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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 Vice President/President Elect
2009 - Dr. Gary Marchionini

ASIST Director-at-Large
2008 - Dr. Deborah Barreau
2007 - Dr. Barbara Wildemuth

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

2007 - Dr. Catherine Blake, "Collaborative Information Synthesis, Part 1" & "Collaborative Information Synthesis, Part 2: Recommendations for Information Systems to Support Synthesis"
2006 - Lisl Zach (alumna), "When is Enough? Modeling the Information-Seeking and Stopping Behavior of Senior Arts Administrators"
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

2008 - Ann K. Irvine, "Natural Language Processing and Teporal Information Extraction in Emergency Department Triage Notes"
2005 - Mary Gabehart, "An analysis of citations to retracted articles in the scientific literature"
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”

ProQuest Doctoral Dissertation Award

2007 - W. John MacMullen, "Contextual Analysis of Variation and Quality in Human-curated Gene Ontology Annotations"

James M. Crestos Leadership Award

2008 - Phillip Edwards
2005 - K.T.L. Vaughan

Award of Merit

1999 - José-Marie Griffiths

Thompson ISI Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Scholarship

2004 - Meng Yang, "An exploration of users' video relevance criteria"

Chapter of the Year Award

2008 - Rachael Clemens, Carolinas Chapter of ASIS&T

ASIS&T Chapter Assembly

2008 - Deputy Director - Cassidy Sugimoto

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
2006 - Dr. Diane Kelly, "Understanding implicit feedback and document preference: A naturalistic user study"
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)

OCLC/ALISE LISRG (Library and Information Science Research Grant)

2006 - Jeffery Pomerantz, "The Return on Investment of Collaborative Virtual Reference Service"

2006 - Lokman Meho, "Citation Analysis of Library and Information Science Faculty Publications: ISI Databases and Beyond"

2002 - Jane Greenberg, "Optimizing Metadata Creation: A Model for Integrating Human and Automatic Processes"

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

Bohdan S. Waynar/ALISE Research Paper Competition

2005 - Lokman Meho and Kristen Spurgin, "Ranking the Research Productivity of LIS Faculty and Schools: An Evaluation of Data Sources and Research Methods"

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
2009 - Connie Schardt (almuna)
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.

Vice President/President Elect
2009/2010 - Dr. Helen R. Tibbo

Fellow
(The highest honor bestowed to members)
2007 - Dr. Robert Martin (alumnus)
2005 - Dr. Helen R. Tibbo

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

J. Franklin Jameson Archival Advocacy Award
(Most outstanding article in American Archivist)
2008 - The Data Intensive Cyber Environment (DICE) group - Dr. Reagan Moore, Dr. Richard Marciano, Dr. Arcot Rajasekar, Antoine C. de Torcy, Chien-yi Hou, Paul Tooby

Theodore Calvin Pease Award
(best student paper)
2008 - Mary Samouelian, "Embracing Web 2.0: Archives and the Newest Generation of Web Applications"
2005 - Craig Breaden, "Sound Practices: Online Audio Exhibits and the Cultural Heritage Archive"
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)

President
2006 - Rebecca Vargha (SILS Librarian)

Fellows
2005 - Davenport "Dav" Robertson
2001 - Dr. Joanne Gard Marshall
1995 - Barbara Semonche (graduate)
1989 - Dr. Fred W. Roper (graduate, past faculty)
1988 - Laura N. Gasaway (adjunct professor)

Dow Jones Leadership Award
2008 - Richard Huffine (graduate)

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)

David Rhydwen Award for Outstanding Scholarly Contribution to News Librarianship
2007 - 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.

Fulbright Senior Specialist
2006 - Dr. Barbara B. Moran (Prague)

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