ACRL Announces Academic Library Awards

-- Library Journal, 02/02/2007

The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) has announced the recipients of the 2007 Excellence in Academic Libraries Award. This year's recipients are: the Hostos Community College/CUNY Library, Bronx, NY (community college); Elizabeth Huth Coates Library at Trinity University, San Antonio (college library); and the Georgia Institute of Technology Library and Information Center, Atlanta (university library). Each winning library will receive $3000 and a plaque, to be presented at an award ceremony held on each recipient's campus.

The winners also will receive special recognition at the ACRL President's Program during the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Washington D.C. The award, sponsored by ACRL and Blackwell's Book Services, recognizes college, university, and community college library staffs for programs "that deliver exemplary services and resources." "I cannot think of a better gift for our students and our community than to receive this national recognition of excellence for their library," said Lucinda Zoe, professor and chief librarian of the Hostos Community College/CUNY. "It is a powerful message to send to our community."