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2026 ER&L Fest Registration Awards

March 1-4, 2026  //  Austin, Texas + Online

  • Award Submission Open: SEP 10 – NOV 12, 2025
  • Committee Peer Review: NOV 13 – 20, 2025
  • Winners Announced: DEC 2, 2025

⭐  Congratulations to the winners!  ⭐

Amigos Library Services Award

Kiran Mufty
University of Central Arkansas

George Tocco
Metropolitan Library System

Lesley Wesley
University of Missouri System Libraries

ER&L First Timer Award

Kelly Cox
Cedar Crest College
~ FIRST PLACE ~

Olivia Isaacs
University of Maryland Library
~ RUNNER UP ~

ER&L Student Award

Peyton Merchant
Baylor University

Lisa Michelini
Carnegie Endowment
for International Peace

⭐ Amigos Library Services Registration Award

Amigos promotes both organizational development and individual growth by offering learning opportunities and sharing key developments in the library profession. This opportunity is for a librarian working in an Amigos member library who has not attended the conference in the past and who is relatively new (less than 3 years) to working in the area of electronic resource management. Three awards will be granted, and only one staff member per library will be selected.

Included in the award: Complimentary registration to the 2026 ER&L Online Conference.

⭐ ER&L First Timer Registration Award

2 awards will be given to eresources professionals who haven’t previously attended ER&L.

  • 1 complimentary in-person registration to the 2026 ER&L Conference + airfare + 3 nights at a conference hotel
  • 1 complimentary registration to the 2026 ER&L Online Conference

⭐ ER&L Student Registration Award

This will be awarded to 2 current students in an e-resources or information sciences management program.

Included in the award: Complimentary registration to the 2026 ER&L Online Conference.

⭐ Ronda Rowe Volunteer Award

This award has been established to honor acts of service in support of the community, inspired by recently retired (2024) and longtime UT volunteer Ronda Rowe, who has so often shown service to the ER&L community in her career.

This will be awarded to an eresources professional who has previously demonstrated service or committed service to the ER&L community.