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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 8, 2006
Contact:
, Austin Public Library, (512) 974-7528
Fax: (512) 974-7442
THE NEW YORK TIMES ANNOUNCES 25 WINNERS OF THE 2006 LIBRARIAN AWARDS
Austin Public Library, Librarian Stephanie Neely one of the Winners!
NEW YORK, Dec. 8, 2006 – The New York Times announced today the names of the 25 winners of the 2006 New York Times Librarian Awards. Now in its sixth year, the program honors librarians from around the country who have provided outstanding public service and have had a strong and positive impact on their nominators. This year’s winners represent 17 states, including Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas and Washington.
Included among the 25 winners for the first time are three academic librarians. In an expansion of the program, librarians working in college and university libraries were eligible to be nominated by college students, faculty and administrators. Nominations for the public librarian awards came from the general public. The Times received more than 1,300 nominations from 45 states this year.
The Times will hold a ceremony and reception in honor of the winners on Dec. 13 at which each winner will be given $2,500 and a commemorative plaque from The Times. A separate plaque featuring the winner’s name and title will be sent to the library where each winner works. Gail Collins, editorial page editor for The Times, will be guest speaker at the ceremony.
“We are very happy for this opportunity to celebrate librarians from across the country, whose enormous contributions sometimes go unrecognized,” said Alyse Myers, senior vice president, chief marketing officer, The New York Times Media Group. “This year, we are also delighted to extend the Librarian Awards to academic librarians, who serve their college communities with the same devotion as the public librarians whose work we have honored since 2001. All librarians fill a vital role in our society – they are the people who bring together communities in the pursuit of knowledge. In doing so, they remind us that education and civic engagement are critical components of a thriving democracy. We applaud this year’s winners and the work they do every day.”
The 2006 winners of the Librarian Awards are:
- Jinny Van Wynen Baeckler, Director, Plainsboro Public Library, Plainsboro, N.J.
- Dana Bjerke, Youth Services Librarian, Hennepin County Library, Minnetonka, Minn.
- Maria Buhl, Librarian, Guilderland Public Library, Guilderland, N.Y.
- Jennifer Duvernay, Coordinator of Instruction, Outreach and Marketing, Arizona State University Libraries, Tempe, Ariz.
- Carol Finch, Children and Teen Services Coordinator, Burton Barr Central Library, Phoenix, Ariz.
- Linda Townsend Fox, Library Director, Chester Public Library, Chester, Conn.
- Larry J. Frank, Director of Library Services, Knox County Public Library, Knoxville, Tenn.
- Cynthia L. Harrison, Bainbridge Branch Library Manager, Bainbridge Public Library, a branch of Kitsap Regional Library, Bainbridge Island, Wash.
- Melissa K. Hymel, Administrative Librarian, Pointe Coupee Parish Library, New Roads, La.
- Gesille James, Supervising Librarian, The New York Public Library, Allerton Branch, Bronx, N.Y.
- Paul Owen Jenkins, Director of Library Services, Archbishop Alter Library, College of Mount St. Joseph, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Anita Kramer, Senior Librarian, Lake Hiawatha Branch of the Parsippany-Troy Hills Library System, Parsippany, N.J.
- Anthony Webster Loum, Coordinator of Adult Services, Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn, N.Y.
- Susan Lura, Children’s Services Assistant, Norman Public Library, Norman, Okla.
- Peter M. Mann, YA Librarian III, Van Nuys Branch Library (Los Angeles Public Library), Van Nuys, Calif.
- Myrna J. McCallister, Dean of the Library, Indiana State University Library, Terra Haute, Ind.
- Kate McClelland, Assistant Director and Director of Youth Services, Perrot Memorial Library, Old Greenwich, Conn.
- Stephanie Neely, Managing Librarian, Daniel E. Ruiz Branch, Austin Public Library, Austin, Tex.
- Robin Osborne, Outreach Services Consultant, Westchester Library System, Tarrytown, N.Y.
- Jillian O’Shea, Children’s Librarian, Queens Library, Queens, N.Y.
- Stuart W. Parsons, Children’s Librarian, Sandwich Public Library, Sandwich, Mass.
- Roz Pelcyger, Director, Glen Rock Public Library, Glen Rock, N.J.
- Cynthia K. Richey, Director, Mt. Lebanon Public Library, Pittsburgh, Penn.
- Janine Abby Rose, Branch Manager, Garfield County Public Library System – Silt Branch, Silt, Colo.
- Nancy Tillinghast, Director, Thomas County Public Library, Thomasville, Ga.
A selection committee composed of leading library professionals from around the country chose the winners. The committee included a representative from The Times as well as the following individuals:
- Mary Beth Beidl, Assistant Director, Nassau Library System
- Leslie Burger, Director, Princeton Public Library
- Mary Frances Cooper, Deputy Director for Public Services, The New York Public Library
- Francine Fialkoff, Editor-in-Chief, Library Journal
- Toni Garvey, City Librarian, Phoenix Public Library
- Tula Giannini, Dean, Pratt Institute, School of Information & Library Sciences
- Paula Goings, Assistant Director of the Community Library Services Department, Queens Library
- Mary Graham, Interim Deputy Director for Public Service, Brooklyn Public Library
- Fontayne Holmes, City Librarian, Los Angeles Public Library
- Robert Hubsher, Director, Ramapo Catskill Library System
- Kathleen Moeller-Peiffer, Deputy Director, Library Development Bureau, New Jersey State Library
- Kate Nevins, Executive Director, SOLINET (Southeastern Library Network)
- Steven Pisani, Head, Cataloguing & Interlibrary Loan Services, Westchester Library System
- Michele Reutty, Vice President/President Elect, New Jersey Library Association
- Pat Tumulty, Executive Director, New Jersey Library Association
- Janet Martin Welch, New York State Librarian and Assistant Commissioner for Libraries
- Kendall F. Wiggin, Connecticut State Librarian
For more information about the Librarian Awards, please visit www.nytimes-community.com.
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