LIBRARY CHAMPION AWARDThe Library Champion Award is given in recognition of exemplary support of a Colorado health science library and its staff. The Awards Committee adjudicates this award. Timeline: Call for submissions Mid-August; Deadline for submissions generally in October; winner announced at the November Membership Meeting; Award presented at the recipients organization in January. 2023 Awardees
2021 Awardees
2019 Awardees
2018 Awardees
2016 Awardees
2012 - Admiral Zachary Taylor2007 - Barb Jahn
2006 - Tracey Lynn Samdahl
| Dr. Jennifer Taylor-Cousar & Dr. Carrie Horn, National Jewish - 2023 Library Champion Award On April 26, 2023, Dr. Jennifer Taylor-Cousar and Dr. Carrie Horn of National Jewish were awarded the Library Champion Award for 2023. Below is a photo of the presentation with Dr. Taylor-Cousar on the left and Dr. Horn on the right. CCML Awards Committee members include (from left to right) Marie St. Pierre, Ben Harnke, and Liz Kellermeyer. Fran Ricker, PhD, RN, Dean, Platt College - 2021 Library Champion Award On January 25, 2022, Fran Ricker, PhD, RN, the current Dean at Platt College was awarded the Library Champion Award for 2021 for exemplary support of a Colorado health science library and its staff. Laura Cullerton, Information Specialist at Platt College nominated Dr. Ricker. Due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic the presentation was virtual. The CCML Awards Committee consists of Jerry Carlson, Laura Cullerton, Kate Elder and Chair: Elizabeth Thoms Charles. Find a photo of the award below! UCHealth MCR/PVH Evidence-Based Practice Council - 2019 Library Champion Award (L to R) Janet Craighead, Research Nurse Scientist, UCHealth; Faith Cantrell, Coordinator, Nurse Residency Program, UCHealth; Jerry Carlson, Medical Librarian, UCHealth (nominator); Laura Cullerton, Information Specialist, Platt College (CCML Awards Committee Chair) Rae Marshall - 2018 Library Champion Award Rae Marshall, (right in photo) Pre-Op/PACU Educator, received the 2018 Library Champion Award presented by CCML. She was nominated by Melissa Kovac, (left on photo) Medical Librarian at Porter Adventist Hospital. Dr. Steinmann - 2018 Library Champion Award, nominated by Karen Wells of Saint Joseph Hospital |