Awards
Each year, ALCTS honors people in librarianship working in acquisitions, continuing resources, cataloging, collection development, and preservation through more than a dozen awards. Juries consisting mostly of ALCTS member volunteers (who are generally peers of potential recipients) select recipients of these awards:
Writing/Publishing: Best of LRTS Award; Blackwell's Scholarship Award
Innovation: Outstanding Collaboration Citation; Coutts Award for Innovation in Electronic Resources Management
Personal Achievement: Ross Atkinson Lifetime Achievement Award; Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award; Paul Banks and Carolyn Harris Preservation Award; LBI George Cunha and Susan Swartzburg Award; Esther J. Piercy Award; Margaret Mann Citation
Leadership in Library Acquisitions Award (acquisitions); Ulrich’s Serials Librarianship Award (continuing resources); Presidential Citation (special service to ALCTS)
Achievement for Newer Professionals: First Step Award
For Professionals in Developing Countries: Online Course Grant
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