{"72227":{"#nid":"72227","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech\u0027s Library Celebrates Major Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Library has transformed into an organization that connects people from around campus in a friendly academic environment, and that effort is being recognized nationally.  The Library and Information Center was selected by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) to receive the 2007 Excellence in Academic Libraries Award \u0027for its impressive five-year transformation into the heart and the soul of the community.\u0027\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E \u0022This award derives from the hard work and accomplishments of Library staff,\u0022 said Richard Meyer dean and director of Libraries.  \u0022Our staff has contributed to organizational change, the re-engineering of services and jobs, and a fresh and focused engagement with our students, faculty and staff.  Their dedication overrides concerns for personal reward.  We and our campus partners are \u0027caught up\u0027 in this good work.  So it\u0027s particularly sweet that winning this award gives us pause to take pride in our accomplishments and service to Georgia Tech.  It helps our staff to know that our work has made a national impact.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe prestigious national award, which is funded by Blackwell Book Services, recognizes the achievements of a community college, college and university library each year. Criteria for the award include demonstrating outstanding leadership; providing advanced resources for students, faculty and staff; and the development of innovative services and programs that respond to the diverse educational needs of an institution. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Judges made note of the speed, comprehensiveness and relevance of our transformations \u0027into the heart and soul of the university,\u0027\u0022 said Crit Stuart, associate director for Public Services.  \u0022Our experiments in individual and group study spaces, the West and East Commons, coupled with a superb information technology training program in the Multimedia Studio, have a national influence.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EStuart continued, \u0022We doubled library attendance in four years.  Judges made note of our digital initiatives, which include the creation of a rapidly growing and heavily used institutional repository (SMARTech), and of award-winning programs to improve access to and usability of electronic resources and Web-based services.  Our transformation provides a model for other academic libraries.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn its announcement of this year\u0027s winners, the ACRL commended Georgia Tech\u0027s Library and Information Center for creating a stimulating and engaging physical environment and making imaginative use of a public space for two information commons, a caf\u00c3\u00a9, a presentation room and a multimedia center, which have transformed the library into a vibrant gathering place. The ACRL also praised programs such as CeLIBration during Freshman Week and Tuesday Talks, a showcase for faculty research, that invite the community to the library.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We want to publicly recognize that this distinction is shared with our students, faculty and staff, as well as with our library colleagues,\u0022 said Meyer.  \u0022We especially note the contributions of our Georgia Tech partners: Office of Information Technology, CETL, Success Programs, Counseling Center, Undergraduate Academic Advising, the Class of 1955, and several academic units.  Our strong ties to Georgia Tech students are cemented through our Student Advisory Council, which helped to spearhead several of our big initiatives.  And we have many productive relationships with outstanding teaching faculty and researchers at Tech.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to a plaque, honorees are awarded $3,000 and receive special recognition during the ACRL President\u0027s Program at the annual American Library Association Conference in Washington, D.C. on June 25. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe library will be marking the achievement with a campus celebration on April 10. \n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"The Library and Information Center was selected by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) to receive the 2007 Excellence in Academic Libraries Award"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"The Georgia Tech Library has transformed into an organization that connects people from around campus in a friendly academic environment, and that effort is being recognized nationally.  The Library and Information Center was selected by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) to receive the 2007 Excellence in Academic Libraries Award \u0027for its impressive five-year transformation into the heart and the soul of the community.\u0027","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Award recognizes transformation of library"}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2007-04-10 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:37","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2007-04-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2007-04-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"72228":{"id":"72228","type":"image","title":"Library East Commons","body":null,"created":"1449177446","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:17:26","changed":"1475894653","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:13"},"72229":{"id":"72229","type":"image","title":"Library East Commons","body":null,"created":"1449177446","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:17:26","changed":"1475894653","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:13"}},"media_ids":["72228","72229"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.library.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Library and Information Center"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2436","name":"ACRL"},{"id":"101","name":"Award"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"1205","name":"Library"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["matthew.nagel@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}