ASIST Outstanding Information Science Teacher Award
ASIS established the Outstanding Information Science Teacher Award in 1980. The award recognizes the unique teaching contribution of an individual as a teacher of information science. It is administered by the Information Science Education Committee of ASIS&T. Thomson Reuters (now Clarivate Analytics) sponsors the cash award of $1,000. Several recipients have gone on to receive the ASIST Award of Merit and/or lead ASIST.
| Name | Date | Affiliation, Major Accomplishments |
|---|---|---|
| Kyong Eun Oh | 2025 | Simmons University |
| No award | 2024 | |
| Jenna Hartel | 2023 | University of Toronto |
| Kathleen (Kate) McDowell | 2022 | University of Illinois |
| Colin Rhinesmith | 2021 | Simmons University |
| Annie Kim | 2020 | University of North Texas |
| Hazel Hall | 2019 | Edinburgh Napier University |
| Crystal Fulton | 2018 | University College Dublin |
| Michael Twidale | 2017 | University of Illinois |
| Lisa Nathan | 2016 | University of British Columbia |
| Denise Agosto | 2015 | Drexel University |
| Michelle Kazmer | 2014 | Florida State University |
| Carole Palmer | 2013 | University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign |
| Howard Rosenbaum | 2012 | Indiana University |
| Dietmar Wolfram | 2011 | University of Wisconsin |
| No award | 2010 | |
| Diane Kelly | 2009 | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
| Eileen Abels | 2008 | Drexel University |
| Peter Ingwersen | 2007 | Royal School of Library and Information Science, Copenhagen |
| Tatjana Aparac-Jelusic | 2006 | University J.J. Stossmayer & University of Zadar, Croatia |
| Peiling Wang | 2005 | University of Tennessee |
| Donald Cleveland | 2004 | University of North Texas |
| Raya Fidel | 2003 | University of Washington |
| Deborah K. Barreau | 2002 | University of North Carolina |
| Barbara Kwasnik | 2001 | Syracuse University |
| Barbara M. Wildemuth | 2000 | Univ. of North Carolina |
| Peter Jacso | 1999 | University of Hawaii |
| Elisabeth Logan | 1998 | Florida State University |
| No award | 1997 | |
| Stephanie Haas | 1996 | Univ. of North Carolina |
| Howard Besser | 1995 | University of Michigan |
| Candy Schwartz | 1994 | Simmons College |
| Carol Tenopir | 1993 | University of Hawaii |
| Jeffrey Katzer | 1992 | Syracuse University |
| No award | 1991 | |
| Nicholas J. Belkin | 1990 | Rutgers University |
| Bert R. Boyce | 1989 | Louisiana State University |
| Harold Borko | 1988 | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Linda C. Smith | 1987 | University of Illinois |
| Marta L. Dosa | 1986 | Syracuse University |
| Tefko Saracevic | 1985 | Case Western Reserve University |
| Susan Artandi | 1984 | Rutgers University |
| Ching-chih Chen | 1983 | Simmons College |
| Belver C. Griffith | 1982 | Drexel University |
| Pauline Atherton Cochrane | 1981 | Syracuse University |
| F. Wilfrid Lancaster | 1980 | University of Illinois |