ARLIS/NA Applauds Award Past Recipients
2023
Isamar Abreu Gómez
The Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) bestowed the 2023 ARLIS/NA Applauds Award on Isamar Abreu Gómez. The award was granted in recognition of Isamar’s work in support of the Mexico City conference as well as diversity and inclusion efforts within the Society. The Applauds Award was presented at the ARLIS/NA 52nd Annual Conference Awards Ceremony, in Pittsburgh, PA, on April 5, 2024.
2022
Meredith Hale
The Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) bestowed the 2022 ARLIS/NA Applauds Award on Meredith Hale. The award was granted in recognition of Meredith’s work on migrating organizational content to the Humanities Commons, and especially her efforts towards making ARLIS/NA video archives accessible through captioning work on the Society’s Kaltura Channel. The Applauds Award was presented at the ARLIS/NA 51st Annual Conference Awards Ceremony, in Mexico City, on April 20, 2023.
2021
Natisha Harper
The Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) is pleased to announce that the 2021 ARLIS/NA Applauds Award will be given to Natisha Harper for her leadership in developing the POC Connections and Solution Series. The Applauds Award was presented at the ARLIS/NA 50th Anniversary Conference Awards Ceremony, in Chicago, on April 9, 2022.
2020
Carol Ng-He and Claire Payne
The Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) is pleased to announce a new annual award, ARLIS/NA Applauds, to honor outstanding achievements by an individual member or group in the preceding calendar year. Qualifying contributions include participating in ARLIS/NA special projects, dedicating extraordinary time and energy to committee or advocacy efforts, advancing DEI initiatives, responding effectively or creatively to an unforeseen or urgent need of the society, contributing innovative or creative ideas to the profession, performing extraordinary volunteerism on the society’s or profession’s behalf, and promoting the society’s professional values. The inspiration for ARLIS/NA Applauds was the extraordinary achievements of the first award recipients, Carol Ng-He and Claire Payne, who acted decisively to support the successful recasting of the society’s 2020 annual conference as an entirely virtual event.