Scholarship & Award Winners
2021
Best Paper Award:
Sean P. Kennedy, University of Akron, and Kevin R. Garewalb, Harvard Law School Library
Kennedy, Sean P. & Garewalb, Kevin R. (2021). Quantitative analysis of workplace morale in academic librarians and the impact of direct supervisors on workplace morale. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 46(5), Article 102191.
2021
ACRL National Scholarship winners:
Amy Barlow - Rhode Island College
Jennifer Chaput – University of Connecticut
Tess Grynoch – University of Massachusetts Medical Library
2020
Best Paper Award:
Graham Sherriff, Daisy Benson, and Garry Atwood from the University of VermontSherriff, Graham, Benson, Daisy, and Atwood, Garry. (2020). Practices, policies, and problems in the management of learning data: A survey of libraries' use of digital learning objects and the data they create. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 45(2), 102-109.
2019
Best Paper Award:
Nick Faulk, Champlain College
Faulk, N., & Carbery, A. (2019). Using motivation theory and research when teaching information literacy online. In S. Steiner & M. Rigby (Eds.), Motivating students on a time budget: Pedagogical frames and lesson plans for in-person and online information literacy instruction. Chicago: ACRL.
Continuing Education Scholarship
Emily Crist, Champlain College
ACRL National Conference Scholarship
Quetzalli Barrientos, Tufts University
ACRLNEC Annual Conference Scholarship for Librarians and Library Staff
Anne Marie Engelsen, University of Maine Orono
Liza Harrington, Greenfield Community College
Jenna Riley, University of New Hampshire
Emma Wood, UMass Law
ACRLNEC Annual Conference Scholarship for Library School Students
Craig Guild, University of Alabama
Kimberly MacKenzie, University of Rhode Island
2018
Best Paper Award:
Drake, A. A., & Bielefield, A. (2017). Equitable access: Information seeking behavior, information needs, and necessary library accommodations for transgender patrons. Library & Information Science Research, 39(3), 160-168.
Continuing Education Scholarship:
Kumiko Reichert
Annual Conference Scholarship for Librarians/Library Staff:
Jennifer Chaput
Shu Qian
2017
Best Paper Award:
ACRLNEC Member, Jennifer Ferguson, for the following paper:
Clark, A. R., Erdmann, A., Ferguson, J., Gambrell, K., & Shaw-Munderback, J. B. (2016). Taking Action on Usability Testing Findings: Simmons College Library Case Study. Serials Librarian, 71(3/4), 186-196.
Christine Drew Immersion Scholarship:
Kieran Ayton
Continuing Education Scholarship:
Jillian Amaral
ACRL National Conference Scholarship:
Patricia McPherson
Annual Conference Scholarship for Librarians/Library Staff:
Amy Bocko
Pamela Contakos
William Lundmark
Michael Rodriguez
Annual Conference Scholarships for Library School Students:
Allison Gofman
Shay Elbaum
Malcolm Welfare
2016
Best Paper Award:
Melinda Malik
(2016). Assessment of a Professional Development Program on Adult Learning Theory.Portal: Libraries & The Academy, 16(1), 47-70
Christine Drew Immersion Scholarship
Mimi Guessferd
Continuing Education Scholarship
Stacey Brownlie
Annual Conference Scholarship for Librarians/Library Staff
Rebecca Pac
Naomi Toftness
Allyson Glazier
Vicki Gruzynski
Annual Conference Scholarships for Library School Students
Alicia Vaandering
Katie Beth Ryan
2015
Best Paper Award:
Amber Billey, University of Vermont
Emily Drabinski, Long Island University - Brooklyn Campus
K.R. Roberto, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
What's Gender Got to Do With It? A Critique of RDA Rule 9.7, Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 2014, 52:4, 412-421
Annual Conference Scholarships for Library School Students:
Anna Newman
Jennifer Parkhurst-Skala
Lauren Buckley
Regina Pagani
Susan Alden
Timothy J. Dolan
Annual Conference Scholarships for Librarians/Library Staff:
Lia Horton, Saint Joseph’s College
Christine Drew Scholarship:
Catherine Wong, Merrimack College
Continuing Education Scholarship:
Nancy Little, American International College
2014
Best Paper Award, sponsored by OCLC:
Laura Saunders, Simmons College
Mary Wilkins Jordan, Simmons College
Culture and Competencies: A Multi-Country Examination of Reference Service Competencies, Libri 2013, 63:1, 33-46
Mona Niedbala, University of Rhode Island
Writing and Publishing in a Blended Learning Environment to Develop Students’ Scholarly Digital Ethos, Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, 32:2, 71-85
Annual Conference Scholarships for Library School Students:
none awarded
Annual Conference Scholarships for Librarians/Library Staff:
Dawn Cadogen, University of Connecticut
Rukmal Ryder, Salem State University
Christine Drew Scholarship:
Julie Adamo, Mount Holyoke College
Continuing Education Scholarship:
Jennifer Shallcross, Providence College
2013
Best Paper Award:
Angela Locknar, MIT Libraries
Locknar, A., Mitchell, R., Rankin, J., Sadoway, D.R. (2012). Integration of Information Literacy Components into a Large First-Year Lecture-Based Chemistry Course. Journal of Chemical Education, 89, 487-491.
ACRL National Conference Scholarship:
Jeanette Lundgren, Becker College
Annual Conference Scholarships for Librarians/Library Staff:
none awarded
Annual Conference Scholarships for Library School Students:
Shelley Gayler, Texas Women’s University
Continuing Education Scholarship:
Ruth Alcabes, Springfield Technical Community College
2012
Best Paper Award:
Michele V. Cloonan, Simmons College
Bastian, J. A., Cloonan, M. V., & Harvey, R. (2011). From Teacher to Learner to User: Developing a Digital Stewardship Pedagogy. Library Trends, 59(4), 607-622.
Annual Conference Scholarships for Librarians/Library Staff:
Elise Browne, Eastern Connecticut State University
Kristina Edwards, University of Hartford
Marie Mueller, Mount Wachusett Community College
Annual Conference Scholarships for Library School Students:
Jessica Dziedzic
Miguel Garcia
Michelle John
Karen Lindquist
Rosanna Longenbaker
Continuing Education Scholarship:
Susan Buzzell, University of Maine
2011
Best Paper Award:
Trina J. Magi, Information and Instruction Services, University of Vermont
Magi, T. J. (2010). A Content Analysis of Library Vendor Privacy Policies: Do They Meet Our Standards? College & Research Libraries, 71(3), 254-272.
ACRL National Conference Scholarship
Michael Zeller, College of the Holy Cross, Massachusetts
Annual Conference Scholarships for Librarians/Library Staff:
Andria Tieman, Bryant University, Rhode Island
Annual Conference Scholarships for Library School Students:
Seth Kershner, Massachusetts
Tomoko Kurahashi, Massachusetts
Angela Walker, Connecticut
Eva Wolfberg, Massachusetts
Continuing Education Scholarship:
Heidi Benedict, Roger Williams University, Rhode Island
2010
Best Paper Award:
Kate Fuller, University of Connecticut Libraries
Jill Livingston, University of Connecticut Libraries
Susanna Cowan, University of Connecticut Libraries
Fuller, K., Livingston, J., Brown, S., Cowan, S., Wood, T., & Porter, L.. (2009). Making Unmediated Access to E-Resources a Reality: Creating a Usable ERM Interface. Reference & User Services Quarterly, 48(3), 287-301.
Annual Conference Scholarships for Librarians/Library Staff:
Barbara Adams Hebard, Boston College
Michael Cerbo, University of Rhode Island
Julia Kliever, Providence College, Rhode Island
Annual Conference Scholarships for Library School Students:
Erikka Adams, Massachusetts
Christin Chenard, New Hampshire
Katherine Dunn, Massachusetts
Jon Patrick Hartsfield, Massachusetts
Seth Kershner, Massachusetts
Emily Kilcer, Masssachusetts
Tara Quilitzsch, Rhode Island
Lexi Walters Wright, Massachusetts
Andromeda Yelton - Massachusetts
2009
Best Paper Award:
Sarah Bordac and Jean Rainwater, Brown University, Rhode Island
Bordac, S., & Rainwater, J. (2008). User-Centered Design in Practice: The Brown University Experience.Journal Of Web Librarianship, 2(2-3), 109-138.
ACRL National Conference Scholarship:
Andrew Burkhardt, Champlain College, Burlington, Vermont
Annual Conference Scholarships for Librarians/Library Staff:
Millie Gonzalez, Framingham State College, Massachusetts
Annual Conference Scholarships for Library School Students:
Tina Chan, Massachusetts
Christin Chenard, New Hampshire
Connie Jo Dickerson, Connecticut
Graham Sherriff, Connecticut
Continuing Education Scholarship:
Kristin M. Jacobi, Eastern Connecticut State University
2008
Best Paper Award:
Joanna Burkhardt, Professor Librarian, University of Rhode Island
Burkhardt, J. (2007). Assessing Library Skills: A First Step to Information Literacy.Libraries and the Academy, 7(1), 25-49.
Annual Conference Scholarships for Librarians/Library Staff:
Stephen G. Kuehler, Harvard University, Massachusetts
Jeanette J. Lundgren, Becker College, Massachusetts
Annual Conference Scholarships for Library School Students:
Brenda Carr, Massachusetts
Carrie Grimshaw, Massachusetts
Yuan Li, Rhode Island
Jason McGill, Rhode Island
Nancy O’Sullivan, Massachusetts
Charlie Remy, Maine
Continuing Education Scholarship:
Joy I. Hansen, Middlesex Community College, Massachusetts
2021
Best Paper Award
Sean P. Kennedy, University of Akron, and Kevin R. Garewalb, Harvard Law School Library
Kennedy, Sean P. & Garewalb, Kevin R. (2021).
Quantitative analysis of workplace morale in academic librarians and the impact of direct supervisors on workplace morale.
The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 46(5), Article 102191.
2021
ACRL National Scholarship winners
Amy Barlow - Rhode Island College
Jennifer Chaput – University of Connecticut
Tess Grynoch – University of Massachusetts Medical Library
2020
Best Paper Award Graham Sherriff, Daisy Benson, and Garry Atwood from the University of VermontSherriff, Graham, Benson, Daisy, and Atwood, Garry. (2020). Practices, policies, and problems in the management of learning data: A survey of libraries' use of digital learning objects and the data they create. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 45(2), 102-109.
2019
Best Paper Award
Nick Faulk, Champlain College
Faulk, N., & Carbery, A. (2019). Using
motivation theory and research when teaching information literacy online. In S.
Steiner & M. Rigby (Eds.), Motivating students on a time budget:
Pedagogical frames and lesson plans for in-person and online information
literacy instruction. Chicago: ACRL.
Continuing Education Scholarship
Emily Crist, Champlain College
ACRL National Conference Scholarship
Quetzalli
Barrientos, Tufts University
ACRLNEC Annual Conference Scholarship for
Librarians and Library Staff
Anne Marie Engelsen, University of Maine Orono
Liza Harrington, Greenfield Community College
Jenna Riley, University of New Hampshire
Emma Wood, UMass Law
ACRLNEC Annual Conference Scholarship for Library
School Students
Craig Guild, University of Alabama
Kimberly MacKenzie, University of Rhode Island
2018
Best
Paper Award
Drake, A. A., & Bielefield, A.
(2017). Equitable access: Information seeking behavior, information needs, and
necessary library accommodations for transgender patrons. Library &
Information Science Research, 39(3), 160-168.
Continuing
Education Scholarship:
Kumiko Reichert
Annual
Conference Scholarship for Librarians/Library Staff:
Jennifer Chaput
Shu Qian
2017
Best
Paper Award
ACRLNEC Member, Jennifer Ferguson, for the following paper:
Clark, A. R., Erdmann, A., Ferguson, J., Gambrell, K., & Shaw-Munderback,
J. B. (2016). Taking Action on Usability Testing Findings: Simmons College
Library Case Study. Serials Librarian, 71(3/4), 186-196.
Christine
Drew Immersion Scholarship:
Kieran Ayton
Continuing
Education Scholarship:
Jillian Amaral
ACRL
National Conference Scholarship:
Patricia McPherson
Annual
Conference Scholarship for Librarians/Library Staff:
Amy Bocko
Pamela Contakos
William Lundmark
Michael Rodriguez
Annual
Conference Scholarships for Library School Students:
Allison Gofman
Shay Elbaum
Malcolm Welfare
2016
Best
Paper Award
Melinda Malik
(2016). Assessment of a Professional Development Program on Adult
Learning Theory. Portal: Libraries & The Academy, 16(1),
47-70
Christine
Drew Immersion Scholarship
Mimi Guessferd
Continuing
Education Scholarship
Stacey Brownlie
Annual
Conference Scholarship for Librarians/Library Staff
Rebecca Pac
Naomi Toftness
Allyson Glazier
Vicki Gruzynski
Annual
Conference Scholarships for Library School Students
Alicia Vaandering
Katie Beth Ryan
2015
Best
Paper Award
Amber Billey, University of Vermont
Emily Drabinski, Long Island University - Brooklyn Campus
K.R. Roberto, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
What's Gender Got to Do With It? A
Critique of RDA Rule 9.7, Cataloging & Classification
Quarterly 2014, 52:4, 412-421
Annual
Conference Scholarships for Library School Students:
Anna Newman
Jennifer Parkhurst-Skala
Lauren Buckley
Regina Pagani
Susan Alden
Timothy J. Dolan
Annual
Conference Scholarships for Librarians/Library Staff:
Lia Horton, Saint Joseph’s College
Christine
Drew Scholarship:
Catherine Wong, Merrimack College
Continuing
Education Scholarship:
Nancy Little, American International College
2014
The
Best Paper Award, sponsored by OCLC:
Laura Saunders, Simmons College
Mary Wilkins Jordan, Simmons College
Culture and Competencies: A Multi-Country Examination of
Reference Service Competencies, Libri 2013, 63:1, 33-46
Mona
Niedbala, University of Rhode Island
Writing and Publishing in a Blended Learning Environment to
Develop Students’ Scholarly Digital Ethos, Behavioral &
Social Sciences Librarian, 32:2, 71-85
Annual
Conference Scholarships for Library School Students:
none awarded
Annual
Conference Scholarships for Librarians/Library Staff:
Dawn Cadogen, University of Connecticut
Rukmal Ryder, Salem State University
Christine
Drew Scholarship:
Julie Adamo, Mount Holyoke College
Continuing
Education Scholarship:
Jennifer Shallcross, Providence College
2013
The
Best Paper Award:
Angela Locknar, MIT Libraries
Locknar, A., Mitchell, R., Rankin, J., Sadoway, D.R. (2012). Integration
of Information Literacy Components into a Large First-Year Lecture-Based
Chemistry Course. Journal of Chemical Education, 89, 487-491.
ACRL
National Conference Scholarship:
Jeanette Lundgren, Becker College
Annual
Conference Scholarships for Librarians/Library Staff:
none awarded
Annual Conference Scholarships for Library School Students:
Shelley Gayler, Texas Women’s University
Continuing
Education Scholarship:
Ruth Alcabes, Springfield Technical Community College
2012
The
Best Paper Award:
Michele V. Cloonan, Simmons College
Bastian, J. A., Cloonan, M. V., & Harvey, R. (2011). From Teacher to Learner to User: Developing a Digital
Stewardship Pedagogy. Library Trends, 59(4), 607-622.
Annual
Conference Scholarships for Librarians/Library Staff:
Elise Browne, Eastern Connecticut State University
Kristina Edwards, University of Hartford
Marie Mueller, Mount Wachusett Community College
Annual Conference Scholarships for Library School Students:
Jessica Dziedzic
Miguel Garcia
Michelle John
Karen Lindquist
Rosanna Longenbaker
Continuing
Education Scholarship:
Susan Buzzell, University of Maine
2011
The
Best Paper Award:
Trina J. Magi, Information and Instruction Services, University of Vermont
Magi, T. J. (2010). A Content Analysis of Library Vendor
Privacy Policies: Do They Meet Our Standards? College &
Research Libraries, 71(3), 254-272.
ACRL National Conference Scholarship
Michael Zeller, College of the Holy Cross, Massachusetts
Annual
Conference Scholarships for Librarians/Library Staff:
Andria Tieman, Bryant University, Rhode Island
Annual Conference Scholarships for Library School Students:
Seth Kershner, Massachusetts
Tomoko Kurahashi, Massachusetts
Angela Walker, Connecticut
Eva Wolfberg, Massachusetts
Continuing
Education Scholarship:
Heidi Benedict, Roger Williams University, Rhode Island
2010
The
Best Paper Award:
Kate Fuller, University of Connecticut Libraries
Jill Livingston, University of Connecticut Libraries
Susanna Cowan, University of Connecticut Libraries
Fuller, K., Livingston, J., Brown, S., Cowan, S., Wood, T., & Porter, L..
(2009). Making Unmediated Access to E-Resources a Reality: Creating
a Usable ERM Interface. Reference & User Services Quarterly, 48(3),
287-301.
Annual
Conference Scholarships for Librarians/Library Staff:
Barbara Adams Hebard, Boston College
Michael Cerbo, University of Rhode Island
Julia Kliever, Providence College, Rhode Island
Annual
Conference Scholarships for Library School Students:
Erikka Adams, Massachusetts
Christin Chenard, New Hampshire
Katherine Dunn, Massachusetts
Jon Patrick Hartsfield, Massachusetts
Seth Kershner, Massachusetts
Emily Kilcer, Masssachusetts
Tara Quilitzsch, Rhode Island
Lexi Walters Wright, Massachusetts
Andromeda Yelton - Massachusetts
2009
The
Best Paper Award:
Sarah Bordac and Jean Rainwater, Brown University, Rhode Island
Bordac, S., & Rainwater, J. (2008). User-Centered Design in Practice: The
Brown University Experience. Journal Of Web Librarianship, 2(2-3),
109-138.
ACRL
National Conference Scholarship:
Andrew Burkhardt, Champlain College, Burlington, Vermont
Annual
Conference Scholarships for Librarians/Library Staff:
Millie Gonzalez, Framingham State College, Massachusetts
Annual
Conference Scholarships for Library School Students:
Tina Chan, Massachusetts
Christin Chenard, New Hampshire
Connie Jo Dickerson, Connecticut
Graham Sherriff, Connecticut
Continuing
Education Scholarship:
Kristin M. Jacobi, Eastern Connecticut State University
2008
The
Best Paper Award:
Joanna Burkhardt, Professor Librarian, University of Rhode Island
Burkhardt, J. (2007). Assessing Library Skills: A First Step
to Information Literacy. Libraries and the Academy, 7(1),
25-49.
Annual
Conference Scholarships for Librarians/Library Staff:
Stephen G. Kuehler, Harvard University, Massachusetts
Jeanette J. Lundgren, Becker College, Massachusetts
Annual
Conference Scholarships for Library School Students:
Brenda Carr, Massachusetts
Carrie Grimshaw, Massachusetts
Yuan Li, Rhode Island
Jason McGill, Rhode Island
Nancy O’Sullivan, Massachusetts
Charlie Remy, Maine
Continuing
Education Scholarship:
Joy I. Hansen, Middlesex Community College, Massachusetts
Best Paper 2020: “Practices, policies, and problems in the management of learning data: A survey of libraries' use of digital learning objects and the data they create” by Graham Sherriff, Daisy Benson, and Garry Atwood from the University of Vermont