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Awards and Honors

Service to the Profession Awards

Special Achievement Award

Honorary Memberships

Conference Scholarships

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:

Graduate Student Scholarship:

2006
Conference Scholarship for Members New to USAIN or Agricultural Information:

Conference Scholarship for Students:

2005
Conference Scholarship for Members New to USAIN or Agricultural Information:

Conference Scholarship for Tribal Grant or Pacific Grant Librarian:

Conference Scholarship for Students:

2003 Conference Scholarship for Members New to USAIN or Agricultural Information

2001 Conference Scholarship for Members New to USAIN or Agricultural Information

1999 Conference Scholarship for Members New to USAIN or Agricultural Information

1997 Conference Scholarship for Members New to USAIN or Agricultural Information

1995 Conference Scholarship for Members New to USAIN or Agricultural Information


Awards from Other Organizations to USAIN Members ^top

SLA/FAN Distinguished Member awardees who are USAIN members: Oklahoma State University
Library Faculty Award for Notable Achievement
Colorado State University Libraries Faculty
CSU Libraries Faculty Award for Excellence
Gamma Sigma Delta
University of Kentucky Chapter
Distinguished Service Award
University of Nebraska Chapter of Sigma Xi,
The Scientific Research Society
Outstanding Science Librarian Award

Nebraska Library Association
College and University Section
Distinguished Service Award

Kentucky Library Association
Special Librarian of the Year
Kentucky Library Association
Academic Librarian of the Year
Librarians Association of the University of California
Berkeley Division
Distinguished Librarian Award
Another Notable Agricultural Librarian ^top