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[Suzanne Sager]

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Suzanne L. Sager
ALA Oregon Chapter Councilor

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Subject: 	[alacro-l] I LOVE MY LIBRARIAN AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Date: 	Tue, 9 Dec 2008 14:28:16 -0500
From: 	Don Wood <dwood at ala.org>
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NEWS

For Immediate Release

December 9, 2008

 

Megan Humphrey

Manager, Campaign for  America's Libraries

ALA Public Information Office

(773) 818-9184

mhumphrey at ala.org <mailto:mhumphrey at ala.org>

 

Diane McNulty
The New York Times
(212) 556-5244
diane.mcnulty at nytimes.com <mailto:diane.mcnulty at nytimes.com>


*CARNEGIE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK/NEW YORK TIMES I LOVE MY LIBRARIAN 
AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED *
      
(NEW YORK) Librarians in our nation's 123,000 libraries make a 
difference in the lives of millions of Americans every day. 

 

Today, 10 librarians are recognized for service to their communities, 
schools and campuses as winners of the Carnegie Corporation of New 
York/New York Times I Love My Librarian Award.

 

More than 3,200 library users nationwide nominated a librarian.  The 10 
award recipients are:

 

Linda Allen

Libraries Director

Pasco County Library System

Hudson, Fla.

 

Jean Amaral
Reference Librarian

Antioch University New England

Keene, N.H.

 

Amy J. Cheney

Librarian
Alameda County Library, Juvenile Hall
San Leandro, Calif.

 

Jennifer Lankford Dempsey

Library Media Specialist and Technology Coordinator

Wrights Mill Road Elementary School

Auburn, Ala.

 

Carol W. Levers

Community Services Librarian

Kansas City, Kansas Public Library; Weekend Supervisor

Plaza Branch Library, Kansas City Public Library

Kansas City, Mo.

 

Dr. Margaret "Gigi" Lincoln

Library Media Specialist

Lakeview High School Library

Battle Creek, Mich.

 

Iona R. Malanchuk

Associate University Librarian and Head of the Education Library

University of Florida

Gainesville, Fla.

 

Elaine McIlroy

Director

Wellfleet Public Library

Wellfleet, Mass.

 

Paul McIntosh

Library Media Specialist

Wadleigh Secondary School For The Performing and Visual Arts

New York, N.Y.

 

Arezoo Moseni

Senior Librarian

The New York Public Library, Mid-Manhattan Library, The Art Collection

New York, N.Y.

 

"Librarians are even more important to their communities in this digital 
age," said Vartan Gregorian, president of Carnegie Corporation of New 
York.  "They are the people many turn to for help in navigating the 
complex and information-rich world of the web where the quality of the 
research and reports is not always clear. These ten librarians deserve 
applause because their professionalism has won the attention and respect 
of their neighbors."

 

"The New York Times is proud to collaborate with the American Library 
Association and Carnegie Corporation of New York in recognizing the role 
of librarians in society," said Janet L. Robinson, president and chief 
executive officer of The New York Times Company.  "Literacy and public 
access to knowledge are critical to our democracy and the work of these 
librarians quite simply, enriches us all."

 

"This award honors the significant relationship between library users 
and librarians.  It also recognizes these 10 librarians for the notable 
impact they have on the lives of the people they serve and on their 
communities," said American Library Association (ALA) President Jim Rettig.

 

Each of the 10 award winners receives a $5,000 cash award and will be 
honored at a ceremony and reception in New York at TheTimesCenter, 
hosted by The New York Times on Dec. 9.  

 

Nominations were open to librarians working in public, school, college, 
community college and university libraries.  In order to be eligible, 
the nominee had to have received a master's degree from a program 
accredited by the ALA in library and information studies or a master's 
degree with a specialty in school library media from an educational 
institution accredited by the National Council for the Accreditation of 
Teacher Education.  

 

The selection committee is comprised of Dr. Loriene Roy, professor at 
the University of Texas at Austin, School of Information; Dr. Rookaya 
Bawa, program officer at Carnegie Corporation of New York; Annalisa R. 
Crews, library media specialist at Homewood High School, Homewood, Ala.; 
Karen Danczak Lyons, first deputy commissioner of Chicago Public 
Library; Diane McNulty, executive director of Community Affairs and 
Media Relations at The New York Times; and Dr. Laverna M. Saunders, 
university librarian at Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pa. 

 

The ALA administered the award through the Campaign for America's 
Libraries, its public awareness campaign that promotes the value of 
libraries and librarians.

 

The award, which began as The New York Times Librarian Awards in 2000, 
is now a collaborative program of Carnegie Corporation of New York, The 
New York Times and the American Library Association.  More information 
about the award recipients is available at www.ilovelibraries.org 
<http://www.ilovelibraries.org/>/ilovemylibrarian. 

 

Carnegie Corp. of New York was created by Andrew Carnegie in 1911 to 
promote "the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding." 
For more than 95 years, the corporation has carried out Carnegie's 
vision of philanthropy by building on his two major concerns: 
international peace and advancing education and knowledge. As a private 
grant-making foundation, the corporation will invest more than $100 
million this year in nonprofits to fulfill Carnegie's mission, "to do 
real and permanent good in this world." The corporation's capital fund, 
originally donated at a value of about $135 million, had a market value 
of $3 billion on Sept. 30, 2007.

 

The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT), a leading media company with 
2007 revenues of $3.2 billion, includes The New York Times, the 
International Herald Tribune, The Boston Globe, 16 other daily 
newspapers, WQXR-FM and more than 50 Web sites, including NYTimes.com, 
Boston.com and About.com.  The Company's core purpose is to enhance 
society by creating, collecting and distributing high-quality news, 
information and entertainment.

 

The American Library Association is the oldest and largest library 
association in the world, with more than 67,000 members. Its mission is 
to promote the highest quality library and information services and 
public access to information.


# # #

 

 

Megan McFarlane

Campaign Coordinator

The Campaign for America's Libraries

 

Phone - 312-280-2148

Email - mmcfarlane at ala.org

 

American Library Association

50 E. Huron

Chicago, IL 60611

 

Check out PIO's blog:

Visibility @ your library^®

http://www.pio.ala.org/visibility

 

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