About UIC Library Faculty
UIC Library Faculty conduct research in a wide range of areas and have made important contributions to the field.
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Areas where library faculty are engaged in research and scholarship include:
- library instruction
- information design and assessment
- information use in scholarship
- use and impact of scholarly resources
- scholarly communications
- digital preservation
- research data management
For the past 20 years, the UIC library has ranked between the 4th and 7th most productive academic library, based on our total number of publications published in Library and Information Science Journals.
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- Elena Carrillo and Jung Mi Scoulas
Illinois Library Association, 2nd Place IACRL People’s Choice Award in Scholarly Publishing – 2020. - Tina Griffin and Abigail Goben
Illinois Library Association, 3rd Place IACRL People’s Choice Award in Scholarly Publishing – 2020. - Janet Swatscheno
Library Publishing Coalition, Award for Outstanding Scholarship in Library Publishing – 2020. - Gwen Gregory
Illinois Library Association, Academic Librarian of the Year Award – 2019. - Mary M. Case
American Library Association, Ross Atkinson Lifetime Achievement Award – 2018. - Emily Johnson
Illinois Library Association, Crosman Memorial Award – 2018 (PDF, 216K). - UIC Library of the Health Sciences
Medical Library Association, Research Advancement in Health Sciences Librarianship Award – 2018. - Rosie Hanneke & Sabrina Young
MLA Public Health/Health Administration, Public Health/Health Administration Research Award – 2018
Awarded for the article: Rosie Hanneke & Sabrina Young “Information sources for obesity prevention policy research: A review of systematic reviews”. Systematic Reviews. 2017; 6:156. - Tracy Seneca
Center for Research Libraries, Primary Source Award for Access – 2016 - Sandra De Groote
Medical Library Association, Ida and George Eliot Prize – 2016
Awarded annually by MLA. Awarded for the article: Sandra L. De Groote, Mary Shultz, Neil R. Smalheiser. “Examining the Impact of the National Institutes of Health Public Access Policy on the Citation Rates of Journal Articles. PLoS One. 2016 Oct 8;10(10):e0139951. - Sandra De Groote, Deborah Blecic
Medical Library Association, Best JMLA Research Paper Award – 2014
Awarded annually by the MLA Research Section for best research article in JMLA. - Awarded for the article: DeGroote, Sandra L., Deborah D. Blecic, and Kristin E. Martin. “Measures of Health Sciences Journal Use: a Comparison of Vendor, Link-resolver, and Local Citation Statistics”, Journal of the Medical Library Association. 2013 Apr; 101(2): 110-9.
- Sandra De Groote, Deborah Blecic
Medical Library Association, Daniel T. Richards Prize – 2014
Presented annually by the Medical Library Association’s Collection Development Section for writing in health sciences collection development.
Awarded for the article: DeGroote, Sandra L., Deborah D. Blecic, and Kristin E. Martin. “Measures of Health Sciences Journal Use: A Comparison of Vendor, Link-resolver, and Local Citation Statistics”, Journal of the Medical Library Association, 101(2): 110-119, April 2013.
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- Peggy Glowacki
Illinois State Historical Records Advisory Board Member
2017–current - Carmen Howard
Health Science Librarians of Illinois Board Member
2016–current - Jennifer Jackson
Illinois Library Association Executive Board Member
until June, 2021 - Mingyan Li
Chinese American Library Association (CALA) Board Member (MidWest Chapter President)
2018-2019 - Tracy Seneca
Illinois Digital Heritage Hub Board Member