[Publib] FW: 2010 John Sessions Memorial Award Nominations

[Jannie Cobb]

Please excuse any cross-postings:

Nominations sought for RUSA award honoring library contributions to
labor community


RUSA is seeking nominations for the 2010 John Sessions Memorial Award
<http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/rusa/awards/sessions/index.cfm>
recognizing library contributions to the labor community.

The award, a plaque supported by a donation from the AFL-CIO, recognizes
a library or library system that has made a significant effort to work
with the labor community and has consequently brought recognition of the
history and contribution of the labor movement to the development of the
United States. The award is named for John Sessions, former American
Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)
co-chair of the AFL-CIO/ALA Joint Committee on Library Service to Labor
Groups.

Those interested in submitting a nomination can download the nomination
form
<http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/rusa/awards/sessions/sessionsnominati
on09.pdf>  from the awards section of the RUSA website or request the
form from Liz Markel, RUSA Marketing Specialist <mailto:lmarkel at ala.org>
or from Bobray Bordelon, chairperson for the award committee
<http://ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/rusa/contact/rosters/roster.cfm?committee
=rus-awsessions> . All nominations must be received by Dec. 15.

Recent award recipients include the U.S. Department of Labor's Wirtz
Labor Library <http://www.dol.gov/oasam/library/>  (2009) for its
efforts in supporting the history and contribution of the labor movement
in the United States by both maintaining unique and historically
significant collections, including rare international material, and
making this material accessible to the broader public; The Walter P.
Reuther Library of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University,
Detroit, Mich., (2008) for its No Greater Calling
<http://reuther100.wayne.edu/>  online resource chronicling the
influence and history of Walter P. Reuther, an American labor union
leader; and the James B. Carey Library
<http://smlr.rutgers.edu/library/index.html>  at the School of
Management and Labor Relations, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J.
(2007) for its role as a resource for in-depth and specialized
information resources and service to the labor community.

For links see also:
http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2009/10/01/sessions2010nominations/
<http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2009/10/01/sessions2010nominations/> 

	

 
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Jannie R. Cobb, Librarian
The National Labor College
The George Meany Memorial Archives Library
10000 New Hampshire Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20903
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*    jcobb at nlc.edu
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