AALL Award Winners
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 2009 Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.
For descriptions of the criteria for each award, see the AALL Awards webpage.
The Marian Gould Gallagher Distinguished Service Award
Patrick E. Kehoe, American University
Elizabeth Ann Puckett, University of Georgia School of Law
The Joseph L. Andrews Bibliographical Award
William H. Manz, Rittenburg Law Library, St. John's University School of Law, Guide to State Legislation, Legislative History, and Administrative Materials (Hein 2008)
AALL Spectrum Article of the Year Award
Carl A. Yirka, Julien and Virginia Cornell Library, Vermont Law School, "The Yirka Question and Yirka's Answer: What Should Law Libraries Stop Doing in Order to Address Higher Priority Initiatives?" AALL Spectrum, July 2008
Law Library Journal Article of the Year
Sarah Hooke Lee, Northeastern University School of Law Library, "Preserving Our Heritage: Protecting Law Library Core Missions through Updated Library Quality Assessment Standards," 100 Law Library Journal 9 (2008)
Law Library Publications Award
Print Division: Tarlton Law Library, Jamail Center for Legal Research, University of Texas at Austin, Roy M. Mersky: An Oral History Interview
Nonprint Division: Law Library of Congress, Global Legal Monitor (GLM)
The AALL/Lexisnexis Call For Papers Awards Program
Open Division:
Joseph A. Custer, University of Kansas School of Law, Wheat Law Library, "The Truthiness of Thinkable Thoughts Versus the Facts of Empirical Research"
Laura N. Gasaway, University of North Carolina School of Law, "A Defense of the Public Domain: A Scholarly Essay"
New Member Division:
Mikhail Koulikov, New York Law Institute, "Indexing and Full-Text Coverage of Law Review Articles in Non-Legal Databases: An Initial Study"
Student Division:
Theodora Belniak, University of Buffalo, The State University of New York, "The Law Librarian of the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries: A Figuration in Flux"
Jason Tubinis, University of Buffalo, The State University of New York, "A Law Librarian's Guide to the Economic Crisis"
AALL Public Access to Government Information Award
The Sunlight Foundation, Washington, D.C.
Robert L. Oakley Member Advocacy Award
Richard J. McKinney, Federal Reserve Board Law Library
Chapter Professional Development Award
One-Time Program: Law Librarians of Puget Sound (LLOPS), Librarians Mean Business: Lessons from the Boardroom
Excellence In Marketing Awards
Best Brochure: University of Minnesota, The University of Minnesota Law Library: Commitment to Excellence
Best Campaign: Law Library Association of Wisconsin (LLAW), 2009 LLAW Marketing Calendar
Best Use of Technology: Arizona State University, Ross Blakely Law Library, The Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law Faculty Scholarship Repository
Best PR Toolkit: Sacramento County Public Law Library, Public Relations Kit
Best New Product Award
William S. Hein & Co., Inc., Subject Compilations of State Laws (HeinOnline)
AALL SCHOLARSHIPS
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:
Donna Bowman, Indianapolis, Indiana
Library Degree for Non-Law School Graduates:
Joanne Gialelis, Salt Lake City, Utah
Marianne Sterna, Carlsbad, California
Dual Library Degree and Law Degree:
Ellen Qualey, Madison, Wisconsin
James F. Connolly LexisNexis Academic & Library Solutions Scholarship
Caitlin Connelly Smith, Buffalo, New York
AALL and West/George A. Strait Minority Scholarship
Maria Femenia, Seattle, Washington
Sarah Nolan, Brooklyn, Ohio
Tiffany Paige, Jackson, Mississippi
Scholarships Funded By AALL
Library Degree for Law School Graduates:
Errol Adams, Brooklyn, New York
Ian Bourgoine, Eliot, Maine
Tina Brooks, Lincoln, Nebraska
Mindy Rush Chipman, Union, Nebraska
Cindy Guyer, Pasadena, California
Thomas Sneed, Columbus, Ohio
Library Degree for Non-Law School Graduates:
Phanelson Braxton, Bowie, Maryland
AALL GRANTS
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
Errol Adams
Elaine Apostola
Anna Blaine
Mari Cheney
Sheila Cui
M. Faye Hadley
Frank Herch
Jennifer Murray
Debora Person
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Ellen Platt
Holly Riccio
Leah Sandwell-Weiss
David Selden
Jennifer Stephens
Melissa Strickland
Jessica Zairo
Xiaolu Zhang |
Chapter Registration Grants
Arizona Association of Law Libraries
Amy Levine
Colorado Association of Law Libraries
Esti Shay
Houston Area Law Librarians
Ann Patterson
Mid-America Association of Law Libraries
Sara Lowe
Northern California Association of Law Libraries
Jocelyn Stilwell
Southern California Association of Law Libraries
Benita Ghura
Western Pacific Chapter of the American Association of Law Libraries
Merri Hartse
LexisNexis Research Fund Grant
Georgia Briscoe, William A. Wise Law Library, University of Colorado School of Law, Is Quality Control in Academic Law Library Online Catalogs Decreasing?
AALL/Wolters Kluwer Law & Business Research Grant
John Doyle, Washington and Lee University, Law School Library, Law Review Submissions
Scott Frey, Western State University College of Law Library, A Search Engine for Law-Related Public Domain Electronic Books
FCIL-SIS Schaffer Grant for Foreign Law Librarians
Ahmadullah Masoud, Reference Librarian, Independent National Legal Training Center (INLTC), Kabul, Afghanistan
Sincerely,
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