Ernie Ingles, vice provost and chief librarian at the University of Alberta, was recently recognized by the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) with the 2006 CARL Award for Distinguished Service to Research Librarianship.

The award is presented annually to an individual at a CARL member institution who has made a substantial local, national, or international contribution to research librarianship. Ingles received the award for his outstanding and dynamic contributions to the profession as a scholar and a library leader in many fields.

As a bibliographer, Ingles has published widely, notably the Bibliography of Canadian Bibliographies / Bibliographie des bibliographies canadiennes and the revised Peel's Bibliography of the Canadian Prairies to 1953. He was the founding executive director and chief executive officer of the Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions / Institut canadien de microreproductions historiques and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (2001).

Ingles has helped develop and lead such collaborative ventures as the NEOS Library Consortium, the Health Knowledge Network (HKN), The Alberta Library, and the Lois Hole Campus Alberta Digital Library. Most recently, his commitment to the access and preservation of Canada’s documentary heritage has led to a leadership role in the founding of the AlouetteCanada Open Digitization Initiative.

Ingles is the founder of the Northern Exposure to Leadership Institute (NELI) and the driving force behind The Future of Human Resources in Canadian Libraries (2005). A recipient of numerous honors, Ernie Ingles was awarded the Queen's Jubilee Medal (2003). He is currently president-elect of the OCLC Members Council.