AASL presents 1999 awards

[Steven Hofmann <shofmann@ALA.ORG>]

AASL presents 1999 awards

The following awards, grants and scholarships were presented at the
AASL Awards Luncheon, June 28, 1999. The luncheon was held during the
ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans.

Violet H. Harada, of the University of Hawaii at Manoa (Honolulu)
Library & Information Science Program, accepted the ABC-CLIO
Leadership Grant on behalf of the Hawaii Association of School
Librarians (HASL) and its president, Donna Min Shiroma.  The grant,
sponsored by the ABC-CLIO Company, is given for an outstanding
leadership program developed by an AASL affiliate organization.  The
HASL project, "Building Effective Teaching and Learning Partnerships,"
will engage teams of K-12 library media specialists and teachers in
studying the questions of how learners learn best and how to
facilitate learning.

The Distinguished School Administrator Award, honoring a school
administrator who has made worthy contributions to the operations of
an exemplary school library media center and to advancing the role of
the school library media center in the educational program, was
presented to Eugene J. Sudol, principal of Wayne Hills (N.J.) High
School.  The award is sponsored by SIRS, Inc.

Dr. Jacqueline C. Mancall, of the Drexel University College of
Information Science & Technology (Philadelphia, Penn.), received the
Distinguished Service Award.  Sponsored by Baker & Taylor Books, the
award recognizes an individual member of the library profession who
has, over a significant period of time, made an outstanding national
contribution to school librarianship and school library development.

The Frances Henne Award, sponsored by the R.R. Bowker Company, was
presented to Marsha Trentham Hunter of Lilburn (Ga.) Middle School.
The award is given to a school library media specialist with five
years or less experience who demonstrates leadership qualities with
students, teachers, and administrators.

The research project, "Dialogic Journaling with Elementary Grade
Students as a Means to Deeper Student Understanding of the Information
Search Process," received the AASL/Highsmith Research Grant for
innovative research aimed at measuring and evaluating the impact of
school library media programs on learning and education.  The study,
proposed by Violet H. Harada, Claire Sato and Joan Yoshina, of the
University of Hawaii at Manoa (Honolulu) Library & Information Science
Program, will focus on a particular teaching and learning
strategy-journaling-and its impact on student understanding of the
information search process.  Harada was present to accept on behalf of
the research team.  Highsmith, Inc. sponsors the grant.

The Information Plus Continuing Education Scholarship, which provides
financial assistance for the continuing education and professional
development of a school library media specialist, was presented to
Betty K. Brackin of Leroy (Ala.) High School, who will use it to
attend the 2000 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago.  The scholarship is
sponsored by Information Plus.

The Information Technology Pathfinder Award, honoring a school
library media specialist demonstrating vision and leadership through
the use of information technology to build lifelong learners, was
presented to Sharlene Miller-Ballas, Craig House (Pittsburgh, Penn.),
in the elementary category, and Betty K. Brackin, Leroy (Ala.) High
School, in the secondary category.  The Follett Software Company
sponsors the award.

Dr. Marilyn Moore, associate superintendent for instruction, and
Donna Peterson, director of library media services, accepted the
National School Library Media Program of the Year Award, Large School
District Category, on behalf of the Lincoln (Nebr.) Public Schools.
The award, sponsored by Follett Library Resources, emphasizes the
importance of the school library media program as an integral part of
the instructional process, vital to the curriculum for quality
education; demonstrates the fundamental value of excellent school
library media programs in the personal and social development of the
future leaders, our youth; identifies positive models which, though
their approaches may be unique to the specific school community, still
share the common goals and principles of meeting the information needs
of users; and encourages the development of library media programs
that are the result of the collaborative efforts of all those who are
responsible for student learning.

The School Librarian's Workshop Scholarship, which provides financial
assistance for the professional education of a person who plans to
become a school library media specialist, was awarded to Marie
Granthe, of Queens College (New York, N.Y.).  The scholarship is
sponsored by Library Learning Resources.

posted by:

Steven Hofmann
AASL Coordinator of Communications

See you at the AASL Ninth National Conference and Exhibition
November 10-14, 1999 in Birmingham, Alabama
http://www.ala.org/aasl/birmingham

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