Catholic Library Association

The winner of the 2012 John Brubaker Memorial Award is Donald Beagle for his article, “Integrating Digital and Archival Sources in Historical Research:  Recovering Lost Knowledge About a Catholic Poet of the Civil War,” which appeared in vol. 81, no. 3 (March 2011) of Catholic Library World.  Mr. Beagle will receive his plaque at the CLA Annual Business Meeting in Boston in April 2012.

“Donald Beagle in the new Learning Commons at Belmont Abbey College”

John Brubaker Memorial Award recipients:

2011   Fernando Perrone

For her article, “Whose History Is It?  Doing Research in the Archives of Women's Religious Communities,” which appeared in vol. 80, no. 1 (September 2009) of Catholic Library World.

2010   Paul M. Pearson read more

For his article, “Thomas Merton, Archivist” which appeared in the December 2008 issue of CLW.

2009   Margaret M. McGuiness read more

For her article, “American Catholic Studies: The Field and the Journal” which appeared in the September 2007 issue of CLW.

2008   Carmine J. Bell

For her article, “Libraries and Human Rights Education” which appeared in the December 2006 issue of CLW.

2007   Malachy R. McCarthy

For his article, “Navigating the Labyrinth: Understanding and Getting the Most from Catholic Archives,” which appeared in the December 2005 issue of CLW.

2006   Vincent P. Tinerella

For his article, “The American Catholic Effort to Preserve European Manuscript Collections after World War II,” which appeared in the March 2005 issue of CLW.

2005   Helge Clausen

For his article, “Miss d’Auchamp, the Catholic Library Association and Niels Steensen’s Library in Copenhagen,” which appeared in the December 2003 issue of CLW.

2004   Herman A. Tavani

For his article, “Information Wants to Be Shared: An Alternative Framework for Approaching Intellectual Property Disputes in an Information Age,” which appeared in the December 2002 issue of CLW.

2003   Kathleen de la Peña McCook

For her article, “Social Justice, Personalism, and the Practice of Librarianship,” which appeared in the December 2001 issue of CLW.

2002   Brendan A. Rapple

For his article, “The Learning Library,” which appeared in the June 2001 issue of CLW.

2001   Reverend Thomas J. Shelley

For his article, “Whatever Happened to Church History,” which appeared in the December 1999 issue of CLW.

2000   Ronald Patkus

For his article, “Creating a Digital Archive of the Pre-Vatican Church in America,” which appeared in the March 1999 issue of CLW.

1999   Patrick Metress

For his article, “Indexing and Abstracting Catholic Periodicals,” which appeared in the June 1998 issue of CLW.

1998   William Brace

For his article, “The Changing World of Government Documents,” which appeared in the December 1996 issue of CLW.

1997   Michael T. Krieger

For his article, “Developing a Collection for Name Authority Work in Catholic Literature,” which appeared in the September 1995 issue of CLW.

1996   Violet H. Harada and Margaret Nakamura

For their article, “Information Searching Across the Curriculum: Literacy Skills for the 90’s and Beyond,” which appeared in the October-December 1994 issue of CLW.

1992   Sheila S. Intner

For her article, “The Technical Services: the Future is Now, the Future is Us,” which appeared in the May-June 1991 issue of CLW.

1991   Mary E. Gallagher, SSJ

For her article, “Daring Advocates, Formidable Adversaries,” which appeared in the September-October 1989 issue of CLW.

1990   Maryilyn Berg Iarusso

For her article, “How to Promote the Love of Reading,” which appeared in the March-April 1989 issue of CLW.

1989   Maureen Kennedy, OP

For her article, “Resourcing the Emerging Laity,” which appeared in the July-August 1987 issue of CLW.

1988   Roy M. Gasnick, OFM

For his article, “Ministry of the Word” which appeared in the July-August 1986 issue of CLW.

1987   Margaret E. Chisholm

For her article, “The Librarian As Educator,” which appeared in the November-December 1985 issue of CLW.

1986   Milton Meltzer

For his article, “Freedom and Peace: A Challenge,” which appeared in the July-August 1984 issue of CLW.

1985   Melvin R. George

For his article, “The Impact of Technology on Libraries,” which appeared in the February 1984 issue of CLW.

1984   R. Brantley Cagle, Jr.

For his article, “Reference Services to the Developmentally Disabled: Normalization of Access,” which appeared in the February 1983 issue of CLW.

1983   Carolyn Harris

For her article, “Brittle Books: A Way of Life,” which appeared in the March 1982 issue of CLW.

1982   Henry Drennan

For his article, “Libraries and Literacy Education,” which appeared in the April 1981 issue of CLW.

1981   F. Wilfred Lancaster

For his article, “The Future of the Librarian Lies Outside the Library,” which appeared in the April 1980 issue of CLW.

1980   Lillian B. Wehmeyer

For her article, “Media and Learning – Present and Future,” which appeared in the November-December 1978 issue of CLW.

1979   Mary Margrabe

For her article, “The Library Media Specialist and Total Curriculum Involvement,” which appeared in the February 1978 issue of CLW.