The New York Times Announces 25 Winners of the 2006 Librarian Awards.New Category for Academic Librarians Honors Three at Colleges NEW YORK -- 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 Hennepin County Library is a library system that services the part of Hennepin County, Minnesota outside the city limits of Minneapolis. The system currently has 26 libraries, the Children's Readmobile, deposit collections at nursing homes and correctional facilities, mail service , Minnetonka, Minn. * Maria Buhl, Librarian, Guilderland Public Library, Guilderland, N.Y. * Jennifer Duvernay, Coordinator of Instruction, Outreach and Marketing, Arizona State University Arizona State University, at Tempe; coeducational; opened 1886 as a normal school, became 1925 Tempe State Teachers College, renamed 1945 Arizona State College at Tempe. Its present name was adopted in 1958. Libraries, Tempe, Ariz. * Carol Finch, Children and Teen Services Coordinator, Burton Barr Central Library The Burton Barr Central Library is the central library in Phoenix, Arizona. It is the flagship location and system headquarters of the Phoenix Public Library. It was designed by Will Bruder with Wendell Burnette. It is a large facility at about 280,000 square feet in five stories. , 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 New York Public Library, free library supported by private endowments and gifts and by the city and state of New York. It is the one of largest libraries in the world. , Allerton Branch, Bronx, N.Y. * Paul Owen Jenkins, Director of Library Services, Archbishop Alter Library, College of Mount St. Joseph The College of Mount St. Joseph is a Roman Catholic liberal arts college located in Cincinnati, Ohio. Its enrollment as of fall 2006 was approximately 2,200 students. The school is also known by its students as Delhi Tech, the University of Delhi, or simply UD. , 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 Coordinates: The Brooklyn Public Library (BPL), is the public library system of the borough of Brooklyn in New York City. It is the fifth largest public library system in the United States. , 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
The Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL) system serves the residents of Los Angeles, California. ), Van Nuys, Calif. * Myrna J. McCallister, Dean of the Library, Indiana State University Indiana State University, main campus at Terre Haute; coeducational; est. 1865 as a normal school, became Indiana State Teachers College in 1929, gained university status in 1965. There is also a campus at Evansville (opened 1965). 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 The Westchester Library System (WLS) is the library system for the citizens of Westchester County, New York. It was established in 1958. The system is made up of 38 libraries across the county and its headquarters are located in Tarrytown, New York. , 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 The Princeton Public Library, a joint library chartered to serve Princeton Borough and Princeton Township, NJ first opened to the public in 1909. Since that time the library has had four locations –historic Bainbridge House on Nassau Street (current home of the Princeton * 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 SOLINET Southeastern Library Network, Inc. SOLINET Solutions for Innovative Networks, GmbH (Southeastern Library Network The Southeastern Library Network (SOLINET) is a not-for-profit membership cooperative of libraries and other information organizations in the southeastern United States. Established in 1973 by the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL), SOLINET collaborates with ) * 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. About The New York Times Company The New York Times Company (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : NYT NYT New York Times NYT National Youth Theatre (UK) NYT New York Transit (New York, USA) NYT New York Tribune ), a leading media company with 2005 revenues of $3.4 billion, includes The New York Times, the New York Times, The Morning daily newspaper, long the U.S. newspaper of record. From its establishment in 1851 it has aimed to avoid sensationalism and to appeal to cultured, intellectual readers. International Herald Tribune International Herald Tribune Daily newspaper published in Paris. It has long been the staple source of English-language news for American expatriates, tourists, and businesspeople in Europe. , The Boston Globe, 15 other daily newspapers, nine network-affiliated television stations, two New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. radio stations and 35 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. This press release can be downloaded from www.nytco.com and www.nytimes-community.com |
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