Your $30 annual membership fee supports a number of scholarships, grants, and awards to ALAO members. We presented eleven awards during the annual conference this year. Congratulations to all of the award winners.

Student Presenter Grant
Carissa Thatcher (Southern State Community College)

Support Staff Presenter Grant
Emily Brubaker (Heidelberg College)

ALAO Diversity Scholarship
Carissa Thatcher (Southern State Community College)

ALAO Continuing Education Grant
Bridget Faricy (University of Toledo)

Distance Learning Visionary Award
Kenneth Burhanna (Kent State University)

Research Awards

• Maureen Barry (Wright State University) – $350
  Project Title: What is the subject librarian’s role in a service-learning course?
• Stacy Brinkman (Miami University) – $250
  Project Title: Next-Generation Collection Management: Using Augmented Reality Mobile Applications to Automate Shelf Reading and Inventory Control
• Jacqueline Johnson (Miami University) – $200
  Project Title: Cephas Burns: Bridges of Hope
• Ann Marie Smeraldi (Cleveland State University) – $200
  Project Title: Conducting a Usability Study to Uncover the Best Way to Teach Discovery Tool Searching

Jay Ladd Distinguished Service Award
John Burke, Miami University Middletown (See article below)

Special Recognition Award for Service: OHIONET