New York Times Librarian Awards Announced; Academic Librarians Included
-- Library Journal, 12/5/2006
The 2006 New York Times Librarian Awards have been announced, and the six-year-old program has inaugurated a sibling effort to honor three academic librarians. The 21 public librarian winners (down from 27 last year) and three academic librarians will each receive $2500 and a commemorative plaque. The winners, who were selected by a committee of library luminaries, were grouped by city, state, and region, with an emphasis on the Times's home territory.
New York State:
Robin Osborne, Westchester Library System
Maria Buhl, Guilderland Public Library
New York Public Library:
Gesille James, Allerton Branch, Bronx
Queens Borough Public Library:
Jillian O'Shea, Fresh Meadows Branch
Brooklyn Public Library:
Anthony Loum, Central Library
New Jersey:
Virginia Baeckler, Plainsboro Public Library
Anita Kramer, Lake Hiawatha Library, Parsippany-Troy Hills
Roz Pelcyger, Glen Rock Public Library
Connecticut:
Linda Fox, Chester Library
Kate McClelland, Perrot Memorial Library, Old Greenwich
Northeast:
Stuart Parsons, Sandwich Public Library, MA
Cynthia Richey, Mt. Lebanon Public Library, PA
Midwest and Great Lakes:
Dana Bjerke, Hennepin County Library, Ridgedale Library, MN
Larry Frank, Knox County Library System, Knoxville, TN
Mountain and Plains States:
Susan Lura, Norman Public Library, OK
Janine Rose, Garfield County Public Library System, Silt Branch, CO
West:
Peter Mann, Los Angeles Public Library, Van Nuys Branch
Cynthia Harrison, Kitsap Regional Library, Bainbridge Island Library, WA
Southwest:
Stephanie Neely, Austin Public Library, TX
Carol Finch, Burton Barr Phoenix Public Library
Southeast:
Melissa Kraemer Hymel, Pointe Coupee Parish Public Library, New Roads Branch, LA
Nancy Tillinghast, Thomas County Public Library, Thomasville, GA
Academic Librarian Winners:
Jennifer Duvernay, Arizona State University Libraries, Tempe
Paul Owen Jenkins, Archbishop Alter Library, College of Mount St. Joseph, Cincinnati, OH
Myrna J. McCallister, Indiana State University Library, Terre Haute
