Grants

2017. IMLS National Forum grant received for “Know News: Understanding and Engaging with Mis- and Disinformation.” Amount: $72,220

2014. President’s Diversity & Inclusion Council/Simmonspalooza grant received for “The Right to Know” symposium. Amount: $1,000

2013. Simmons College GSLIS Hollowell grant received for “Employer Focus Groups on LIS Curricula and Student Readiness.” Amount: $2,000

2012. OCLC/ALISE Research grant for “International Competencies for Reference Librarians.” Amount: $14,797.

Honors & Awards

2018. (2015). Academic libraries’ strategic plans: top trends and under-recognized areas. The Journal of Academic Librarianship 41(3): 285-291 listed as one of the most-cited papers published since 2015.

2017. LIRT recognition as one of the “Twenty Best Articles of the Year,” for the article “Connecting information literacy and social justice: Why and how.”

2017. Article Connecting Information Literacy and Social Justice: Why and How. featured in ACRL Blog “Spotlight on Scholarship.”

2016. Saunders, L. (2012). Faculty perspectives on information literacy as a student learning outcome. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 38(4), 226-236. Currently listed as one of the most-cited papers published since 2011.

2016. Contributed Chapter to Ilene F. Rockman Instruction Publication of the Year. Not Just Where to Click: Teaching Students to Think About Information. Full citation of chapter: Saunders, L. (2015). Witnessing the world: Journalism, skepticism, and information literacy. In H. Jagman, T. Swanson (Eds.), Not Just Where to Click: Teaching Students How to Think about Information. Chicago, IL: ACRL.

2014. ACRL Member of the Week.

2014. Reference Service Press Award received for the article “Significantly Different? Reference Services Competencies in Public and Academic Libraries.”

2014. ACRL/NEC Best Paper Award received for the article “Culture and competencies: A multi-country examination of reference service competencies.”

2011. Elsevier recognition for a top-cited paper 2007-2011 for the article “E-book use by students: Undergraduates in economics, literature, and nursing.”

2010. Jean Tague-Sutcliffe award for Doctoral Research for the poster “Information Literacy as a Student Learning Outcome,” presented at the ALISE Annual Conference.

2007. LIRT recognition as one of the “Twenty Best Articles of the Year,” for the article “Regional accreditation organizations’ treatment of information literacy: Definitions, outcomes and assessment.”