UNIVERSITY NEWS - FEBRUARY 2004

Contact: Megan Bielefeld
ACRL Program Coordinator
mbielefeld@ala.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

February 6, 2004

Miller wins 2004 ACRL/IS Miriam Dudley Instruction Librarian Award

Dr. William Miller, director of libraries at Florida Atlantic University is the winner of the ACRL Instruction Section's Miriam Dudley Instruction Librarian Award. This award recognizes a librarian who has made a significant contribution to the advancement of instruction in a college or research library environment. The award also honors Miriam Dudley, whose pioneering efforts in the field of information literacy led to the formation of the ACRL Instruction Section.

Dudley chair Trudi Jacobson wrote, "Dr. William Miller's contributions to information literacy are wide ranging and have been sustained over time. He has made contributions to the institutional, state, and national levels, and he has initiated or enhanced academic instruction programs wherever he has worked."

The award is sponsored by Elsevier Science on behalf of its journal Research Strategies. A check for $1,000 and a plaque will be presented to Miller during the ALA Annual Conference in Orlando at the IS Program on Sunday, June 27, at 2:00 p.m.

ACRL is a division of the American Library Association, representing 12,000 academic and research librarians and interested individuals. ACRL is the only individual membership organization in North America that develops programs, products and services to meet the unique needs of academic librarians. Its initiatives enable the higher education community to understand the role that academic libraries play in the teaching, learning and research environments.
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