Current Scholarships & Fellowships Recipients
2026 Beta Phi Mu Scholarship and Fellowship Winners
Frank B. Sessa Scholarships for Continuing Professional Education of Beta Phi Mu Members
The Frank B. Sessa Scholarships are generously sponsored by Library Juice Academy
March 2026 Winners
Ia Bulliabull, University of Oklahoma
Elida Velado Salazar, University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign
Cynthia Engle, University of Hawai'i at Manoa
Raymond Pun, Queens College
Nada Abdelrahim, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
September 2026 Winners
TBA
2026 Garfield Recipients
Siyao Cheng, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Expanding Copyright Education: Learner-centric Pedagogies for Improving U.S. Undergraduate Copyright Literacy
Deeth Ellis, Simmons University
Examining the Enactment of School Librarian Leadership Practices using Distributed Leadership Theory: A Mixed Methods Study
J Nicole Miller, University of Maryland, College Park
Finding (Fan)Fiction: Information-Seeking and Fiction Retrieval Behaviors of Youth Leisure Readers
Xue Pan, University of Oklahoma
Seeking Wellness: International Students' Mental Health Information Behavior
Victoria Rahbar, University of British Columbia iSchool
Understanding Neurological Difference Through Manga: A Study of Young Manga Readers
Chengyuan Yu, Kent State University
Can First Language Information Literacy Experiences Support Second Language Information Literacy Development? A Translanguaging Perspective
2026 Sarah Rebecca Reed Scholarship Ricipient
Campbell Barnes University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
2026 Beta Phi Mu Distinguished Member Award
Kelvin Watson, Executive Director of the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District,
ALA's Beta Phi Mu Award
Dr. Laura Saunders
Associate Dean and Professor of the Simmons University’s School of Library and Information Science in Boston, Massachusetts and Director of the Simmons Center for Information Literacy
Read the full ALA press release here.
For more information:
Beta Phi Mu International Library and Information Studies Honor Society:
http://www.betaphimu.org/
Beta Phi Mu Scholarships:
http://www.betaphimu.org/scholarships.html
2022 Beta Phi Mu Scholarship & Fellowship Recipients:
http://www.betaphimu.org/current-scholarship-winners.html
Contact:
Beta Phi Mu Honor Society
[email protected]
Frank B. Sessa Scholarships for Continuing Professional Education of Beta Phi Mu Members
The Frank B. Sessa Scholarships are generously sponsored by Library Juice Academy
March 2026 Winners
Ia Bulliabull, University of Oklahoma
Elida Velado Salazar, University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign
Cynthia Engle, University of Hawai'i at Manoa
Raymond Pun, Queens College
Nada Abdelrahim, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
September 2026 Winners
TBA
2026 Garfield Recipients
Siyao Cheng, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Expanding Copyright Education: Learner-centric Pedagogies for Improving U.S. Undergraduate Copyright Literacy
Deeth Ellis, Simmons University
Examining the Enactment of School Librarian Leadership Practices using Distributed Leadership Theory: A Mixed Methods Study
J Nicole Miller, University of Maryland, College Park
Finding (Fan)Fiction: Information-Seeking and Fiction Retrieval Behaviors of Youth Leisure Readers
Xue Pan, University of Oklahoma
Seeking Wellness: International Students' Mental Health Information Behavior
Victoria Rahbar, University of British Columbia iSchool
Understanding Neurological Difference Through Manga: A Study of Young Manga Readers
Chengyuan Yu, Kent State University
Can First Language Information Literacy Experiences Support Second Language Information Literacy Development? A Translanguaging Perspective
2026 Sarah Rebecca Reed Scholarship Ricipient
Campbell Barnes University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
2026 Beta Phi Mu Distinguished Member Award
Kelvin Watson, Executive Director of the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District,
ALA's Beta Phi Mu Award
Dr. Laura Saunders
Associate Dean and Professor of the Simmons University’s School of Library and Information Science in Boston, Massachusetts and Director of the Simmons Center for Information Literacy
Read the full ALA press release here.
For more information:
Beta Phi Mu International Library and Information Studies Honor Society:
http://www.betaphimu.org/
Beta Phi Mu Scholarships:
http://www.betaphimu.org/scholarships.html
2022 Beta Phi Mu Scholarship & Fellowship Recipients:
http://www.betaphimu.org/current-scholarship-winners.html
Contact:
Beta Phi Mu Honor Society
[email protected]
