Cheryl Knott Malone has received two grants, a Moody Grant and a John F. Kennedy Library Foundation Research Grant, in support of new research on the print culture of the environmental movement.
SIRLS is one of the recipients of a $10,000 donation from H.W. Wilson Foundation to provide a $10,000 scholarship to a worthy SIRLS master's student. The award will be granted in the fall semester 2010 to a student with outstanding credentials and demonstrated financial need.
Dr. Cheryl Knott Malone, SIRLS associate professor, has been awarded a 2009 Fellowship by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
James Nulick, a current SIRLS student, has published his novel Distemper. It has won several awards, including the New Times Best of Phoenix Award.
Dr. Jana Bradley, SIRLS professor and former director, has been awarded the 2009 Library Leadership Award as well as the President's 2009 AzLA Conference Program Award by the Arizona Library Association.
Matthew Helmke's co-written book, VMware Cookbook: A Real-world Guide to VMware Use, was recently released.
Ruth Kneale, librarian blogger and SIRLS alumna, debunks librarian stereotypes in her new book You Don't Look Like a Librarian, which was featured at the 24th Annual Computers in Libraries Conference.
Jessica Hernandez, current SIRLS master's student and Knowledge River Scholar, has been awarded participation in the American Library Association's 2010 Class of Emerging Leaders.