The Beta Phi Mu Award is an annual prize recognizing an individual for distinguished service to education for librarianship. First bestowed in 1954, Award recipients include various prominent leaders in the field of

librarianship Library science (often termed library studies, bibliothecography, and library economy) is an interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary field that applies the practices, perspectives, and tools of management, information technology, education, and ...

. The Award is sponsored by the international honor society

Beta Phi Mu Beta Phi Mu (also or βφμ) is the international honor society for library & information science and information technology. Founded by a group of librarians and library educators, the society's express purpose is to recognize and encourage "su ...

(ΒΦΜ or βφμ), founded in 1948 to promote scholastic achievement among

library and information science Library and information science(s) or studies (LIS) is an interdisciplinary field of study that deals generally with organization, access, collection, and protection/regulation of information, whether in physical (e.g. art, legal proceedings, e ...

students.

Recipients

2020-present

*2021. Marcia Rapchak. School of Computing and Information, University of Pittsburgh. *2020. John M. Budd. University of Missouri.

2010-2019

*2019. Mirah J. Dow. Emporia State University. *2018.

Clara Chu Clara Chu is a Chinese-Canadian library and information science scholar. She is the Director of the Mortenson Center for International Library Programs at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research interest is in multicultural l ...

, University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign *2017. Em Claire Knowles, Simmons College, School of Library and Information Science *2016. Annabel K.Stephens, University of Southern Mississippi *2015. Beverly P. Lynch, University of California, Los Angeles *2014. Beth M. Paskoff, Louisiana State University. *2013. Elizabeth Aversa, University of Alabama *2012. Mary Wagner, St. Catherine University in St. Paul, Minn. *2011. Lesley S.J. Farmer, California State University Long Beach *2010. Ken Haycock, San Jose State University

2000-2009

*2009. C. James Schmidt, San Jose State University, CA. *2008. Ching-chih Chen, Simmons College, Boston *2007. Barbara Immroth, University of Texas-Austin *2006.

Lois Mai Chan Lois Mai Chan (Chinese: 麥麟屏, July 30, 1934 – August 20, 2014) was an American librarian, author, and professor at the University of Kentucky School of Library and Information Science until 2011. Her publications on cataloging, library ...

, University of Kentucky *2005. Lynn Akin, Texas Woman's University *2004. Linda C. Smith, University of Illinois *2003. Kathleen de la Peña McCook, Louisiana State University, University of South Florida. *2002. Leigh Stewart Estabrook, University of Illinois *2001.

Lotsee Patterson Lotsee Patterson (formerly Lotsee Smith; b. 1931) is a Comanche librarian, educator, and founder of the American Indian Library Association. She has written numerous articles on collection development, tribal libraries and Native American Libraria ...

, University of Oklahoma *2000. Shirley Fitzgibbons, Indiana University

1990-1999

*1999. D. W. Krummel, University of Illinois *1998. Elizabeth W. Stone, Catholic University *1997. Charles Bunge, University of Wisconsin *1996. Robert N. Broadus, Northern Illinois University *1995. Elizabeth Futas, University of Rhode Island *1994. Jane B. Robbins, University of Wisconsin-Madison *1993. Kathryn Luther Henderson, University of Illinois *1992. Guy Garrison, Drexel University *1991. Edward G. Holley, University of North Carolina Holley, Edward G. 1963. ''Charles Evans: American bibliographer.'' Urbana: University of Illinois Press. *1990. Robert D. Stueart, Simmons College, Boston

1980-1989

*1989. Charles D. Patterson, Louisiana State University *1988. Samuel Rothstein, University of British Columbia (first Canadian to hold Ph.D. in Librarianship) *1987. Sarah K. Vann, University of Hawaii *1986. Agnes Lytton Reagan, ALA Accreditation Officer *1985. Robert M. Hayes, University of California Los Angeles *1984. Jane Anne Hannigan, Columbia University, Rutgers University *1983. J. Periam Danton, University of California, Berkeley *1982. David K. Berninghausen, University of Minnesota *1981. Haynes McMullen, University of North Carolina at Chapel *1980.

Virginia Lacy Jones Virginia Lacy Jones (June 25, 1912 – December 3, 1984) was an American librarian who throughout her 50-year career in the field pushed for the integration of public and academic libraries. She was one of the first African Americans to earn a ...

, Atlanta University

1970-1979

*1979. Conrad Rawski, Case Western Reserve. University *1978.

Frances E. Henne Frances E. Henne (October 11, 1906 – December 21, 1985) was an American librarian. Henne pursued a life of education and became a leader and expert in creating standards for school librarians. In 1999, ''American Libraries'' named her one of t ...

, Columbia University *1977. Russell E. Bidlack, University of Michigan *1976. Carolyn Whitenack, Purdue University *1975. Kenneth R. Shaffer, Simmons College *1974. Martha Boaz, University of Southern California *1973.

Lester Asheim Lester Eugene Asheim (January 22, 1914 – July 1, 1997) was an American librarian and scholar of library science. He was on the faculty of the University of Chicago and the University of North Carolina and held positions in the American Li ...

, University of Chicago, University of North Carolina *1972. Margaret E. Monroe, University of Wisconsin-Madison *1971.

Leon Carnovsky Leon Carnovsky (November 28, 1903 – December 6, 1975) was a librarian and educator who focused much of his time to the survey of libraries in the United States and around the globe. Carnovsky was recognized by American Libraries as being one of t ...

University of Chicago *1970. Raynard C. Swank, University of California Berkeley

1969-1969

*1969. Ethel M. Fair *1968. Sarah R. Reed *1967.

Louis Shores Louis Shores (September 14, 1904 – June 19, 1981) was a librarian who worked for the promotion of the library as the center of all learning, in both public and academic institutions. Shores was recognized for his integration of audiovisual materi ...

, Florida State University *1966. James J. Kortendick *1965. Jesse H. Shera, University of Chicago, Case Western Reserve University *1964.

Charles C. Williamson Charles Clarence Williamson (January 26, 1877 - January 11, 1965) was the Director of the Columbia University Libraries and Dean of the Columbia School of Library Service from 1926 to 1940. He studied economics at Western Reserve College, the U ...

, Columbia University *1963 Ernest J. Reece *1962 Florrinell F. Morton, Louisiana State University *1961. Robert L. Gitler *1960.

Louis Round Wilson Louis Round Wilson (December 27, 1876 – December 10, 1979) was an important figure to the field of library science, and is listed in “100 of the most important leaders we had in the 20th century,” an article in the December 1999 issue of ''Am ...

, University of Chicago, University of North Carolina

1954-1959

*1959.

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*1958. Florence Van Hoesen *1957. Lucy M. Crissey *1956. Margaret I Rufsvold *1955.

Gretchen Knief Schenk Gretchen Knief Schenk (October 1, 1901 – May 16, 1989) was an American librarian, who served as Washington State Library, Washington State Librarian from 1942 to 1945, and as president of the Alabama Library Association from 1949 to 1950. She wa ...

*1954. Rudolph Hjalmar Gjelsness, University of Michigan

References

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