From: "RATHBUN-GRUBB, SUSAN" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2017 15:48:26 +0000

Congratulations to the 2017 winners of the Library Research Round
Table’s Shera awards! The winners will receive their awards at the
2017 ALA annual conference in Chicago.

* Jesse H. Shera Award for Dissertation Research: Rachel D. Williams,
iSchool, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Performing Boundary Work: An Exploration of Public Library Workers’
Provision of Information Services to People Experiencing Homelessness

Reviewer comments:

This unique and important research, combined with the topic’s societal
significance, can contribute to better supporting library staff
serving people experiencing homelessness. The findings have the
potential to support adding other community services to libraries,
such as a visiting social worker.

* Jesse H. Shera Award for Distinguished Published Research: Alistair
Black and Henry Gabb

“The Value Proposition of the Corporate Library, Past and Present”
(published 2016 in Information & Culture: A Journal of History, v. 51,
n. 2, p. 192-225)

Reviewer comments:

Expertly conducted with an innovative approach, this work is an
exceptionally well researched and written historical analysis of
corporate libraries. Its conclusions justify the continued benefit of
special libraries to a variety of industries.

Susan Rathbun-Grubb, MSLS, PhD
Assistant Professor
School of Library and Information Science
University of South Carolina
1501 Greene St.
Columbia, SC 29208
803.777.0485
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