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2000 LIBRARY AWARDS

As presented at the N.J.L.A. Public Relations Awards Reception, East Brunswick Hilton, East Brunswick, N.J., Thursday, April 27, 2000

Librarian of the Year

Jeanne Robbana
Director, Vineland Public Library

Trustee of the Year

Laura McKnight Stabler
Mary Jacobs Library, a branch of the Somerset County Library System

Library Service Award to an Individual

Sharon Karmazin
East Brunswick Public Library (retired)

Library Service Award to a Group

Art Fund Committee, Friends of the Monmouth County Library

NJLA/EMA/nj Partnership Award

Dr. Margaret Freathy, Pompton Lakes Public Library

Library Champion Awards

Assemblywoman Rose Marie Heck
Assemblyman Leonard Lance
Senator Robert Littell
Senator Peter Inverso
Assemblyman Jack Conners
ISP/GAFMS of Wayne
Arthur W.Roberts III, N.J. Dept. of Transportation

PUBLIC RELATIONS AWARDS

WEB SITES

  • Budget over $750,000
    1st Place - Hunterdon County Library
    2nd Place - Ocean County Library
  • Budget under $750,000
    1st Place - Fairview Public Library
    2nd Place - none

SERVICE BROCHURES

  • Budget over $750,000
    1st Place - Cherry Hill Public Library
    2nd Place - Camden County Library
  • Budget under $750,000
    1st Place - New Providence Public Library
    2nd Place - Bernardsville Public Library

PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

  • Budget over $750,000
    1st Place - Rutgers University Libraries
    2nd Place - Princeton Public Library
  • Budget under $750,000
    1st Place - Kenilworth Public Library
    2nd Place - Leonia Public Library

NEWSLETTERS

  • Budget over $750,000
    1st Place - East Brunswick Public Library
    2nd Place - Atlantic County Library System
  • Budget under $750,000
    1st Place - Bernardsville Public Library
    2nd Place - Leonia Public Library

LOGOS

  • Budget over $750,000
    1st Place - Ocean County Library System
    2nd Place - East Brunswick Public Library
  • Budget under $750,000
    1st Place - Fanwood Memorial Library
    2nd Place - Legal Services of New Jersey

JOURNALISM AWARDS

Single Articles Daily with circulation over 50,000

1st Place - 4 way tie

  • The Record
    "Librarians Are in Short Supply" by Deena Yellin
  • The Record
    "Poor Man's University" by Paul Rogers
  • The Record
    "Man-made Oasis"by Rod Allee
  • Asbury Park Press
    "Libraries Quenching Thirst for Internet, E-Mail, Games" by Suzanne Salay

2nd Place: - 2 way tie

  • Asbury Park Press
    "Growing by Volumes" by Sherry Conohan
  • Star-Ledger
    "Official Seeks Aid for Flooded Libraries" by Tom Hester

Honorable Mention - 2 way tie

  • The Record
    "Too Unbelievable for Hollywood "by Michele Comandini
  • The Star-Ledger
    "A Historian Pays Tribute to the Library" by William Gordon

Daily with circulation under 50,000

1st Place - Ocean County's Observer
"And the Winners Are" by Melissa Depp
2nd Place: Ocean County's Observer
"Teaching the Love of Books" by Melissa Depp

Weekly

  • 1st Place - Sentinel (East Brunswick)
    "Library Staff Explains Need for New Facility" by Doug McKenzie
  • 2nd Place: Piscataway Review
    "Local Company Helps Library Join Web" by Jim Purcell

SERIES OF EDITORIALS

  • Daily with circulation over 50,000
    1st Place- The Record
    "Virtual Library"
    "Library Privileges"
    "Library Crisis"
    2nd Place- The Times of Trenton
    "Virtual Library"
    "Building Libraries"
    "Overdue Commitment"

BODY OF WORK

  • Daily with circulation over 50,000
    lst Place-The Record
    2nd Place:Star Ledger
  • Daily with circulation under 50,000
    Ocean County Observer

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