Dow Jones Leadership Award
Presented annually to an SLA member or members in good standing who exemplify leadership as a special librarian through examples of personal and professional competencies. The recipient of the Dow Jones Leadership Award receives a cash award in the amount of US$ 2000.
2010 Recipient of the Dow Jones Leadership Award
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Stacey Greenwell Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Research University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky
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About Stacey Greenwell
Stacey Greenwell is Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Research at the University of Kentucky Libraries. This position is administratively responsible for all public services based in the William T. Young Library (reference, information literacy, information commons, circulation, interlibrary loan, audio-visual services) as well as nine branch locations. Formerly Stacey served as the Head of the Information Commons (the Hub), a vibrant, collaborative student space which combines a technology help desk and computer lab with traditional library reference services. Stacey served on the planning group for the Hub and managed its operation from its opening in March 2007 to August 2010. She served as the library liaison English Department which included selecting library materials focused on English language and literature as well as providing library instruction for the English Department. From 2001-2006, Stacey served as Desktop Support Librarian and then as Head of Desktop Support, providing technology management and technical consultation to library employees. Stacey is active on a number of campus committees and working groups and is a past chair of the University Libraries Faculty Council.
Active in SLA since 2001, Stacey is a member of the Kentucky Chapter and of the Academic, Information Technology, and Leadership and Management Divisions. She was named a Fellow of SLA in 2009. Stacey has served the Information Technology Division in a number of roles, including Chair in 2007 and Program Planner in 2005. Leading the petition drive to launch the Academic Division in 2008, she served as the division's first chair. Stacey was a member of the Centennial Commission and served on the 2010 Annual Conference Planning Committee. Stacey has served the Kentucky Chapter in a number of roles and was the recipient of the chapter's Professional Award in 2006 and the chapter's Outstanding Member Award in 2008.
Stacey is a 2009 Frye Leadership Institute Fellow and a 2009 recipient of the Lyrasis NextGen Librarian Award for Leadership. She is frequently invited to speak at conferences and writes about information commons, library, and technology issues on The Uncommon Commons blog.
Stacey graduated from the University of Kentucky's MLS program in 1998. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Kentucky, graduating cum laude in 1996. In fall 2009, she began the doctoral program in Instructional Systems Design from the University of Kentucky's College of Education.
Past Recipients of the Dow Jones Leadership Award
Eugenie E. Prime (1998)
Lucy B. Lettis (1999)
Janice Chindlund (2000)
Carol L. Ginsburg (2001)
Tom Fearon (2002)
Robert Bellanti (2003)
The Special Committee on Competencies (2004):
Dee Magnoni
Eileen Abels
Joanne Gard Marshall
John R. Latham
Rebecca Jones
Susan Fifer Canby (2005)
Ilene Strongin-Garry (2006)
Jane Kinney Meyers (2007)
Richard Huffine (2008)
Barbie Keiser (2009)
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