SLIS doctoral student Lauren Mandel has won the 2011 Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE)/Norman Horrocks Leadership Award. This award recognizes a new ALISE member who has demonstrated outstanding leadership qualities in professional ALISE activities.

ALISE is a non-profit organization that serves university faculty of graduate programs in library and information science in North America. Its mission is to promote excellence in research, teaching, and service and to provide an understanding of the values and ethos of library and information science.

The ALISE/Norman Horrocks Leadership Award has been awarded since 2009. The initial recipient was former SLIS doctoral student, Linda Most, now an assistant professor at Valdosta State University. Horrocks was professor emeritus at the Dalhousie University School of Information Management when he died at 82 in October. He was highly recognized for his service and dedication to librarianship during his long career.

At the 2011 ALISE Annual Conference, Jan. 4–7 in San Diego, Ms. Mandel will be presented with a certificate and a check for $500.