IATUL “best poster” prize
The IATUL “best poster” prize is awarded at each IATUL conference. The winner receives a prize money of currently € 500 and is published in the IATUL newsletter and on the website. The award is known as the Irmgard Lankenau Poster Prize .
Irmgard Lankenau was an IATUL Board member, and until her death in 2004 she was director of the Koblenz-Landau University Library, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Three members of the IATUL Board (appointed as judges by the Board), assess the posters submitted and presented at the annual IATUL Conference.
The judges will be anonymous to Conference attendees and presenters, and will evaluate the posters independently.
- Innovation curiosity
- Clarity of content
- Layout and poster design
- Presentation
- Overal Impact

Irmgard Lankenau Poster Prize Winners 2024
Andre Breedt, Kate Absolum and Vanessa van der Ham
Learning and Academic Engagement
Auckland University of Technology
Aotearoa New Zealand
Traditionally our best poster prize is awarded during the annual IATUL conference, which took place for the 44th time in 2024.
The 44th IATUL Annual Conference was held Nov 24 - 28, 2024 on the campus of the University of Auckland in Aotearoa New Zealand, under the motto “ The voices of All” with more than 270 university librarians from all over the world.
It is our pleasure to present that IATUL awarded the Irmgard Lankenau Poster Prize 2024 to:
Andre Breedt, Kate Absolum and Vanessa van der Ham
Learning and Academic Engagement, Auckland University of Technology
Aotearoa New Zealand
for their outstanding poster presentation entitled: "Striving for Ako: Towards amplifying student voice in library-faculty partnerships".
Congratulations for winning this prize!
Dr. Anna Wałek
IATUL President
- on behalf of the Poster Prize Comittee and IATUL Board -

Irmgard Lankenau Poster Prize Winner 2023
Tatiana Usova, Carnegie Mellon University, Qatar

Irmgard Lankenau Poster Prize Winner 2022
Magdalena Szuflita-Żurawska and Piotr Krajewski from Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland