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 9.7Cataloging & 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