Tuesday, June 15, 2010
I am delighted to announce the recipients of this year's AALL awards, scholarships, and grants. Congratulations to all of the winners!
AALL AWARDS
The AALL Awards Program was established as a way to publicly recognize the achievements of law librarians based on service to the profession and contributions to legal literature and materials. The major awards will be presented at the 2010 Annual Meeting in Denver.
For descriptions of the criteria for each award, see the AALL Awards webpage.
The Marian Gould Gallagher Distinguished Service Award
Marie E. Whited, Law Library of Congress
The Joseph L. Andrews Bibliographical Award
Kent C. Olson, University of Virginia Law Library, Principles of Legal Research
AALL Spectrum Article of the Year Award
James M. Donovan, University of Georgia School of Law Library, "Back Away from the Survey Monkey! Optimize Research Results with an Honest Assessment of Methodology," AALL Spectrum, November 2009
Law Library Journal Article of the Year
Stephanie L. Plotin, UCLA Hugh and Hazel Darling Law Library, "Legal Scholarship, Electronic Publishing, and Open Access: Transformation or Steadfast Stagnation," 101 Law Library Journal 31 (2009)
Law Library Publications Award
Nonprint Division: Rutgers University Law School Library, Same-Sex Marriage: A Selective Bibliography of the Legal Literature
The AALL/LexisNexis Call for Papers Awards Program
Open Division:
Carol A. Parker, University of New Mexico School of Law, "The Need for More Uniform and Consistently Rigorous Standards for Assessing Law Librarian Performance in Tenure and Continuous Appointment Policies"
New Member Division:
Daniel J. Baker, O'Quinn Law Library, University of Houston Law Center, "Citations to Wikipedia in Law Reviews"
Student Division:
Benjamin J. Keele, Indiana University School of Library and Information Science, "What if Law Journal Citations Included Digital Object Identifiers?: A Snapshot of Major Law Journals"
Deborah E. Shrager, The Catholic University of America, School of Library and Information Science, "Moving Past Web 2.0h! An Exploratory Study of Academic Law Libraries"
Minority Leadership Development Award
Sean H. Crane, University of Arizona, Cracchiolo Law Library
AALL Public Access to Government Information Award
Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School, Ithaca, New York
Robert L. Oakley Member Advocacy Award
Ohio Regional Association of Law Libraries County Law Library Special Interest Group
Chapter Professional Development Award
One-Time Program: Northern California Association of Law Libraries (NOCALL), Clearing the Economic Fog: Understanding the Issues and Moving Forward in the Economic Crisis, 2009 Spring Institute
Excellence in Marketing Awards
Best Brochure: Lillian Goldman Law Library, Yale Law School, Yale Law School, Lillian Goldman Law Library - Biennial Report 2007-2009
Best Campaign: Riverside County Law Library, Legal Research 102
Best Newsletter: K&L Gates Library & Research Services, ASKtheLibrary: News from K&L Gates Library & Research Services
Best PR Toolkit: Thomas M. Cooley Law Libraries, Food for Fines offered by the Thomas M. Cooley Law Libraries
Best Use of Technology: Ross-Blakley Law Library, Arizona State University, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Ross-Blakley Law Library Indian Law Portal
Best New Product Award
Fastcase, Inc., Fastcase Legal Research iPhone App
Emerging Leader Award
Sarah K.C. Mauldin, Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP
Innovations in Technology Award
Trudi Busch, Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP, and Jennifer Doyle, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, BuildingBridges With Technology: VLC Wiki (Volunteer Librarians Coalition Wiki - Supporting the Volunteer Lawyers Network)
Volunteer Service Award
Kathleen Kelly, Lockridge Grindal Nauen P.L.L.P.
Brian D. Striman, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Schmid Law Library
AALL Hall Of Fame Inaugural Class Of 2010
Hall of Fame Pioneers:
Arthur S. Beardsley
A. Mercer Daniel
Ernest Feazel
Gilson G. Glasier
George S. Godard
Luther Hewitt
Frederick C. Hicks
Margaret C. Klingelsmith
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Lotus Mitchell Mills
Helen Newman
Rosamond Parma
Franklin O. Poole
William R. Roalfe
Frederick W. Schenk
A.J. Small
Gertrude E. Woodard
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Hall of Fame:
Marvin R. Anderson
Richard L. Beer
Edgar J. Bellefontaine
Elizabeth Benyon
Carol D. Billings
Viola Bird
Harry S. Bitner
Connie E. Bolden
Marian Boner
Earl C. Borgeson
Leah Chanin
Arthur Charpentier
Al Coco
Morris L. Cohen
Shirley Hart David
Bernita J. Davies
Francis Robert Doyle
Forrest Drummond
Charles R. Dyer
Jack S. Ellenberger
Elizabeth Finley
Marian Gould Gallagher
Francis Gates
Anthony P. Grech
Balfour Halevy
Jane L. Hammond
Helen Hargrave
Dan Henke
Sidney B. Hill
Roger F. Jacobs
J. Myron Jacobstein
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Eldon R. James
Patrick E. Kehoe
Blanka Kudej
Leon M. Liddell
Frank Lukes
Julius J. Marke
Roy M. Mersky
Michael S. Miller
William Murphy
Robert L. Oakley
Bethany Ochal
Mary W. Oliver
Ervin H. Pollack
Miles O. Price
E. Ann Puckett
Thomas H. Reynolds
Fred B. Rothman
Antonette (Babe) Russo
Mortimer Schwartz
Eileen H. Searls
Adolf Sprudzs
William B. Stern
George Strait
Cossette T. Sun
Betty W. Taylor
Hibernia Turbeville
John T. Vance
Diana Vincent-Daviss
Marie Wallace
Bardie C. Wolfe, Jr.
Jacqueline S. Wright
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SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDS
AALL is committed to providing opportunities for professional growth. Each year, the Association awards scholarships to assist individuals to become a law librarian. For descriptions of the scholarships listed below, see the AALL Scholarships webpage.
LexisNexis/John R. Johnson Memorial Scholarship
Library Degree for Law School Graduates:
Ronald Fuller, Layton, Utah
Law Degree for Library School Graduates:
Robert Malesko, Brooklyn, New York
Dual Library Degree and Law Degree:
Jennifer Ekblaw, Indianapolis, Indiana
AALL & Thomson West/George A. Strait Minority Scholarship
Andrew Christensen, Seattle, Washington
Donyele Darrough, Flint, Michigan
Benita Ghura, San Diego, California
Jeffrey Nelson, Washington, D.C.
Grace Rosales, Los Angeles, California
AALL Scholarships
Library Degree for Law School Graduates:
Scott Akehurst-Moore, Concord, Massachusetts
Benita Ghura, San Diego, California
Ellen Richardson, Ithaca, New York
Grace Rosales, Los Angeles, California
Library Degree for Non-Law School Graduates:
Joanne Gialelis, Ogden, Utah
Jeffrey Nelson, Washington, D.C.
Dual Library Degree and Law Degree:
Jennifer Ekblaw, Indianapolis, Indiana
GRANT AWARDS
The AALL Grants Program enables law librarians to participate in the professional educational opportunities that are provided at the Annual Meeting or to engage in original research on topics important to law librarianship. Grants are funded by contributions from firms and individuals. For descriptions of these and other AALL grants, see the AALL Grants webpage.
AALL Grants
Richard Amelung
Theodora Belniak
Scott Burgh
Elizabeth Christian
Katherine Coolidge
Nicole Dyszlewski
Druet Klugh
Meredith McNett
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William Mills
Cheryl Niemeier
Jill Smith
Margaret West
Kai Williams-Slaton
Cornell Winston
Caroline Young
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Chapter Registration Grants
Atlanta Law Libraries Association
Kimberly S. Snoddy-George
Chicago Association of Law Libraries
Sara Robertson
Law Librarians Association of Wisconsin
Emily Weiss
Law Librarians of Puget Sound
Jill Allyn
Michigan Association of Law Libraries
Brent L. Domann
Minnesota Association of Law Libraries
Abigail Walters
New Orleans Association of Law Librarians
Tara Lombardi
San Diego Area Law Libraries
Jane Larrington
South Florida Association of Law Libraries
Pamela Lucken
Virginia Association of Law Libraries
Greg Stoner
LexisNexis Research Fund Grants
Deborah S. Dennison, Case Western Reserve University Law School Library, OBAR/Mead Data Central Papers
AALL/Wolters Kluwer Law & Business Research Grant
Stacy Bowers, University of Denver, Westminster Law Library, Reintroducing the Value of Law Librarians to Public Librarians through the Identification and Use of Emerging Technologies and Resources
Susan Nevelow Mart, University of California, Hastings College of Law Library, The Effects of Automation on the Relevance of Citator and Digest Results in Lexis and Westlaw
FCIL Schaffer Grant for Foreign Law Librarians
Ufuoma Lamikanra, Readers' Services Librarian, Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of Lagos Campus, Lagos, Nigeria
Sincerely,
Catherine Lemann
AALL President