The Research and Publications Committee is pleased to announce three winners of ALAO Research Grants:
Shannon Marie Robinson -- Fine Arts Liaison Librarian -- Denison University
An award of $505 (full funding) for a research project entitled, The Information Needs of Dancers in Higher Education.
Rocki Strader -- Associate Professor and Authorities Librarian, Western Languages Cataloging Coordinator, Database Maintenance Coordinator -- Library Tech Center, The Ohio State University Libraries
An award of $497 (partial funding) for a research project entitled, The cataloging of sound recordings in the United States: a chronological account.
Jane Wu -- Systems Librarian, Associate professor -- Otterbein University
An award of $497 (partial funding) for a research project entitled, A Comparative Study of Information Literacy Education In Three Chinese Academic Libraries.
Six research grant applications were received by the deadline, and the committee selected these three through a peer review process that ensured anonymity of the applicant and the applicant's institution. Thanks are due to the entire Research and Publications Committee for their careful reading and deliberations of all of the applications, and to all of the applicants for their thoughtful submissions.
Mark Eddy, Case Western Reserve Univ.
Research and Publications Committee Chair
