Recognizing librarians: A campaign to honor the contributions of academic librarians

ASTM International has launched an initiative aimed at academic librarians, the 2013 ASTM 'Recognizing Librarians' campaign. The initiative honors and provides resources to the information professionals who advance the educational missions of their institutions and introduce innovative ways to meet the needs of the science, technology, engineering and math disciplines. ASTM will sponsor the American Society for Engineering Education Homer I. Bernhardt Distinguished Service Award, presented each year by the ASEE Engineering Libraries Division. Promotional materials and giveaways will be available to librarians who wish to increase awareness that their schools have campus-wide online access to ASTM publications. Videos, slides and other guidance to help librarians use and promote the ASTM SEDL. Librarians can now serve as an access point for other resources that ASTM has developed for engineering instructors to introduce standards to their curricula such as the Professor's Tool Kit.