The Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship for Library and Information Science is awarded to outstanding doctoral students pursuing library and information research. garnered one of only six awarded by , the library and information studies honor society.
Jones' dissertation, "Constructing the Universal Library," compares the motivations, internal self-definitions, and initial implementations of four large-scale attempts to democratize access to book-based information.
Beta Phi Mu was founded in 1948 by a group of leading librarians and library educators to recognize and encourage scholastic achievement among library and information studies students. Their motto, Aliis inserviendo consumor , meaning 鈥淐onsumed in the service of others鈥 was selected by the founders based on the concept of dedication of librarians and other information professionals to the service of others.