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New Mexico State University

University Library News Release

Date: September 23, 2009

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT: Jeanette Smith, NMSU Library, (575) 646-7492, jcsmith@lib.nmsu.edu


I Love My Librarian Award nominations solicited

The Carnegie Corporation of New York and The New York Times announce the annual I Love My Librarian Award.

Nominations, which will run through October 9, are being accepted online at http://www.ilovelibraries.org/ilovemylibrarian.

The award invites library users to recognize the accomplishments of librarians in public, school, college, community college and university libraries for their efforts to improve the lives of people in their communities.

Up to ten librarians will be selected each year. Each will receive a $5,000 cash award, a plaque and a $500 travel stipend to attend an awards ceremony and reception in December, hosted by The New York Times. In addition, a plaque will be given to each award winner's library.

Each nominee must be a librarian with a master's degree from a program accredited by the ALA in library and information studies or a master's degree with a specialty in school library media from an educational unit accredited by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education. Nominees must be currently working in the United States in a library at an accredited two- or four-year college or university, an accredited K-12 school or a public library.

In 2008, the Carnegie Corporation of New York awarded the American Library Association $489,000 to support the award program, which will continue annually through 2012. The award continues in the tradition of an award presented by The New Times from 2001 to 2006.

Last year, more than 3,200 library users nationwide nominated a librarian, and ten librarians received the award. The award is administered by the American Library Association's Public Information Office and the Campaign for America's Libraries.

The Carnegie Corporation of New York was created by Andrew Carnegie in 1911 to promote "the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding." For more than ninety-five years, the corporation has carried out Carnegie's vision of philanthropy by building on his two major concerns: international peace and advancing education and knowledge.

For more information, visit http://www.ilovelibraries.org or email Jeanette Smith of the New Mexico State University Library at jcsmith@lib.nmsu.edu.

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