Announcement
The Research Committee announces the winners of the 2010 Research Award: Randell K. Schmidt, Maureen M. Smyth, and Virginia K. Kowalski for their book: Lessons for a Scientific Literature Review: Guiding the Inquiry, published by Libraries Unlimited.
The winners include two Upper School Librarians (Schmidt and Kowalski) at a small independent K-12 school in Gladstone, New Jersey (Gill St. Bernard’s School) and the School Library Media Specialist at South Hunterdon Regional High School in Lambertville, New Jersey (Smyth). The book is the product of ten years of research, observing, and teaching high school students to construct scientific literature reviews. The book contains a series of 18 workshops that lead from problem definition through information gathering, writing and organization to the final literature review product. This curriculum is based upon the guided-inquiry approach to introductory level research espoused by Rutgers University and the Center for International Study of School Libraries. The curriculum described in this book was highlighted at the 2009 Exploratorium of the National Conference of the AASL as one of 25 best practices in high-school research.
Please come join us at the NJLA Annual Conference on Wed., April 28, 2010 to hear a talk by the winners. Plus, you can join us in celebrating the Research Committee’s 25th Anniversary and hearing from some of the 38 past winners, going back to 1985. Two of the founding members will talk at the academic luncheon that day and then the others at the 2:00-5:00pm Research Forum!
Pictures
Randell K. Schmidt, Maureen M. Smyth, and Virginia K. Kowalski are presented the Research Award by Mark Thompson (L).
Mark Thompson, 2010 chair of the Research Committee, speaks.
The 2010 Research Committee. Left to right: Cathy Ryan, Linda Dempf, Jose Romero, Melissa Hofmann, Mark Thompson, Sr. Anita Talar, and Beth Bloom.
In the Research Forum, past winners of the Research Award discusssed where their research led them, as well as general research issues.
Those who had room left after the CUS Luncheon enjoyed 25th anniversary cake as part of the celebration.
For more on the 25th Anniversary click here.