Associate Director John C. Bertot has recently received 2005 Literati Club Award from Emerald, a publisher of a wide range of management and library & information services journals. His article "Libraries and Networked Information Services: Issues and Consideration in Measurement" was recognized as the Outstanding Paper for 2005 by Emerald's journal Performance Measurement Metrics: The International Journal for Library Information Services. The award was only granted to winning authors whose paper were regarded as "one of the most impressive pieces of work" throughout last year.

Bertot addressed different issues in the multi-faceted assessment of network-based library electronic services and resources.