory, and of the librarian’s unique 
interdisciplinary vantage point within the acad­
emy, Simmons offers an ambitious vision of 
the librarian’s role in addressing a longstanding 
gap in undergraduate education.” 

Simmons received her BA in English from 
the College of St. Benedict (1993). She earned 
her MAT in English from Minnesota State 
University (1995) and her MA in Library and 
Information Science from the University of 
Iowa (2000). She is currently working towards 
her PhD in Language, Literacy and Culture 
from the University of Iowa. 

Simmons will receive a citation during the 
2006 ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans 
at the IS program on Sunday, June 25, 2006, 
at 1:30 p.m. 

University of Rhode Island project wins 
IS Innovation award 
“Issues of the Information Age: A Series of 
Continuing Public Forums at the University of 
Rhode Island” has been chosen to receive the 
2006 ACRL Instruction Section (IS) Innovation 
award. Sponsored by Lexis­Nexis, the annual 
award recognizes a project that demonstrates 
creative, innovative, or unique approaches to 
information literacy instruction. 

“Acknowledging the complexity and shared 
responsibility across academic disciplines of 
ACRL’s ‘Information Literacy Competency 
Standard Five,’ the University of Rhode Island’s 
‘Issues of the Information Age’ public forum 
series represents a collaborative, creative, and 
adaptable, approach to educating our students 
and communities about the economic, legal, 
social, and ethical dimensions of living in the 
information age,” said Lynn D. Lampert, IS 
award committee chair. “Involving students 
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mation literacy course in program planning 
enhances student engagement and emphasizes 
the importance of learning outside the class­
room, while the public nature of the series 
highlights the widespread relevance and ‘real 
world’ issues addressed by information literacy 
initiatives.” 

The award­winning project allows multiple 
sections of the Introduction to Information 
Literacy course to meet together and study an 
important issue with faculty, guest speakers, 
and the community. Covering a wide range 
of issues under the umbrella of “Information 
Literacy Competency Standard Five” (the in­
formation literate student understands many 
of the economic, legal, and social issues sur­
rounding the use of information and accesses 
and uses information ethically and legally), 
recent forums have included “Consumer 
Power in the Information Age,” “A Forum on 
Censorship in the Arts, Academic and Politics,” 
and “Is that a Fact? A Forum on Fact­Checking 
in the Media.” 

The University of Rhode Island team con­
sists of Mary MacDonald, project chair and 
associate professor librarian, reference and 
information literacy; Jim Kinnie, assistant pro­
fessor, University Library, humanities reference 
and bibliographer; Amanda Izenstark, lecturer; 
Brian Gallagher, lecturer; and Peter Larsen, 
assistant professor, University Library. 

A prize of $3,000 and a plaque will be 
presented to the group members during the 
2006 ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans 
at the IS program on Sunday, June 25, 2006, 
at 1:30 p.m. 

RBMS Leab Exhibition award winners 
named 
There are five winners for the 2006 ACRL 
RBMS Katharine Kyes Leab and Daniel J. 
Leab American Book Prices Current Exhibi­
tion Awards. These awards, funded by an 
endowment established by Katharine Kyes 
Leab and Daniel J. Leab, editors of American 
Book Prices Current, recognize outstanding 
exhibition catalogs issued by American or Ca­
nadian institutions in conjunction with library 
exhibitions, as well as electronic exhibition 

catalogs of outstanding merit issued within 
the digital/Web environment. 

In Division One (expensive), the winner 
is “A Heavenly Craft: The Woodcut in Early 
Printed Books,” submitted by the Library of 
Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections 
Division. 

“The catalogue presents scholarly de­
scriptions of the early printed books in the 
Rosenwald Collection,” said Marcia Reed, 
chair of the Rare Books and Manuscripts 
Section (RBMS) award committee. “It tells 
the fascinating stories of their acquisition by 
Mr. Rosenwald, the retired chairman of Sears 
Roebuck and Co. who was adding important 
examples from another signifi cant collection 
owned by C. W. Dyson Perrins, heir to the Lea 
and Perrins fortune. The catalogue is a well­
written and engaging chronicle of American 
book collecting.” 

In Division Two (moderately expensive), 
the winner is the Special Collections Research 
Center at the Syracuse University Library for 
its piece entitled “‘Don’t pay any attention to 
him. He’s 90% water’: The Cartooning Career 
of Boris Drucker.” 

“The signature quote on the cover sets an 
appropriate tone for this collection catalogue 
on an ephemeral genre of popular art and 
commercial design,” said Reed. “With an in­
troductory essay by the artist’s daughter, artist 
and writer Johanna Drucker, the catalogue 
chronicles the life and works of a mid­century 
American artist and printer.” 

In Division Three (inexpensive), the winner 
is “City Lights Pocket Poets series, 1955–2005: 
From the Collection of Donald A. Heneghan,” 
submitted by the Grolier Club. 

Reed commented, “Jerry Kelly’s spare and 
elegant black and white design successfully 
evokes the standard formats of the original City 
Lights publications. Catalogue texts by Donald 
Heneghan include an introduction by City Lights 
co­founder Lawrence Ferlinghetti that details the 
history of this famous independent publisher of 
unique and important works of poetry, litera­
ture, art, and progressive politics.” 

In Division Four (brochures), the winner 
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Manuscript Library brochure entitled “J. M. 
Barrie and Peter Pan: A Children’s Guide.” 

Reed noted, “A well designed brochure for 
children on the first publication and manu­
scripts for Peter Pan. It shows them the fi rst 
versions of a book which they may only have 
known in modern editions or movies.” 

The Division Five (electronic exhibition) 
winner is the Division of Rare and Manuscript 
Collections at the Cornell University Library for 
“From Dublin to Ithaca: Cornell’s James Joyce 
Collection, (rmc.library.cornell.edu/joyce/in­
troduction/). 

“Based on a 2005 exhibition, the online 
version is a well organized presentation of the 
leading topics in the exhibition and related 
programming. The electronic exhibition has well 
written texts, strong images, and clear navigation 
through its various sections,” said Reed. 

Certificates will be presented to each win­
ner during the ALA Annual Conference in New 
Orleans at the RBMS Program on Sunday, June 
25, 2006, at 1:30 p.m. 

Manoff wins WSS Career Achievement 
award 
Marlene Manoff, associate head and collec­
tion manager at the Massachusetts Institute 
of Technology (MIT) Humanities Library, 
has been selected as the 2006 winner of the 
ACRL Women’s Studies Section (WSS) Career 
Achievement Award. The award, sponsored 
by Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc., hon­
ors significant long­standing contributions to 
women’s studies in the field of librarianship 
over the course of a career. 

“Dr. Marlene Manoff exemplifies what the 
Women’s Studies Section’s Career Achieve­
ment award is meant to be,” said Ruth Dick­
stein, chair of the WSS award committee. 
“She is a founding and senior member of 
MIT’s Women’s Studies Faculty Committee 
and is responsible for the development of 
the women’s studies collection at MIT. She 
is past chair of the Women’s Studies Section, 
creator and long­time editor of WSSLINKS, 
mentor to young librarians in the Women’s 
Studies Section, and a respected and widely 
published scholar.” 

Manoff has taught several formal academic 
courses in women’s studies, and her many 
contributions to the bibliographic corpus of 
women’s studies and the broader framework 
of library science address and critique the na­
ture of library collections, issues of bias, and 
the nature of publishing. 

A cash prize of $1,000 and a plaque will 
be presented to Manoff during the 2006 ALA 
Annual Conference in New Orleans at the WSS 
Program on Monday, June 26, at 8:00 a.m. 

Walden named LPSS Marta Lange/CQ 
Press Award winner 
Graham R. Walden, professor and collection 
manager for communication, Germanic Lan­
guages and Literatures at Ohio State University 
Libraries, has been named the 2006 recipient 
of the ACRL Law and Political Science Section 
(LPSS) Marta Lange/CQ Press Award. The award, 
established in 1996 by LPSS, honors an academic 
or law librarian who has made distinguished 
contributions to bibliography and information 
service in law or political science. 

“Graham has made distinguished contribu­
tions to the advancement of political science 
research and political science librarianship,” 
said Binh Le, chair of the Marta Lange Award 
Committee. “In the past two decades, he has 
published numerous bibliographies, book 
chapters, book reviews and peer­review­
articles in the area of polling and survey 
research. Graham has also served the Ohio 
State University and the library profession, es­
pecially the Law and Political Science Section, 
with great distinction. Simply put, Graham is 
an exceptional scholar­librarian.” 

Graham received his BA in Political Science 
from Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania 
in 1976, and his MSLS from Shippensburg 
University of Pennsylvania in 1981. He earned 
his MLS from the State University of New York­
Albany in 1983. 

CQ Press (www.cqpress.com), sponsor 
of the award, will present the $1,000 award 
and plaque at the ALA Annual Conference in 
New Orleans during the LPSS Marta Lange/ 
CQ Press Luncheon on Saturday, June 24, at 
11:30 a.m. 

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