Awards and Honors

Service to the Profession Awards || 2006 || 2005 || 2003 || 2001
Honorary Memberships

Awards from Other Organizations to USAIN Members

Service to the Profession Award

This award is designated for USAIN members who have demonstrated leadership in advancing the field of agricultural information and who have established new directions or visions for the field.

2006

JoAnn DeVries , formerly Coordinator for Collection Development and Management in Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Sciences at the University of Minnesota, in recognition of her exceptional record of professional leadership, research and scholarship during 1991-2006.

2005

Toni Greider, Associate Dean for Research & Education for Universityof Kentucky Libraries, in recognition of her visionary leadership in establishing USAIN as a viable component of the national agricultural information community and her many contributions in the international information arena.

2003

James Horsfield (posthumously awarded), USDA economist instrumental in developing AgEcon Search.

M. Kay Mowery, for her leadership and contributions to USAIN and to agricultural information in general.

2001

Pamela Q. J. Andre, former Director of the National Agricultural Library, for her outstanding efforts in areas such as the development of AgNIC, digital preservation, and international outreach.

Honorary Memberships ^top

Honorary Memberships are given to individuals who are not members of USAIN, but who have been either an outstanding individual in the field of agricultural information or who have provided outstanding service and support to the Network.

2006

Sarah Thomas was one of USAIN's charter members and served as a leader in agricultural librarianship at the National Agriculture Library and Cornell University. Ms. Thomas is currently the Director of University Library Services at Oxford University.

2001

Nancy Eaton, Dean of Libraries, Penn State University, for her work in the early development of USAIN, and for her pioneering activities in the electronic dissemination of information, such as AgNIC and the National Agricultural Text Digitizing Program;

Jan Kennedy Olsen, formerly Director of Mann Library at Cornell, for her visionary and pioneering activities in the field, including the development of the national preservation program for agricultural information;

Sam Demas, College Librarian and Senior Lecturer at Carleton College Library, for his leadership and direction, also in the development of the national preservation program for agricultural information.

Conference Scholarships ^top

2006— Conference Scholarships for Members New to USAIN or Agricultural Information:

Livia Olsen - Kansas State University
Yongli Zhou - Kansas State University

— Conference Scholarships for Students:

Andrew Ruggiero, Rutgers University

2005 — Conference Scholarships for Members New to USAIN or Agricultural Information:

Innocent Awasom, University of Minnesota
Jill Dotts, West Virginia University

— Conference Scholarship for Tribal Grant or Pacific Grant Librarian:

Amelia Flores - Colorado River Indian Tribes Library/Archives

— Conference Scholarships for Students:

Leslie Delserone - University of Iowa

2003 — Conference Scholarships for Members New to USAIN or Agricultural Information

Eleanor M. Smith, North Carolina State University;
Sarah Williams, Illinois State University

2001 — Conference Scholarships for Members New to USAIN or Agricultural Information

Allison Level, Colorado State University
Suzi Teghtmeyer, Paul Evans Library of Fruit Science

1999 — Conference Scholarships for Members New to USAIN or Agricultural Information

Sheila Merrigan, University of Arizona
Diana Wheeler, University of Wisconsin-Madison

1997 — Conference Scholarships for Members New to USAIN or Agricultural Information

Ina Pour-El, Iowa State UniversityT
Thedis Washington, Clemson University

1995 — Conference Scholarships for Members New to USAIN or Agricultural Information

Mary Cassner, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Debra L. Currie, Louisiana State University

Awards from Other Organizations to USAIN Members ^top

SLA/FAN Distinguished Member awardees who are USAIN members:

2007 Valerie Perry

2006 Anita Ezzo

2005 Heather K. Moberly

2002 Pat Wilson

2001 Lillian Mesner

2000 Kay Mowery

1997 Amy Paster

Colorado State University Libraries Faculty

2007 CSU Libraries Faculty Award for Excellence Allison Level

Gamma Sigma Delta Distinguished Service Award, University of Kentucky Chapter

2007 — Toni Greider

Kentucky Library Association

2004 Special Librarian of the Year — Valerie Perry

2003 Academic Librarian of the Year — Toni Greider

Librarians Association of the University of California, Berkeley Division

2001 Distinguished Librarian Award Norma Kobzina

Nebraska Library Association, College and University Section

2005 Distinguished Service Award Recipient Dana W. R. Boden

University of Nebraska Chapter of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society

2007 Outstanding Science Librarian Award Dana W. R. Boden

Another Notable Agricultural Librarian ^top

Dee Brown, author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, was agricultural librarian at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana for nearly 25 years.