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  • Research Awards & Honors

    2022

    Nominated for the Distinguished Scholar Award, U of Denver

     

    For the series of articles “The expectation and learning impact framework (ELIF)” (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2021.102456) & “Learning and change through diversity, equity, and inclusion professional development: Academic librarians' perspectives” (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2021.102448) Journal of Academic Librarianship, 46(6); funded by the U of Denver Faculty Research Fund grant, received the following honors:

    • Nominated (with Norda Bell and Zach Valdes) for the American Library Association (ALA) Jesse H. Shera Award for Distinguished Published Research (2022).
    • The second article (“Learning and change through diversity, equity, and inclusion professional development…”) chosen as Featured Article for the October 2021 issue of the Informed Librarian Online, an Emerald Publisher current awareness service.
    • Interviewed for a Library Connect platform, the aim of which is to “provide resources for librarians globally to share LIS best practices, issues, technology and trends through articles, webinars, infographics and more” (Elsevier Publisher)
    • Interviewed by a researcher from Concordia U, Quebec, Canada, about library dysfunction and possible solutions based on this series of articles.

    2021

    Featured in the Gallery of Information Behavior Gratitude created by Dr. Jenna Hartel, iSchool, U of Toronto, Canada, for the article: “The Lifeways We Avoid: The Role of Information in Discrimination Against People with Disabilities” (student choice) https://galleryofgratitude.weebly.com/

    2021

    Nominated and shortlisted (with collaborator Nadia Caidi) for the Emerald “Driving the Impact” Award (https://tinyurl.com/y24nbba7) for the development of and four years of efforts to promote the “Diversity by Design” concept and its application. Although we did not get the award, we were shortlisted and invited to contribute to the Emerald Impact blog.

    2021

    An article chosen as Featured Article for the February 2021 issue of the Informed Librarian Online, an Emerald Publisher current awareness service for 290 LIS journals: Dali, K. & McNiff, L. (2020). Reading work as a diversity practice: A differentiated approach to reading promotion in academic libraries in North America. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science (JoLIS). https://doi.org/10.1177/0961000620902247

    2018

    Received the ALA David Cohen/ EMIERT Multicultural Award for the article “Diversity by Design,” co-authored with Nadia Caidi and published in 2017 in The Library Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1086/690735.

    https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2018/5/dali-caidi-receive-2018-david-cohen-emiert

    2018

    Nominated for the ALA Jesse H. Shera Award for Distinguished Published Research award Dali, K. (2017). The way of WalDorF: Fostering creativity in LIS programs. Journal of Documentation. https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-05-2016-0068

    2017

    Received the Outstanding Paper Award in the 2017 Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence for Dali, K. & Caidi, N. (2016). A two-way street: Building the recruitment narrative in LIS programs. New Library World, 117(7/8), 499-539. https://doi.org/10.1108/NLW-03-2016-0020

    2016

    Received the Highly Commended Paper Award in the 2016 Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence distinction for Dali, K. (2015). How we missed the boat: Reading scholarship and the field of LIS. New Library World, 116(9/10), 477-502. https://doi.org/10.1108/NLW- 01-2015-0007

    2015

    Received the inaugural Association for LIS Education (ALISE) Connie Van Fleet Award for Research Excellence in Public Library Services to Adults.

    2011

    The New Library World article Readers’ advisory interactions with immigrant readers (2010) (https://doi.org/10.1108/03074801011044089) included in the Emerald ListAssist – a list of

    select resources for educators.

     Teaching Awards & Honors

    2022

    Nominated for the Outstanding Information Science Teacher Award, Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T)

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    2021,

    2020

    Nominated as a Faculty Career Champion for the career and professional development support to U of Denver students for three consecutive years

    2013

    Received the inaugural Outstanding Instructor Award by Master of Information Student Council, Faculty of Information, U of Toronto (https://misc.ischool.utoronto.ca/accordions/past- winners/)

     Service Awards & Honors

    2021

    Received an Outstanding Reviewer Award, The International Journal of Information, Diversity, & Inclusion (2020-2021)

    2019

    Received the ALISE Norman Horrocks Leadership Award

    2017

    Received the Certificate of Recognition for serving as Chair of the Education & Professional Advancement Committee (EPAC) for ASIS&T (2015-2017).

    2015

    Received an Outstanding Reviewer Award for Reference Services Review in the Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence

This portfolio last updated: 11-Oct-2023 2:21 PM