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Library and Community Leaders Honored by
Library System
NEWS RELEASE
March 2, 2004
For further information contact:
Judy Hoffman, 847/353-7137
In recognition of exceptional
contributions to library service, library advocacy efforts and innovative
partnerships, the North Suburban Library System (NSLS) has announced
the winners of its 2003 Membership Awards. The award recipients will
be honored at the annual NSLS banquet on March 12 at Concorde Banquets
in Kildeer.
The DES PLAINES PUBLIC LIBRARY
has been recognized as Library of the Year. "The library's services
for diverse populations, as well as their fundraising and marketing
efforts, serve as models for libraries everywhere. Creatively melding
talent and strong community partnerships, the Des Plaines Public Library
demonstrates just how high a library can soar," says NSLS Director Sarah
Long.
Also to be honored at the NSLS
Annual Membership Awards Banquet are:
Academic Library Staff Member:
Judith Mayzel, Professor of Library Services, Oakton Community College,
DES PLAINES
Public Library Staff Member:
Frances Roehm, SkokieNet Librarian, Skokie Public Library, SKOKIE
School Library Staff Member:
Barbara Stretch, Library Media Specialist, Plum Grove Junior High, ROLLING
MEADOWS
Special Library Staff Member:
Roberto Sarmiento, Head, Transportation Library, Northwestern University,
EVANSTON
Legislator of the Year: State
Senator Susan Garrett (D-29)
Innovation Award: Oakton Community
College, DES PLAINES
Trustee of the Year: Paul Kaplan,
Elk Grove Village Public Library, ELK GROVE VILLAGE
Volunteer of the Year: Harold
Weary, Mount Prospect Public Library, MOUNT PROSPECT
Community Advocate: Pete Nenni,
Lake County editor/manager, Daily Herald
Community Advocate: Jim Sorenson,
Language Arts Teacher, Chippewa Middle School, DES PLAINES
Lifetime Achievement Award:
Kathleen Balcom, Executive Librarian, Arlington Heights Memorial Library,
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS
Library staff and trustees
submitted award nominations and the winners were selected by a panel
of NSLS member libraries. For more information on the awards, visit
www.nsls.info/awards.
The 2004 banquet is being sponsored
by Allied Benefit Systems, Inc., Demco, Ex Libris LTD, and TDS Metrocom.
More information about the sponsors can be found at www.nsls.info/banquet.
Headquartered in Wheeling, the
North Suburban Library System is an organization of 650 academic, public,
school and special libraries in the north suburban area of Cook County
and communities in Kane, Lake and McHenry counties. It is one of 12
library systems in Illinois, funded through the Illinois State Library,
a division of the Office of the Secretary of State, Jesse White.
