Description:

Established in 2002, the ALL-SIS Outstanding Article Award honors Academic Law Libraries section members for contributions to the enhancement of academic law librarianship through publishing. Articles published in any format in any publication other than Law Library Journal and AALL Spectrum in the year prior to the award qualify for consideration. Articles will be evaluated on: Relevance of topic to some aspect of academic law librarianship, including but not limited to public services, technical services, legal research or teaching; quality of writing; and effectiveness of communication technique.

Previous Winners:

• 2008
  Carol Parker, Law Library Director and Associate Professor of Law
  University of New Mexico Law Library
  Albuquerque, NM
  Institutional Repositories and the Principle of Open Access: Changing the Way We Think About Legal Scholarship, 37 New Mexico L. Rev. 431 (2007)



• 2007
  Bonnie Shucha, Head of Reference
  University of Wisconsin Law Library
  Madison, WI
  The State of the Law Library Blogosphere
  http://www.llrx.com/features/blogosphere.htm



• 2005
  Nancy M. Babb, Cataloger and Senior Assistant Librarian
  Charles B. Sears Law Library
  University at Buffalo Law School, The State University of New York
  Buffalo, New York
  Cataloging Spirits and the Spirit of Cataloging, 40 (2) Cataloging and Classification Quarterly 89 (2005)



• 2004
  Nancy Carol Carter, Director & Professor of Law
  University of San Diego
  School of Law & Legal Research Center, San Diego, California
  The Special Case of Alaska Native Law and Research, 22 Leg. Ref. Servs. Q. 11 (2003)
  
  Matthew Cordon, Reference Librarian & Associate Professor of Law
  Baylor University Law Library
  Waco, Texas
  Beyond Mere Competency Advanced Legal Research in a Practice Oriented Curriculum, 55 Baylor L. Rev. 1 (2003)
  
  
• 2002
  Melissa M. Serfass and Jessie L. Cranford
  University of Arkansas At Little Rock
  William H. Bowen School of Law
  UALR/Pulaski County Law Library
  Little Rock, Arkansas
  Federal and State Court Rules Governing Publication and Citation of Opinions, 3 J. App.
  Prac. & Process 251 (2001)