1996 AASL Award Winners

[Lisa Wolfe <lwolfe@ALA.ORG>]

As many of you know, the American Association of School Librarians
will present its 10 1996 awards at a luncheon on July 8 during the
ALA Annual Conference in New York City.  Applications for 1997 awards
will be available in the AASL Booth at the conference or by contact
the AASL Office following the conference. A complete list of the 1996
award winners follows.

1996 AASL Award Winners

1.?ABC-CLIO Leadership Grant
?Massachusetts School Library Media Association and Massachusetts
?Library Association Children?s Issues Section
?Project: ?Library Information for Educators (LIFE) Symposium?

2.?Distinguished School Administrators Award
?Faye Kimsey, principal
?Lakeside Elementary School, Chattanooga, Tennessee

3.?Distinguished Service Award
?Ken Haycock, professor and director of the School of Library,
Archival ?and Information Studies
?University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

4.?Frances Henne Award
?Jane Baldwin, library media specialist
 ?Katherine L. Gust Elementary School, Littleton, Colorado

5.?AASL/Highsmith Research Grant
?Kansas Association of School Librarians Research Committee (Robert
?Grover, Jacqueline Laken, Shelia Blume and Carol Fox)
?Project: ?Testing an Interdisciplinary Assessment Model?

6.?Information Plus Continuing Education Scholarship
?Candace Jensen, library media specialist
?Colin L. Powell Elementary School, Woodlands, Texas

7.?Intellectual Freedom Award
?Ann K. Symons, library media specialist
?Juneau-Douglas High School, Juneau, Alaska

8.?Microcomputer in the Media Center Award
?Division One:  Marsha L. West, library media specialist
?David C. Barrow Elementary School, Athens, Georgia
?Division Two:  Cynthia Montoya, library media specialist
?Green Valley High School, Henderson, Nevada

9.?National School Library Media Program of the Year Award
?Maine Township High School West, Des Plaines, Illinois

10.?School Librarians? Workshop Scholarship
?Laura Michelle Mench
?Galion, Ohio