Each year, GSLIS recognizes a group of outstanding students for their achievement in academics as well as a number of attributes that contribute to professional success. The following student awards were presented at the GSLIS Convocation on May 13, 2012.
Bryce Allen Award for Reference Services
Presented to Matthew Short by Merinda Hensley and M. Kathleen Kern:
Matthew Short is the winner of…
Robert L. Bothmann, an adjunct instructor at GSLIS, has been
awarded the 2012 Nancy B. Olson Award. The annual award, sponsored by the
Online Audiovisual Catalogers (OLAC) network, recognizes a librarian who has
made significant contributions to the advancement and understanding of
audiovisual cataloging and electronic resources. Bothmann was recognized for
his multiple leadership roles in…
[image1-right:resize-180w]GSLIS Professor Emeritus D. W. Krummel has received the 2012 Lifetime
Achievement Award from the Society for American Music for his distinguished
research and teaching in American-music printing, publishing, and resources.
Krummel earned degrees in music from the University of Michigan, where
he briefly served on the music faculty. He completed his doctorate in…
[image1-right:resize-180w]The Southeastern Conference (SEC) has awarded Carol Tenopir (PhD '84),
professor and director of the Center for Information and Communication
Studies at the University of Tennessee (UT), with one of its first Faculty Achievement Awards.
The new SEC award program was created to honor professors from the
SEC with outstanding records in teaching and scholarship. A…
James Blank (MS '97) is the recipient the of the Special Libraries Association (SLA) Engineering Librarian of the Year Award. The Engineering Librarian of the Year, sponsored by IHS, highlights the accomplishments and contributions of SLA Engineering Division members to the engineering librarian profession.Blank is a technical knowledge specialist in the engineering library at Caterpillar Inc.…
Cyril Oberlander (MS '00), interim director, Milne Library, State University of New York, Geneseo, is the recipient of the Reference and User Services Association’s (RUSA) 2012 Virginia Boucher-OCLC Distinguished Interlibrary Loan (ILL) Librarian Award. The award, administered by RUSA’s Sharing and Transforming Access to Resources Section (STARS), recognizes an individual for outstanding…
Library Journal has released their annual list of Movers and
Shakers for 2012 and included among those honored are two GSLIS alumni, Michelle
Chronister (MS ’09) and Joshua Finnell (MS ’07).
Chronister is a program analyst with the U.S. General
Services Administration responsible for the social media program on USA.gov. She is being recognized for her work to increase the interaction…
GSLIS faculty and doctoral students were honored at the 2012 iConference that was held from February 7-10, 2012, and was hosted by the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto. A Best Paper Award was given to doctoral student Noah Lenstra and Professor Abdul Alkalimat for their paper, “Networked Cultural Heritage and Socio-Digital Inequalities: A Case Study in an African-American…
Beth Kumar (MS '06, CAS '07), e-resources and serials librarian at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, is the recipient of the 2012 First Step Award-A Wiley Professional Development Grant presented by the ALCTS Continuing Resources Section. The award will be presented on Sunday, June 24, at the ALCTS Awards Ceremony during the 2012 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference…
