Awards

The Ames Library, faculty, and staff have received numerous awards over the years. Below is a listing of some of these awards.

Faculty and staff awards
- Tony Heaton, Interlibrary Loan and Assessment Specialist, won the 2010 Max Starkey Award for extraordinary service to the University.
- Chris Sweet, Information Literacy Librarian, won the 2014 Information Literacy Best Practices Exemplary Award from the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL).
- Stephanie Davis-Kahl, University Librarian and Univeristy Copyright Officer, won the 2014 ACRL “Distinguished Education and Behavioral Sciences Librarian Award” which honors a distinguished academic librarian who has made an outstanding contribution as an education and/or behavioral sciences librarian through accomplishments and service to the profession
- Meg Miner, University Archivist and Special Collections Librarian Emerita, with DigitalPOWRR, was a co-recipient of the "2015 SAA Preservation Publication Award" and the "2015 National Digital Stewardship Alliance’s Innovation Award".
Library Awards
- In 2008, Ames Library, won the Beautification Award from the Citizens Beautification Committee and the City of Bloomington acknowledging a property that presents a positive appearance to the City of Bloomington. The IWU Grounds Crew was also recoginzed for their outstanding contributions to the landscape surrounding the library.

The Ames Library consistently ranks high on the IWU First-Year Student Satisfaction Survey. In 2021, 96% of first-year students were either safisfied or very satisfied with the library.
Princeton Review reguarly mentions student safisfaction with Ames Library in their review of the nation's best institutions for undergraduates.