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SLIS Annual Faculty and Staff Awards

Beginning in 2006, SLIS started awarding annual awards for outstanding achievement. Below are those who were recognized.

SLIS Annual Awards 2006 through 2008
Award Category	2006 Awardee	2007 Awardee	2008 Awardee
Outstanding Professor	Linda Main	Judy Weedman	Debbie Hansen
Distinguished Scholar	Ziming Liu	not Awarded	Joe Matthews
Distinguished Service (Faculty)	James Schmidt	Linda Main	Anthony Bernier
Distinguished Service (Staff)	Stanley Laufer	Scharlee Phillips	Dale David & Suzanne Harris
Outstanding Lecturer	Lori Lindberg	Debbie Faires	Brooke Sheldon
Outstanding Teacher	Robin Dale	Charlotte Ford	Wayne Disher
Distinguished Service Other	Lorene Sisson	Jane Fisher	not awarded

SLIS Outstanding Professor

Recipient 2008: Dr. Debbie Hansen, Professor
Recipient 2007: Dr. Judy Weedman, Professor
Recipient 2006: Dr. Linda Main, Professor
The purpose of this award is to recognize a faculty member for overall excellence in her or his academic assignment. Consideration is given to teaching excellence as demonstrated through SOTE scores, other student evaluations, peer evaluations, teaching a variety of courses, participating in professional and scholarly activities and currency in the discipline and serving as a mentor to colleagues, and commitment to students as demonstrated by advising students through student organizations, theses and other projects, participating in student orientation and advisement activities, mentoring students and engaging in service to the campus and profession.

SLIS Distinguished Scholar

Recipient 2008: Joe Matthews
Recipient 2007: No award
Recipient 2006: Dr. Ziming Liu, Associate Professor
The purpose of the SLIS Distinguished Scholar Award is to recognize a faculty member who has achieved widespread recognition based on the quality of scholarship or creative activities. Consideration is given to the nominee’s history of scholarship and creative activities, recognition of outstanding achievements by peers, and importance of the work to the discipline and beyond.

SLIS Distinguished Service Award (Faculty)

Recipient 2008: Dr. Anthony Bernier, Professor
Recipient 2007: Dr. Linda Main, Professor
Recipient 2006: Dr. Jim Schmidt, Professor
The purpose of the SLIS Distinguished Service Award (Faculty) is to recognize a faculty member for exemplary service in a leadership capacity to the University or the community or profession, that brings credit to the School and San José State University or to recognize a faculty member for extraordinary dedication to achieving the aims of the School and to enriching the lives of those associated with the School. The faculty member must have a consistent record of service and have had a significant effect on the campus, professional or broader communities. The faculty member's service demonstrates leadership and initiative.

SLIS Distinguished Service Award (Staff)

Recipient 2008: Dale David, Instructional/Multimedia Developer
Recipient 2008: Suzanne Harris, Administrative Coordinator
Recipient 2007: Scharlee Phillips, Coordinator of Student Services
Recipient 2006: Stan Laufer, Network Administrator
The purpose of the SLIS Distinguished Service Award (Staff) is to recognize a staff member for exemplary service in a leadership capacity that brings credit to the School and San José State University or to recognize a staff member for extraordinary dedication to achieving the aims of the School and to enriching the lives of those associated with the School. The staff member must have a consistent record of service and have had a significant effect on the School or broader communities. The staff member's service demonstrates leadership and initiative.

SLIS Outstanding Lecturer Award

Recipient 2008: Brooke Sheldon, Lecturer
Recipient 2007: Debbie Faires, Lecturer
Recipient 2006: Lori Lindberg, Lecturer
The purpose of the SLIS Outstanding Lecturer Award is to recognize a lecturer a (part-time or full-time) faculty member who has achieved widespread recognition based on the quality of excellence in teaching, scholarship or creative activities and/or service to the School.The recipient will have accomplishments in more than one of these four categories Teaching Excellence, Commitment to Students, Scholarship, Contribution to the SLIS Mission.

SLIS Outstanding Teacher Award

Recipient 2008: Wayne Disher, Lecturer
Recipient 2007: Dr. Charlotte Ford, Assistant Professor
Recipient 2006: Robin Dale, Lecturer
The purpose of the SLIS Outstanding Teacher Award is to recognize a full-time or part-time faculty member who consistently receives high recognition from students based on the quality of excellence in teaching. Consideration is given to excellent teaching as demonstrated through Student Opinion of Teaching Effectiveness (SOTE) scores, other student evaluations, peer evaluations and external reviews over time, and mentoring students regarding career and academic pursuits.

SLIS Distinguished Service Award (Other)

Recipient 2007: Jane Fisher, Lecturer, SLIS Coordinator of Accreditation Reports
Recipient 2006: Lorene Sisson, University Library SLIS Liaison
The purpose of the SLIS Distinguished Service Award (Other) is to recognize individuals for exemplary service to the School or to recognize an individual for extraordinary dedication to achieving the aims of the School and to enriching the lives of those associated with the School. The individual must have a consistent record of service and have had a significant effect beyond his or her normal responsibilities..

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