Dan Trefethen, SLA’s treasurer for the past three years and SLA Board Liaison to the Military Libraries Division, is the 2013 recipient of the prestigious John Cotton Dana Award.   Learn more about Dan and this award on the SLA website.

In invite you to join all members of MLD in offering hearty congratulations to Dan for this well deserved recognition.

Joyce Greene
Webmaster

Dudley Knox Library, Naval Postgraduate School (NPS)

It is with great pride and delight that I announce that NPS/Dudley Knox Librarian, Greta Marlatt, received the2012  I LOVE MY LIBRARIAN award at a moving ceremony at the New York Times Center, Tuesday evening 19 December, in New York City.

Greta was nominated for this award by faculty from several NPS departments and a dozen of her Homeland Security students showed up at the ceremony (she recognized them during her remarks by asking THEM to stand up to be recognized for their service to NY and the nation).

This is a fabulous recognition of the nearly 24/7 service Greta provides to the faculty, students and staff in the NPS community, our alumni, and military/homeland security leaders around the globe.  It is also a tribute to the tremendous engagement that  Dudley Knox Library has with our community—all for the intent of providing the highest-quality information and services to support instruction and research at this great institution.

You can read more in the press release below and the nomination letters from Greta’s faculty:

http://atyourlibrary.org/sites/default/files/greta-marlatt-nomination.pdf

Check out DKL and CHDS Facebook sites for more.  The video and photos from the awards ceremony and speakers will soon be loaded on the I LOVE MY LIBRARIAN website and articles are appearing in major media and library publications.

https://www.facebook.com/NPSDKL

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Center-for-Homeland-Defense-and-Security/150094791741872

http://www.ilovelibraries.org/lovemylibrarian/home

NPS LOVES Greta Marlatt – we are thrilled to have her as an NPS asset!

Eleanor Uhlinger
Director, Dudley Knox Library

ALA Press Release
NEWS:  For Immediate Release

December 18, 2012

NEW YORK — Today, 10 librarians are recognized for service to their communities, schools and campuses as winners of the Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I Love My Librarian Award .

More than 1,500 library patrons nationwide nominated a librarian. The 10 award recipients are:

Dorothy J. Davison
Horrmann Library, Wagner College
New York, N.Y

Roberto Carlos Delgadillo
Peter J. Shields Library
University of California, Davis

Beatriz Adriana Guevara
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Charlotte, N.C.

Rachel Hyland
Tunxis Community College Library
Farmington, Conn.

Susan Kowalski
Minoa School District: Pine Grove Middle School Library
East Syracuse (N.Y.)

Rae Anne Locke
Saugatuck Elementary “Secret Garden” Library
Westport, Conn.

Greta E. Marlatt
Naval Postgraduate School – Dudley Knox Library
Monterey, Calif.

Mary Ellen Pellington
Octavia Fellin Public Library
Gallup, N.M.

Madlyn S. Schneider
Queens Library
Queens Village, N.Y.

Julie Hatsell Wales
McNair Magnet School
Rockledge, Fla.

Each receives a $5,000 cash award and will be honored at a ceremony and reception in New York, hosted by The New York Times, on Dec. 18. Robert K. Massie, winner of the 2012 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction, for his work, “Catherine the Great, Portrait of a Woman” will make remarks at the ceremony.

In their nominations, library patrons told stories of how their librarians make a difference in their communities. This year’s winners include a librarian who coordinates her library’s mail-a-book program for homebound patrons, a bilingual librarian who specializes in outreach to her community’s Latino population and a college librarian who transformed her library into a supportive, 21st century research space.

Nominations were open to librarians working in public, school, college, community college and university libraries. Fifty librarians nationwide have won the I Love My Librarian award since 2008.

The award is a collaborative program of Carnegie Corporation of New York, The New York Times and the American Library Association (ALA).

Commenting on the 2012 winners, Vartan Gregorian, President of Carnegie Corporation and Past President of the New York Public Library said, “The existence and the welfare of the library are of paramount importance in the life of a society, in the life of a community, the life of a school and a college, the life of a city, and the life of a nation. Indeed, libraries are a central part of our society. They are a critical component in the free exchange of information, which is at the heart of our democracy. In both an actual and symbolic sense, the library—and hence librarians—are the guardians of freedom of thought and freedom of choice.”

“The 1,500 nominations that library users nationwide sent in for this award tell a clear story: that librarians make a difference every day in the lives of their patrons and that libraries are vital to their communities,” said Maureen Sullivan, President of the American Library Association.

Members of the 2012 I Love My Librarian selection committee include Molly Raphael, ALA past president and committee chair; Dr. Rookaya Bawa, Carnegie Corporation of New York; Carl A. Harvey II, past president of the American Association of School Librarians, a division of ALA; Diane McNulty, The New York Times; Joyce L. Ogburn, past president of the Association of College and Research Libraries, a division of ALA; and Eva Poole, President of the Public Library Association, a division of ALA.

About Carnegie Corporation of New York

Carnegie Corporation of New York was created by Andrew Carnegie in 1911 to promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding. In keeping with this mandate, the Corporation’s work focuses on the issues that Andrew Carnegie considered of paramount importance: international peace, the advancement of education and knowledge, and the strength of our democracy. For more information visit: www.carnegie.org .

About The New York Times Company

The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT), a leading global, multimedia news and information company with 2011 revenues of $2.3 billion, includes The New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, The Boston Globe, NYTimes.com, BostonGlobe.com, Boston.com and related properties. The Company’s core purpose is to enhance society by creating, collecting and distributing high-quality news and information.

About the American Library Association

The American Library Association (ALA), the voice of America’s libraries, is the oldest, largest and most influential library association in the world. Its approximately 60,000 members are primarily librarians but also trustees, publishers and other library supporters. The association represents all types of libraries; its mission is to promote the highest quality library and information services and public access to information.

The ALA administered the award through the Campaign for America’s Libraries, ALA’s public awareness campaign that promotes the value of libraries and librarians.

Contact:
Megan Humphrey
American Library Association

Colleagues,     Those of you who were in attendance at SLA 2012 in Chicago and were able to work the program “Building a Greener Library” were able to hear Award-winning Library Director, Ginnie Cooper of the DC Public Library.  Check out this link to her recent award.   See, they are doing something right in DC…..and you doubted!

Sharon Lenius

The prestigious Princeton Review annual 377 Best Colleges Report was released Aug 21, 2012 and lists the United States Military Academy’s Jefferson Hall Library as # 2 in the survey.  The library located in Jefferson Hall ,West Point’s new Cadet Learning Center, houses: USMA Library, Center for Enhanced Performance (CEP), and the Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE).  Congratulations to the hard working staff and to the Cadets who use the facility.

Read more about the USMA Library at http://www.library.usma.edu/?TabID=7&PageName=Overview

So who’s # 1? I suppose you will just have to buy the book!

Congratulations USMA!

Sharon Lenius

MILITARY LIBRARIES DIVISION (MLD) OF THE SPECIAL LIBRARIES ASSOCIATION (SLA)

MLD NOMINATION FORM: STUDENT STIPEND AWARD

MILITARY LIBRARIES WORKSHOP

APPLICANT QUALIFYING REQUIREMENTS and RULES and GUIDELINES:

• Applicant must be a student in an accredited at Master’s level Library Science/Library Information Science program
• Cover letter must be attached to the application
• Faculty Endorsement statement must be attached to the application
• Essay must be attached to the application stating what you expect to achieve, or learn at the Military Libraries Workshop
• Must be a member of SLA and MLD, at minimum, student status, at the time of the self-nomination/application
• Must have an endorsement from of the library school faculty where applicant is currently enrolled
• Must have a reference from the supervisor if the applicant is currently working in a library
• Must agree to give a minimum of ten (10) hours of volunteer work at the MLW
• Must agree to write an article for the MLD Newsletter and other media, and agree that MLD will publish it in said MLD Newsletter or other media
• Deadline for submission of application is No Later Than 9.30.2012
• Nominations accepted only in email format.

Submissions to:  cjacobso@dtic.mil, MLD Chair, Awards Committee

Carol E. Jacobson
Chief, Network Services Division
Directorate of User Services
Defense Technical Information Center
8725 John J. Kingman Road, Suite 0944
Fort Belvoir, VA  22060-6218
703-767-9167 – 427-9167 DSN

Fellow MLD Members,

This is a request for Nominations for the 2012 MLD Distinguished Service Award.   This award recognizes a member for outstanding and sustained service to the Military Libraries Division, Special Libraries Association. It is presented at the Military Libraries Workshop (MLW) in December.

The MLD Distinguished Service Award was first awarded in December 1999 at the MLD Workshop in Williamsburg, VA. The award consists of a certificate of achievement and/or a presentation gift. Nominees must be members of the Military Libraries Division, Special Libraries Association. Membership eligibility of the nominees will be verified.

If you would like to nominate a member for this award, please complete a nomination form and submit it to the Awards Chairs. Instructions for submission are included on the form.  All nominations must be submitted by September 30, 2012.

Carol Jacobson / Marybeth Dowdell
DMIL Awards Committee, Co-Chairs