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:
Rachel Black, Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Simon Feldman, Associate Professor of Philosophy
Fred Folmer, Director of Collections and Resource Management
Kristine J. Hardeman, Senior Lecturer of Biology and Botany
Andrew Lopez, Research Support Librarian, Government Documents Coordinator
Ariela McCaffrey, Research Support & Outreach Librarian
Rose Oliveira, Linda Lear Special Collections Librarian
If you have questions, please email the Library Prize Committee at LibPrize@conncoll.edu