Victoria “Torrie” Raish, Penn State University Libraries online gaining knowledge of librarian who helps Penn State World Campus college students and school, changed into honored with the 2019 ACRL Routledge Distance Learning Librarianship Conference Sponsorship Award at a luncheon on Saturday, June 22, all through the American Library Association’s 2019 Annual Conference and Exhibition, held June 20-25 in Washington, D.C.
The annual award, sponsored through Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group and administrated with the aid of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Distance Learning Section, recognizes an ACRL member operating in the subject of or contributing to, the success of distance getting to know librarianship or related library carrier in better education. “Torrie Raish has made substantial contributions to the sphere of distance librarianship,” stated award co-chairs Melissa Atkinson, Abilene Christina University online getting-to-know librarian, and Cynthia Thomes, University of Maryland University College reference and preparation librarian. “Her various efforts encompass developing an embedded librarian software and information literacy repository, starting an equal get admission to e-book application, and collaborating with other departments at Penn State to start a virtual badge initiative.”
“Her courses include peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, invited papers, and convention lawsuits, and he or she has given severa presentations at the global, country-wide, state, and nearby degree,” Atkinson and Thomes added. “Furthermore, her collaborations with departments and stakeholders at her institution have given online college students more right of entry to the resources they want. Torrie is a frontrunner on her campus, and her work to serve distance learners is being increasingly recognized.” Raish received an undergraduate diploma in biology from Mercyhurst University, a grasp of arts diploma in secondary technology coaching from the University of Southern California, and a doctorate in gaining knowledge of design and technology from Penn State.
Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group is one of the world’s leading publishers of instructional journals. ACRL, an American Library Association department, represents over 000 individuals and libraries and develops applications, services, and products to assist those working in instructional and research libraries to study, innovate, and lead in the instructional community.
