Mike Ridley Named Outstanding Academic Librarian

The Canadian Library Association (CLA) and the Canadian Association of College and University Libraries (CACUL) has named Mike Ridley, CIO and Chief Librarian at the University of Guelph, the recipient of the 2010 Miles Blackwell Outstanding Academic Librarian Award.

Mike is a long-standing CUCCIO Board member. In addition to his involvement with CUCCIO, Mike has served the library profession through many organizations: the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN), the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) and the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL). He has also been the President of the Ontario Library Association (OLA) and the Canadian Association for Information Science (CAIS).