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Alyssa M. Valenti

Awards & Grants Received

  • 2024 RVCC Innovation Grant ($1,150) for a Catchbox System for the Library Classroom 
  • 2023 Spring semester: granted sabbatical leave for Spring 2023 semester (published sabbatical research in April 2024. check it out here.)
  • 2021 ACRL Member of the Week for October 11 - 15. https://acrl.ala.org/acrlinsider/acrl-member-of-the-week-alyssa-m-valenti/
  • 2021 Mid-Career Scholarship to attend the annual ACRL Conference (April 2021)
  • 2021 February RVCC 'Heart of a Lion' Award for going above and beyond to serve the RVCC community during the COVID-19 Pandemic
  • 2019 RVCC Foundation College Community Fund Grant ($2,000) for "Book Scanning Station in the Library"
  • 2017 RVCC Foundation College Community Fund Grant ($2,000) for “Loaner Laptops for Students”
  • 2017 New Jersey Council of County Colleges Grant ($1,000) to attend the Lilly Conference on Evidence-Based Teaching and Learning in Bethesda, MD from June 1 – 3, 2017.
  • 2017 NJLA Research Award Nominee for “Student Use of Keywords and Limiters in Web-scale Discovery Searching” article co-authored with Megan Dempsey
  • 2016-2017 RVCC Faculty Research Grant ($3,000) to conduct usability testing on the library’s website
  • 2014 WebStudy Innovator’s Project Award for “Online course teaching, design, and successful student learning: An annotated bibliography of resources for best practices."
  • 2013 NJLA-CUS/ACRL Technology Innovation Award- 2-Year Institution Winner for “iii Staff View App.”
  • 2012 WebStudy Innovator’s Project Award for “Embedding a Librarian through WebStudy at RVCC.”