Awards and Honors
Service to the Profession Awards
Awards from Other Organizations to USAIN Members
Another Notable Agricultural Librarian
Service to the Profession Award ^top
This award is designated for USAIN members who have demonstrated leadership in advancing the field of agricultural information and who have established new directions or visions for the field.
2008
Barbara Hutchinson
2006
JoAnn DeVries, formerly Coordinator for Collection Development and Management in Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Sciences at the University of Minnesota, in recognition of her exceptional record of professional leadership, research and scholarship during 1991-2006.
2005
Toni Greider, Associate Dean for Research & Education for Universityof Kentucky Libraries, in recognition of her visionary leadership in establishing USAIN as a viable component of the national agricultural information community and her many contributions in the international information arena.
2003
James Horsfield (posthumously awarded), USDA economist instrumental in developing AgEcon Search.
M. Kay Mowery, for her leadership and contributions to USAIN and to agricultural information in general.
2001
Pamela Q. J. Andre, former Director of the National Agricultural Library, for her outstanding efforts in areas such as the development of AgNIC, digital preservation, and international outreach.
Special Achievement Award ^top
2008
Carla Casler
Honorary Memberships ^top
Honorary Memberships are given to individuals who are not members of USAIN, but who have been either an outstanding individual in the field of agricultural information or who have provided outstanding service and support to the Network.
2006
Sarah Thomas was one of USAIN's charter members and served as a leader in agricultural librarianship at the National Agriculture Library and Cornell University. Ms. Thomas is currently the Director of University Library Services at Oxford University.
2001
Nancy Eaton, Dean of Libraries, Penn State University, for her work in the early development of USAIN, and for her pioneering activities in the electronic dissemination of information, such as AgNIC and the National Agricultural Text Digitizing Program;
Jan Kennedy Olsen, formerly Director of Mann Library at Cornell, for her visionary and pioneering activities in the field, including the development of the national preservation program for agricultural information;
Sam Demas, College Librarian and Senior Lecturer at Carleton College Library, for his leadership and direction, also in the development of the national preservation program for agricultural information.
Conference Scholarships ^top
2008
Conference Scholarship for New Professionals:
- Nöel Kopriva, West Virginia University
- Amy Bedard, The William H. Miner Agricultural Research Institute
Graduate Student Scholarship:
- Sarah Kasten, Simmons College
2006
Conference Scholarship for Members New to USAIN
or Agricultural Information:
- Livia Olsen - Kansas State University
- Yongli Zhou - Kansas State University
Conference Scholarship for Students:
- Andrew Ruggiero, Rutgers University
2005
Conference Scholarship for Members New to USAIN
or Agricultural Information:
- Innocent Awasom, University of Minnesota
- Jill Dotts, West Virginia University
Conference Scholarship for Tribal Grant or Pacific Grant Librarian:
- Amelia Flores - Colorado River Indian Tribes Library/Archives
Conference Scholarship for Students:
- Leslie Delserone - University of Iowa
2003 Conference Scholarship for Members New to USAIN or Agricultural Information
- Eleanor M. Smith, North Carolina State University;
- Sarah Williams, Illinois State University
2001 Conference Scholarship for Members New to USAIN or Agricultural Information
- Allison Level, Colorado State University
- Suzi Teghtmeyer, Paul Evans Library of Fruit Science
1999 Conference Scholarship for Members New to USAIN or Agricultural Information
- Sheila Merrigan, University of Arizona
- Diana Wheeler, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1997 Conference Scholarship for Members New to USAIN or Agricultural Information
- Ina Pour-El, Iowa State University
- Thedis Washington, Clemson University
1995 Conference Scholarship for Members New to USAIN or Agricultural Information
- Mary Cassner, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- Debra L. Currie, Louisiana State University
Awards from Other Organizations to USAIN Members ^top
SLA/FAN Distinguished Member awardees who are USAIN members:- 2008 Luti Salisbury
- 2007 Valerie Perry
- 2006 Anita Ezzo
- 2005 Heather K. Moberly
- 2002 Pat Wilson
- 2001 Lillian Mesner
- 2000 Kay Mowery
- 1997 Amy Paster
Library Faculty Award for Notable Achievement
- 2008
Heather K. Moberly
CSU Libraries Faculty Award for Excellence
- 2007
Allison Level
University of Kentucky Chapter
Distinguished Service Award
- 2007
Toni Greider
The Scientific Research Society
Outstanding Science Librarian Award
- 2007
Dana W. R. Boden
Nebraska Library Association
College and University Section
Distinguished Service Award
- 2005
Dana W. R. Boden
Special Librarian of the Year
- 2004
Valerie Perry
Academic Librarian of the Year
- 2003
Toni Greider
Berkeley Division
Distinguished Librarian Award
- 2001
Norma Kobzina
- Dee Brown, author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, was agricultural librarian at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana for nearly 25 years.