THE CARL Outstanding Member Award was presented posthumously to Ilene F. Rockman, at the CARL Biennial Conference on Friday, April 21, 2006, at Asilomar. Ilene's husband Fred Gertler accepted the award in her honor.
Ilene was a long time member of CARL and over the years, served in various capacities on the CARL Executive Board. Ilene worked in the CSU for more than 30 years as a librarian, faculty member and most recently as an administrator, where she was manager of the CSU Information Competence Initiative for the California State University Chancellor's Office from 2001-2005.
Over the past few years as Manager of the CSU Information Competence Initiative, Ilene worked closely with the Educational Testing Service to develop and implement a realistic, scenario-based, web-based instrument to assess higher education student's information literacy skills. In addition, Ilene served as editor of Reference Services Review for many
years. She was also on the editorial boards of American Libraries, Administration and Management, the Journal of Academic Librarianship, Library Hi Tech, and Reference Quarterly.
Recipient of numerous awards including 2005 ACRL Instruction Librarian of the Year and 2003 ACRL Distinguished Education and Behavioral Sciences Librarian, Ilene was a visionary in our profession, a dedicated librarian, a wonderful colleague to work with, and an extraordinary mentor to many fellow librarians.
Ilene passed away November 26, 2005.

Suellen Cox, 2006 CARL President