(via Gwen Gregory, Northern Illinois University)
The results are in, and we want to congratulate this year’s winners of the 2025 IACRL (Illinois Association of College and Research Libraries) People’s Choice Award in Scholarly Publishing!
First Place
Title: “Along for the Journey: Graduate Student Perceptions of Research” Authors: Alissa Droog, Northern Illinois University; Kari D. Weaver, University of Waterloo; Francis Brady, National Louis University
Second Place
Title: “Change What You Can, Teach What You Can’t: A Usability Study of Primo VE at an Academic Library” Authors: Christina Norton and Michelle Nielson Ott, Bradley University; Elizabeth Bloodworth, Illinois Wesleyan University
Third Place (tied)
Title: “It All Started with Etienne: Developing Fine Arts Outreach with Unique Archival Collections” Author: Robert Ridinger, Northern Illinois University
Title: “Consulting with an Embedded Librarian: Student Perceptions on the Value of Required Research Meetings” Authors: Susan R. Franzen, Caitlin Stewart, and Joshua Newport, Illinois State University; Mallory Jallas, University of Illinois at Springfield
Thank you all for voting, and stay tuned for news about a webinar featuring this year’s winners. More information about the IACRL People’s Choice Award is available here.