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ACRL Awards Program

The Association of College and Research Libraries Association Awards Program honors the best and brightest stars of academic librarianship.

These awards recognize and honor the professional contributions and achievements of your ACRL peers. This special recognition by the Association of College and Research Libraries enhances the sense of personal growth and accomplishment of our members, provides our membership with role models, and strengthens the image of our membership in the eyes of employers, leadership, and the academic community as a whole. We ask you to remember the significant achievements of those we've honored in the past and recognize the contributions of your peers with your nominations for the 2008 awards.

Achievement and Distinguished Service Awards

• Academic/Research Librarian of the Year
• Excellence in Academic Libraries Awards
• Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award
• CJCLS EBSCO Community College Learning Resources Award
• CJCLS EBSCO Community College Library Achievement Award
• DLS/ACRL Haworth Press Distance Learning Librarian Conference Sponsorship Award
• Marta Lange/CQ Press Award
• Miriam Dudley Instruction Librarian Award
• Instruction Section Innovation Award
• Distinguished Education and Behavioral Sciences Librarian Award
• WSS Achievement in Women's Studies Librarianship Awards

Research Awards/Grants

• Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship
• Samuel Lazerow Fellowship for Research in Acquisitions or Technical Services
• Coutts Nijhoff International West European Specialist Study Grant

Publications

• Katharine Kyes Leab and Daniel J. Leab American Book Prices Current Exhibition Catalogue Awards
• Ilene F. Rockman Instruction Publication of the Year Award 
• Oberly Award for Bibliography in the Agricultural or Natural Sciences

Considering a New Award?

• ALA Awards Manual  (PDF file)
• Awards Information from the ACRL Guide to Policies and Procedures 

Please contact the Association of College and Research Libraries' Awards Program Coordinator for detailed information regarding nomination procedures, criteria and standards, and further contact information.

ACRL
Megan Griffin
Program Coordinator (Awards)
50 East Huron Street
Chicago, Illinois 60611
(312) 280-2514
mgriffin@ala.org