2006 Distinguished Service Award

College and University Section

New Jersey Library Association

Do you know a librarian whose contribution to academic librarianship in New Jersey deserves recognition? The College and University Section of NJLA invites nominations for the 2006 Distinguished Service Award. The award will be given to a librarian who has contributed:

Distinguished service to or achievement in the profession, especially within the New Jersey academic community. This is not limited to persons who might have received national recognition. It is intended to honor any person who by his or her outstanding contributions has directly enriched the librarianship of higher education in New Jersey.

Pervious recipients have included:

Marian Grosch, Felix Hirsch, William Dix, John Beard, James McCoy,

Marian Siegeltuch, Grace Schut, Jay Lucker, Arthur E. Jones, Raymond

Frankle, Donald Sinclair, Virginia Whitney, Hendrick Edelman, Patricia

Reeling, Charles Cummings, John Cohn, Daniel O’Connor, William Noe

Field, Norma Yueh, Sister Anita Talar, Amy Job, Caroline Coughlin, Stan

Nash, Norman Horrocks, Maureen Gorman, Jody Caldwell, Jeris Cassel, Anne

Ciliberti, Marianne Gaunt, Richard Sweeney, Joan Getaz, Jane Crocker, and Norma Blake.

Nominations must be received on or before February 1, 2006 and include

the following information:

• Name and contact information of nominee

• Nominee’s present position

• Nominee’s education background

• List or describe the noteworthy contribution of the nominee in one or

more of the following areas: service in professional associations

(committees, etc), innovation in library service management,

achievements in collection development and management, contribution to

the literature of librarianship, other factors such as excellence in

teaching, consistent dedication to the deeds of New Jersey academic

libraries and the librarians who serve them

• Nominator’s name and contact information

• Nominee’s vita (if at all possible, as this is very helpful)

Please send nominations to:

Nicole Cooke
Evening Librarian / Assistant Professor
Sprague Library
Montclair State University
Montclair, NJ 07043
Ph: 973-655-4058
Fax: 973-655-7780
cooken@mail.montclair.edu