home Staff news Concannon Receives James Bennett Childs Award

Concannon Receives James Bennett Childs Award

Congratulations to Marie Concannon! She is the recipient of the 2024 James Bennett Childs Award. This honor, which is awarded by the Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association, is a tribute to an individual who has made a lifetime and significant contribution to the field of documents librarianship.

From the award letter: “The Awards Committee noted that the support letters for your nomination focused on your dedication to the profession and your lifetime of service. Your role in Government Documents practice has been exemplary. Your work with Prices and Wages by Decade has been beneficial not only to the government information community, but to the wider community as well. It is a privilege to honor you with this award for your years of dedication and service to Government Information.”

The official announcement of the award will come out in mid-March, and Marie will be recognized at the GODORT Awards Ceremony at ALA Annual in San Diego.

home Staff news Student Worker Gabriela Ionita Receives Lee Henson Access Mizzou Award

Student Worker Gabriela Ionita Receives Lee Henson Access Mizzou Award

As part of Disability Culture Month, 12 University of Missouri community members have been recognized for their achievements in advancing accessibility.

The Lee Henson Access Mizzou Awards, named after a former Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) coordinator at MU, honor students, faculty and staff who work to make the university a more inclusive place for people with disabilities. This is the tenth year Mizzou has celebrated the award.

Gabriela Ionita, a student worker in the Digital Media and Innovation Lab, received this award for the work she did on making the library’s web maps more accessible.

Congrats to Gabriela!

home Staff news Granger Receives Staff Education Award

Granger Receives Staff Education Award

Congratulations to Ashley Granger! Ashley has been selected as a recipient of the Fall 2023 Staff Advisory Council Education Award! She will receive a reimbursement of $400 to help defray the costs of education in accordance with her submitted application.

home Staff news Granger Receives Staff Development Award and Continues Education

Granger Receives Staff Development Award and Continues Education

Congratulations to Ashley Granger! Ashley has been selected as a recipient of the Summer 2023 Staff Advisory Council Staff Development Award.

In addition, Ashley has been accepted into MU’s Master of Library and Information Science program. She will start in the fall.

home Staff news Alexander Wins Show Me Research Award

Alexander Wins Show Me Research Award

Congratulations to Rachel Alexander, who, in addition to serving as our HSL research support librarian, is pursuing a graduate degree in nursing research. Her poster won 2nd place in the Behavioral & Social Sciences category at Show Me Research Week.

home Staff news Graves Becomes Distinguished Member of Academy of Health Information Professionals

Graves Becomes Distinguished Member of Academy of Health Information Professionals

Congratulations to Rebecca Graves! Her membership in the Academy of Health Information Professionals has been renewed at the distinguished level.

home Staff news Noël Kopriva Honored at Spring General Faculty Meeting

Noël Kopriva Honored at Spring General Faculty Meeting

At the Spring 2023 General Faculty Meeting, Noël Kopriva from the Engineering Library was recognized by the Faculty Council Executive Committee. Noël along with Liz Harrison from MU Extension have served as Co-Chairs of the NTT Inclusion Ad Hoc Committee and they were selected as the recipient of 2022-23 Shared Governance Award in the group category. We are all so proud of Noël’s work in this area and so happy to see her work being recognized at the campus level. During Wednesday’s meeting, Noël and Liz were presented with a plaque by President Choi. Congratulations Noël!

–Chris Pryor