June 25, 2008
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WASHINGTON, DC – At the American Library Association Annual Meeting in Anaheim, CA, the American Psychological Association (APA) presented the 2008 Excellence in Librarianship Award for significant contributions to librarianship in psychology and the behavioral sciences. APA is pleased to announce that Anne Wade, MLIS, has been selected to receive this year's award.
Wade is Manager and Information Specialist at the Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance (CSLP) located at Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She currently spearheads the collaborative Inquiry Strategies for the Information Society in the Twenty-First Century project to design and develop interactive multimedia to support teachers of information literacy skills. In addition, she is an Information Retrieval Specialist for the CSLP Systematic Review Team and the Information Retrieval Methods and Education Coordinating groups of the Campbell Collaboration, an international network of social scientists who produce systematic reviews of research evidence on the effectiveness of social interventions.
As a Sessional Lecturer in the Department of Education at Concordia University, Wade teaches Library Research Practices to undergraduate Child Studies students. She has coauthored numerous articles, co-presented at a variety of conferences, written a column for Educational Libraries, and currently serves as Director on the Board of the Quebec Library Association.
The American Psychological Association's Excellence in Librarianship Award was created to recognize significant contributions or research within psychology and social sciences librarianship. The award, which consists of a plaque and $2,500, will be presented to Ms. Wade on Saturday, June 28, 2008 at the second EBSS Research Forum, during the American Library Association Annual Meeting in Anaheim, CA.
The award is open to both mid-career librarians and allied professionals (10 or more years of experience) who have demonstrated significant achievement in librarianship in psychology or the social sciences. APA employees are not eligible. For more information, please contact PsycINFO Customer Relationsopens in new window.
About APA
The American Psychological Association (APA), in Washington, DC, is the largest scientific and professional organization representing psychology in the United States and is the world's largest association of psychologists.APA's membership includes more than 148,000 researchers, educators, clinicians, consultants and students.Through its divisions in 54 subfields of psychology and affiliations with 60 state, territorial and Canadian provincial associations, APA works to advance psychology as a science, as a profession and as a means of promoting human welfare.