Developing and rewarding leadership
We sponsor several professional awards and scholarships to recognize achievement at varying career stages. We also offer an LIS education program to supplement library school curricula.
Awards and professional development
| Title | Description |
|---|---|
| An annual award for library management, library training, cataloging and classification, and the tools and techniques of librarianship. | |
| Core Career LIFT Award | This award is designed to support information professionals whose passion, actions, and everyday work warrants recognition and celebration. |
| The Dave Binkley Memorial Lecture |
Awarded in memory of Dave Binkley to bring "a voice from outside our little circle" to speak at the Access Conferences who would otherwise not be able to attend. |
| Frederick G. Kilgour Award for Research in Library and Information Technology |
Annual award to highlight research relevant to the development of information technologies. Award paused in 2022. |
| John Ames Humphry/OCLC Forest Press Award for International Librarianship |
Given to a librarian or person who has made significant contributions to international librarianship. |
| Margaret Mann Citation |
Awarded for outstanding professional achievement in cataloging or classification. |
| OCLC Award for Innovative Cooperation Initiatives in the Caribbean |
This award recognizes a school, academic, public or national library for an innovative initiative that leverages cooperation in the planning and implementation of a program or service. |
| Virginia Boucher Distinguished ILL Librarian |
Recognizes a librarian for outstanding professional achievement, leadership, and contributions to interlibrary loan and document delivery. |
The OCLC Library and Information Science Education Program
The OCLC Library and Information Science Education Program helps LIS schools provide students with the skills needed to lead in today’s library environment. The program provides hands-on access to a variety of OCLC services, resources, and professional development and research opportunities.