Judith Walker, education and psychology librarian in the J. Murrey Atkins Library, is the recipient of the 2013 Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Education and Behavioral Sciences Section (EBSS) Distinguished Education and Behavioral Sciences Librarian Award.
This award honors a distinguished academic librarian who has made an outstanding contribution as an education and/or behavioral sciences librarian through accomplishments and service to the profession.
A prize of $2,500 and a citation, donated by John Wiley and Sons Inc., will be presented formally during the EBSS program at the 2013 ALA annual conference in Chicago on June 29.
“Judy Walker personifies the qualities that characterize a distinguished education and behavioral sciences librarian: extensive service and leadership in the field, scholarly publications that directly benefit academic librarians in her area and the planning and implementation of exemplary programs and workshops for professional development,” said award chair Cynthia Crosser, social sciences and humanities reference librarian at the University of Maine. “Her work for EBSS, the NASA Educator Resource Center and for ACRL has left a lasting impact on the field.”
Walker has held numerous positions in EBSS, including chair of the Curriculum Directory Ad Hoc Committee (2012-14), chair of the Distinguish Education/Behavioral Science Librarian Award Committee (2009-11), chair of the Nomination Committee (2009-10) and chair of the Ad Hoc Information Literacy Steering Committee (2007-09). She also served as EBSS secretary (2001-03), vice-chair/chair-elect (2003-04), section chair (2004-05) and past chair (2005-2006).