About Beta Phi Mu
Beta Phi Mu recognizes the scholastic achievement and leadership potential of members LIS and others in related fields, and fosters the values of scholarship, leadership, and service in its members.
Eligibility for membership in Beta Phi Mu is by invitation of the faculty from institutions where the American Library Association, or other recognized accrediting agency approved by the Beta Phi Mu Executive Board, has accredited or recognized a professional degree program.
Beta Phi Mu is a certified member of the Association of College Honor Societies.
Our name comes from the initials of the Greek words Bibliothekarios philax mathesis, meaning “librarians are the guardians of knowledge.” The insignia of Beta Phi Mu is the dolphin and anchor, mark of the Venetian printer Aldus Manutius. The motto, Aliis inserviendo consumor, meaning “Consumed in the service of others” was selected by the founders based on the concept of the dedication of librarians and other information professionals to the service of others. More...
Eligibility for membership in Beta Phi Mu is by invitation of the faculty from institutions where the American Library Association, or other recognized accrediting agency approved by the Beta Phi Mu Executive Board, has accredited or recognized a professional degree program.
Beta Phi Mu is a certified member of the Association of College Honor Societies.
Our name comes from the initials of the Greek words Bibliothekarios philax mathesis, meaning “librarians are the guardians of knowledge.” The insignia of Beta Phi Mu is the dolphin and anchor, mark of the Venetian printer Aldus Manutius. The motto, Aliis inserviendo consumor, meaning “Consumed in the service of others” was selected by the founders based on the concept of the dedication of librarians and other information professionals to the service of others. More...
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2024 Garfield Recipients
Evelyn Cox, University of Oklahoma, Cultural Archivy: Indigenous Inclusivity Within Archival Infrastructures Jenna Kim, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Implementing pre-trained language modeling approaches for author name disambiguation Jaihyun Park, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, A Computational Approach Toward Understanding Political Language of Ideologically Oppsing Groups - From Historical Newspapers to Social Media Valerie Vera, University of South Carolina, Navigating Digital Margins: Trauma-Informed Design for Nonsuicidal Self-Injury Information on Social Media Shengang Wang, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, LGBTQ University Students' Information Seeking and Sharing in Online Communities and the Influence of Social Media Li Yang, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Data Relevance: Conceptualization and Theorization in the Perspective of Knowledge Organization Frank B. Sessa Scholarships for Continuing Professional Education of Beta Phi Mu Members
Lottery registration for 2024 Sessa Scholarships is currently OPEN. Beta Phi Mu members may register once between January 1 and August 31 each year. Please see below for a link to the registration form. The Frank B. Sessa Scholarships are generously sponsored by Library Juice Academy |
Hello Beta Phi Mu Members, My name is Zachary Stier, Ed.D., MSLIS, and I am the 2024-2025 President for Beta Phi Mu. It is a pleasure to connect with you. A little bit about me. I’ve been a library patron since I was little and became a library page at the age of 15. I began my career in libraries as a library assistant, then became a youth services librarian after graduating from Drexel University, and I have also completed an internship at the Young Readers Center housed at the Library of Congress. For the past 13 years I’ve been the Director of Children’s Library Services at Ericson Public Library in Boone, Iowa. I consider what I do a passion. On top of my work at the public library I also teach part time at University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, where I teach courses on early literacy and public library partnerships, and I am an independent researcher at the Space Science Institute. Along with being the founder and owner of Zachary Stier Consulting, LLC, where I provide services to both librarians and early child practitioners across the country, that I started in 2014. Some of my other passions include traveling, writing, reading, and watching true crime and horror movies. I attend horror movie conventions throughout the country and my latest one was Flashback in Rosemount, Illinois. As President, one of my goals for this year is to increase membership. With that a friendly reminder to pay your annual membership dues of $35.00, here is the link to get those paid https://www.betaphimu.org/annual-membership-fee.html. In addition, my secondary goal is to move Beta Phi Mu in a direction to resurrect scholarships that are currently not being offered due to budgetary constraints. Specifically, we are unable to offer Sarah Rebeca Reed, Blanche E. Woolls, and the Harold Lancour scholarships. We are eager to reinstate these scholarships in the future. As a member, you also have the opportunity to become a sustaining member. Sustaining members are the biggest support for our efforts to resurrect these scholarships and provide overall support for the future of Beta Phu Mu. As your newly elected President, my goal is to make myself available to members so I have set aside every third Tuesday each month from 9-11 am CST if you would like to meet, discuss, and connect with me. Please email me at [email protected] to request a time to meet with me. Watch Video HERE All the best, Zach Zachary Stier, Ed. D., MSLIS 2024-2025 Beta Phi Mu President |
