Excellence in Librarianship
Office Managing the Award Process: Office of Academic Programs with Deans and Directors. Information received from Provost's Office, SUNY Albany.
Date of Announcement: Late November
Deadline for Submission: Nomination Memo - Late December. Final Dossier - Early February
Eligibility: Candidates for the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Librarianship must hold a full-time appointment as a professional librarian and possess an MLS degree. Nominees may hold any academic rank; however they must have completed at least three academic years in full-time appointment as a professional librarian at the nominating campus prior to the year of nomination.
Recipients of an Excellence Award may not, at any time, be re-nominated for an award in the same category; and they may not be nominated for another Excellence Award in any other category within a 10-year period. Posthumous nominations are ineligible. Other exclusions can be found in the Call for Nominations.
Specifics: While nominees for the award need not have a long record of service, they must demonstrate extraordinary performance in the following areas:
- Librarianship
- Service to the university and to the profession
- Scholarship and continuing professional growth
A summary of accomplishments (limited to a maximum of 5 pages) and a curriculum vitae (CV) are required for nominations.
Presented at: Dean's Awards Dinner
Previous Awardees of The SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Librarianship Since 1994
Year | Awardee |
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1994 |
Samuel G. Demas |
1996 |
Janet A. McCue |
1997 |
Katherine S. Chiang |
1998 |
Susan J. Barnes |
1999 |
Howard B. Raskin |
2000 |
Gregory W. Lawrence |
2001 |
Mary A. Ochs |
2002 |
Martin L. Schlabach |
2003 |
Thomas P. Turner |
2004 |
William J. Kara |
2005 |
Elaine L. Westbrooks |
2006 |
Kornelia Tancheva |
2007 |
Michael N. Cook |
2008 |
Jesse T. Koennecke |
2010 |
Gail S. Steinhart |
2011 |
Linda S. Stewart |
2013 |
Jim Morris-Knower, Mann Library |
2014 |
Keith G. Jenkins, Mann Library |
2016 | Sarah Young, Mann Library |
2017 | Sara E. Wright, Mann Library |
2018 | Thomas Ottaviano, Mann Library |
2019 | Tobi Hines, Mann Library |
2020 | Camille Andrews, Mann Library |