{"id":38055,"date":"2025-10-27T12:39:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T17:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/news\/?p=38055"},"modified":"2026-01-28T14:41:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T20:41:06","slug":"kline-wins-missouri-library-association-award-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/news\/cycle-of-success\/kline-wins-missouri-library-association-award-2","title":{"rendered":"Kline Wins Missouri Library Association Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_38057\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38057\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/10\/Outstanding-New-Librarian-300x279.jpg\" alt=\"Jill Kline, librarian, is shown with Outstanding New Librarian award\" width=\"300\" height=\"279\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-38057\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/10\/Outstanding-New-Librarian-300x279.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/10\/Outstanding-New-Librarian-1024x951.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/10\/Outstanding-New-Librarian-768x713.jpg 768w, https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/10\/Outstanding-New-Librarian-1536x1426.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/10\/Outstanding-New-Librarian-2048x1901.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/10\/Outstanding-New-Librarian-1320x1226.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38057\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jill Kline with New Outstanding Librarian Award<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Missouri Library Association (MLA) has named Jill Kline, student success librarian at the Mizzou Libraries, as the recipient of this year\u2019s Outstanding New Librarian Award. This prestigious recognition celebrates early-career librarians who have made significant contributions to advancing library and information services in Missouri.<\/p>\n<p>Since joining Mizzou two years ago, Jill has made a remarkable impact on student engagement and academic success. Through instructional sessions and campuswide events, she has reached thousands of students, helping them navigate library resources with confidence. Her efforts have led to the development of innovative learning tools and the acquisition of grant funding to support a new well-being book collection.<\/p>\n<p>Jill\u2019s commitment to excellence extends beyond the university. She has presented at regional conferences, including the Missouri Library Association annual conference, and her instructional sessions consistently receive high praise\u2014more than 95% of surveyed students reported they are more likely to use library tools thanks to her guidance.<\/p>\n<p>Her outreach includes leading sessions for middle and high school students and co-developing a new graduate-level library workshop. Jill also serves on university-wide committees focused on first-generation student success and AI literacy, further demonstrating her dedication to inclusive and forward-thinking education.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to Jill Kline for her outstanding achievements and for setting a high standard for the future of librarianship in Missouri.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/10\/Press-release-10-23-25-Awards-Committee.docx.pdf\">Missouri Library Association Awards Press Release<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Missouri Library Association (MLA) has named Jill Kline, student success librarian at the Mizzou Libraries, as the recipient of this year\u2019s Outstanding New Librarian Award. This prestigious recognition celebrates early-career librarians who have made significant contributions to advancing library and information services in Missouri. Since joining Mizzou two years ago, Jill has made a &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":37901,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[498],"tags":[574],"class_list":["post-38055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cycle-of-success","tag-newsletter"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/10\/Kline-Award-Gateway.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":true,"date":"2030-10-27 14:39:00","action":"change-status","newStatus":"private","terms":[0],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38055"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38059,"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38055\/revisions\/38059"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}