Academic/Research Librarian of the Year Nomination Form

Review ALA’s personal data notification (PDN) before proceeding.

Graphic of "ACRL Awards" surrounded by wreathNomination submission deadline is December 4, 2020.

Electronic submissions are required. All supporting documents should be compiled by the nominator and uploaded as a single PDF document below. Supporting documents should include:

  • a nomination letter from you
  • a current vita for the person being nominated
  • as many letters as you wish from other librarians supporting the nomination

Please also submit a high resolution photo of the nominee (at least 300 dpi), which will be used to make the official announcement immediately after the ALA Midwinter Meeting.

Applications are kept in the award pool for three years and may be updated each year, as long as they are received by the award deadline.

Please note: the form will not accept submissions with file sizes larger than 20MB. If you are not redirected to a submission confirmation screen and do not receive a confirmation email after you submit your application, then your submission has NOT been received. Please check the size of your file.

If you have questions, please contact staff liaison Aleah Price at aprice@ala.org.

Nominee Information
Nominator Information
Second Nominator Information (if applicable)
Supplemental Materials
Please upload all supplemental materials as a single PDF file. Supplemental materials should include, in order: 1) a letter from the nominator supporting the nomination; 2) a current vita for the nominee; 3) as many letters as you wish from other librarians supporting the nomination. Please also submit a high resolution photo of the nominee (at least 300 dpi). This will be used for the official winner announcement.
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