The New York Times Librarian Awards Go National

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“NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–April 8, 2003–The New York Times announced today the national expansion of the third annual New York Times Librarian Awards and issued an invitation to the public to nominate librarians at public libraries from anywhere in the U.S.


The awards honor librarians who provide outstanding community service on a consistent basis.
As in 2002, The Times will recognize 15 librarians in the New York tri-state area. In addition, the program will honor 12 librarians from six regions across the U.S.: Northeast, Southeast, Midwest and Great Lakes, Southwest, Mountain and Plains States, and West.



“We have had an incredible response to this program over the last two years,” said Alyse Myers, vice president of marketing services for The New York Times. “Expanding nationally is a natural evolution for the awards and underscores The Times’s commitment to promoting literacy and education. Public libraries have become dynamic community centers. They are also a critical resource for new immigrants in many areas across the U.S. Now more than ever they need our support and recognition.”



Winners will be selected by committee and announced in The New York Times in the fall; each will receive $2,500 from The Times in recognition of his or her achievements. The New York Times Librarian Award selection committee includes:


— Norma Blake, state librarian, New Jersey State Library

— Francine Fialkoff, editor, Library Journal

— Mary Berman, deputy director, Westchester Library System

— Toni Garvey, city librarian, Phoenix Public Library

— Christine Lind Hage, director, Clinton-Macomb Public Library,
Public Library Association Division Representative to American
Library Association Council

— Robert Hubsher, director, Ramapo Catskill Library System

— Susan L. Keitel, executive director, The New York Library
Association

— Susan Keller, supervisor of The New York Times Regional
Weeklies

— Susan Kent, city librarian, Los Angeles Public Library

— Valerie Kilmartin, director of branch libraries, Queens

Borough Public Library
— Ann Maloney, editor, The New York Times Regional Newspapers

— Jerry Nichols, director, Suffolk Cooperative Library System

— Marie L. Radford, acting dean, Pratt Institute School of
Information and Library Science

— Sofia Sequenzia, deputy director for public service, Brooklyn
Public Library

— Jackie Thresher, director, Nassau Library System

— Deborah Trepp, manager, branch libraries bibliographic

services, The New York Public Library

— Pat Tumulty, executive director, New Jersey Library
Association

— Janet Welch, state librarian, The New York State Library

— Kendall F. Wiggin, state librarian, Connecticut State Library



Nomination forms will be available at participating branches from April 6 to June 20. Ads with the nomination form will start appearing in The Times on April 7. The form can also be accessed at www.nytimes-community.com and responses e-mailed to [email protected]. For more information, call (212) 556-4520.



About The New York Times Company



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This press release can be downloaded from www.nytco.com and www.nytimes-community.com



CONTACT: The New York Times

Diane McNulty, 212/556-5244

[email protected]

or Lourdes Pena, 212/556-1718

[email protected]



SOURCE: The New York Times

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