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SILS' students, faculty and alumni have received awards from professional societies, recognizing their contributions to information and library science. Listed here are selected, significant awards from major societies.

American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIST)

The mission of the American Society for Information Science and Technology is to advance the information sciences and related applications of information technology by providing focus, opportunity, and support to information professionals and organizations.

ASIST Research Award
1996 - Dr. Gary Marchionini

Outstanding Information Science Teacher Award
2002 - Dr. Deborah Barreau
2000 - Dr. Barbara Wildemuth
1996 - Dr. Stephanie Haas

Best JASIST Paper Award
2003 - Dr. Gary Marchionini, "Co-evolution of user and organizational interfaces: A longitudinal case study of WWW dissemination of national statistics"
2001 - Dr. Robert M. Losee, "When Information Retrieval Measures Agree About the Relative Quality of Document Rankings"
1999 - Dr. Paul Solomon, "Discovering Information Behavior in Sense-Making. Part I, II, III", Volume 48, Special Award for a Series
1990 - Dr. Gary Marchionini, "Information-Seeking Strategies of Novices Using a Full-Text Encyclopedia"

Pratt-Severn Best Student Research Paper Award
2001 - Brian Hilligoss, "The Role of Web Home Page Information Elements in User-Site Orientation Efforts"
1999 - Kelly Maglaughlin, "Use of Relevance Criteria in Partially Relevant Documents"
1989 - Dale Boles, "The Effect of Subject Matter Familiarity on Inter-indexer Consistency, Number of Index Terms Supplied and Indexer Use of Author Terminology"

 

Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE)

The mission of the Association for Library and Information Science Education is to promote excellence in research, teaching, and service for library and information science education.


ALISE Service Award

2000 - Dr. Evelyn Daniel

ALISE Award for Teaching Excellence
2002 - Dr. Jerry Saye
1994 - Dr. David Carr

The Eugene Garfield - ALISE Doctoral Dissertation Award
2001 - Patricia Coit Murphy, "What a Book Can Do: Silent Spring and Media-Borne Public Debate"
2000 - Keith Wilson Cogdill, "The Information Needs and Information Seeking of Nurse Practitioners" (Certificate of Recognition)

Methodology Paper Competition
2001 - Dr. Barbara Wildemuth and Dr. Diane Sonnenwald (Göteborg University)

 

Medical Library Association

The Medical Library Association is dedicated to improving excellence and leadership of the health information professional to foster the art and science of health information services.

President
2003 - Dr. Joanne Gard Marshall

Fellows
2002 - Dr. Joanne Gard Marshall
2001 - June H. Fulton (graduate)
1997 - Jo Ann Bell Wootten (graduate)
1997 - Dr. Fred W. Roper (graduate, past faculty)
1984 - Fredrick G. Kilgour

Ida and George Elliott Prize
1993 - Dr. Joanne Gard Marshall, "The Impact of Information Provided by the Hospital Libraries in the Rochester Area on Clinical Decision-Making"
1982 - Dr. Joanne Gard Marshall and Victor Neufeld, "A Randomized Trial of Librarian Participation in Clinical Settings"

The President's Award
2000 - Dr. Fred W. Roper (graduate, past faculty)

Martha C. Noyes Award
1998 - Dr. Fred W. Roper (graduate, past faculty)

 

Society of American Archivists

The Society of American Archivists serves the educational and informational needs of its members and provides leadership to help ensure the identification, preservation, and use of the nation's historical record.

Fellows' Ernst Posner Prize
(most outstanding article in American Archivist)
1994 - Dr. Helen R. Tibbo

Theodore Calvin Pease Award
(best student paper)
2001 - James M. Roth, "Serving Up EAD: An Exploratory Study on the Development and Utilization of Encoded Archival Description Finding Aids"
2000 - Kristin E. Martin, "Analysis of Remote Reference Correspondence at a Large Academic Manuscripts Collection"
1999 - Kathleen Feeney, "Retrieval of Archival Finding Aids Using World Wide Web Search Engines"
1997 - Karen Collins, "Providing Subject Access to Images: A Study of User Queries"

 

Special Libraries Association (SLA)

The Special Libraries Association is the global organization for innovative information professionals and their strategic partners.

Hall of Fame
2001 - Dr. Fred W. Roper (graduate, past faculty)

Fellows
2001 - Dr. Joanne Gard Marshall
1995 - Barbara Semonche (graduate)
1989 - Dr. Fred W. Roper (graduate, past faculty)
1988 - Laura N. Gasaway (adjunct professor)

John Cotton Dana Award
2004 - Barbara Semonche (graduate)
1998 - Dr. Joanne Gard Marshall
1999 - Dr. Fred W. Roper (graduate, past faculty)
1987 - Laura N. Gasaway (adjunct professor)

Factiva Leadership Award
2004 - Dr. Joanne Gard Marshall

H.W. Wilson Company Award
1997 - Dr. Joanne Gard Marshall

Rose L. Vormelker Award
2000 - Barbara Semonche (graduate)

Fulbright

Established in 1946, the Fulbright Program aims to increase mutual understanding between the peoples of the United States and other countries, through the exchange of persons, knowledge and skills.

U.S. Scholars
2003 - Dr. Jerry D. Saye (Slovenia)
2001 - Dr. Diane Sonnenwald (Finland)
1997-98 - Dr. Paul Solomon (Finland)