The 2024-25
Academic Year
Shain Library
Research Prize
$500 Award
Fall Applications due 12/23/2024
Winners published in Digital Commons
Every complete application is judged independently by each member of the Library Prize Committee according to the evaluation criteria (See Evaluation Criteria). Scores are then analyzed, averaged, and ranked to determine an overall winner or winners and any runners-up.
The committee aims to be composed of several librarians and ideally three faculty members representing the broad branches of study consisting in the arts and humanities, the sciences, and the social sciences. This year's committee members included:
Ann Devlin, May Buckley Sadowski '19 Professor of Psychology
Denis Ferhatovic, William Meredith Assistant Professor of English
Fred Folmer, Research and Instruction Librarian, and Special Projects Coordinator
Caroline Kent, Director of Research Support and Instruction
Andrew Lopez, Research and Instruction Librarian, and Government Documents
T. Page Owen, Associate Professor of Botany
Benjamin Panciera, Ruth Rusch Sheppe '40 Director of Special Collections
If you have questions, please email the Library Prize Committee at LibPrize@conncoll.edu