The ALCTS Awards Ceremony took place at the ALA Annual Conference and Exhibition in New Orleans, Louisiana on Saturday, June 23, 2018. Mary Beth Thomson, ALCTS President, presided.
The reception that followed was sponsored by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO.
Writing & Publishing
ALCTS Outstanding Publication Award
Award Recipient: Alana Nuth and Kelly Marie Blanchat for their monograph Fundamentals of Electronic Resources Management, Chicago: ALA Neal-Schuman, 2017.
Award Sponsor: ALCTS
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Edward Swanson Memorial Best of LRTS Award
Award Recipient: Deborah B. Henry and Tina M. Neville for their article “Repositories at Master’s Institutions: A Census and Analysis,” volume 61, number 3 (July 2017): 124–33.
Award Sponsor: ALCTS
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Innovation
ALCTS Outstanding Collaboration Citation
Award Recipient: Big Ten Academic Alliance Cooperative Cataloging Partnership (BTAA CCP)
Award Sponsor: ALCTS
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ProQuest Coutts Award for Innovation
Award Recipient: Joanna Voss
Award Sponsor: ProQuest
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Professional Achievement
Ross Atkinson Lifetime Achievement Award
Award Recipient: Mary Case
Award Sponsor: EBSCO
Paul Banks and Carolyn Harris Preservation Award
Award Recipient: Nancy Kraft
Award Sponsor: Preservation Technologies, L.P.
![Paul Banks and Carolyn Harris Preservation Award recipient, sponsor, and presenter](https://i0.wp.com/alcts.ala.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/alctsawards2018_banksharris.jpg?resize=800%2C533)
George Cunha and Susan Swartzburg Preservation Award
Award Recipient: Sandra “Sandy” Nyberg
Award Sponsor: Hollinger Metal Edge
![George Cunha and Susan Swartzburg Preservation Award recipient, sponsor, and presenter](https://i2.wp.com/alcts.ala.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/alctsawards2018_cunhaswartzburg.jpg?resize=800%2C533)
Margaret Mann Citation
Award Recipient: Bruce Johnson
Award Sponsor: OCLC, Inc.
Esther J. Piercy Award
Award Recipient: Alison M. Armstrong
Award Sponsor: GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO
![Esther J. Piercy Award recipient, sponsor, and presenter](https://i2.wp.com/alcts.ala.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/alctsawards2018_piercy.jpg?resize=800%2C533)
HARRASSOWITZ Award for Leadership in Library Acquisitions
Award Recipient: Lauren Corbett
Award Sponsor: HARRASSOWITZ
![HARRASSOWITZ Award for Leadership in Library Acquisitions recipient, sponsor, and presenter](https://i0.wp.com/alcts.ala.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/alctsawards2018_harrassowitz.jpg?resize=800%2C533)
Ulrich’s Serials Librarianship Award
Award Recipient: Susan Davis
Award Sponsor: ProQuest
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ALCTS Presidential Citations
Three ALCTS members were honored with Presidential Citations:
- Kathy Glennan for her outstanding leadership as a two-term ALA Representative to the RDA Steering Committee (RSC) and as chair-elect of that committee and her contributions to the development of a new RDA governance model and the establishment of North American RDA Committee (NARDAC).
- Harriet Wintermute for her exceptional leadership and service over the course of four years on the ALCTS Fundraising Committee.
- Susan Wynne for her extraordinary service and outstanding leadership as a two-term chair of the Cataloging and Metadata Management Section (CaMMS).
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ALCTS Honors
Andrew Hart and Deborah Ryszka received 2018 ALCTS Honors.
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Achievement for Newer Professionals
First Step Award, a Wiley Professional Development Grant
Award Recipient: Natascha Owens
Award Sponsor: Wiley
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Jan Merrill-Oldham Professional Development Grant
Award Recipient: Juán-Pabló González
Award Sponsor: Library Binding Council
![Jan Merrill-Oldhan Professional Development Grant recipient, sponsor, and presenter](https://i0.wp.com/alcts.ala.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/alctsawards2018_merrilloldham.jpg?resize=800%2C533)
Lois Mai Chan Professional Development Grant
Award Recipient: Treshani Perera
Award Sponsor: Netanel Ganin
![Lois Mai Chain Professional Development Grant recipient, sponsor, and presenter](https://i0.wp.com/alcts.ala.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/alctsawards2018_maichan.jpg?resize=800%2C533)