Susan McGlamery to be honored with LITA award
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Online reference pioneer Susan McGlamery is the recipient of the 2004 LITA/Brett Butler Entrepreneurship Award. Sponsored by The Gale Group and the ALA's Library and Information Technology Association, the award recognizes librarians who have demonstrated leadership by providing innovative products or services to the library world.
McGlamery's principal achievement has been the establishment of a 24/7 national online reference service which allows library patrons constant contact with library reference staff from any Internet-linked computer.
According to Diane Kachmar, chair of the LITA/Brett Butler Entrepreneurship Award Committee, "We as a committee feel Susan's work on this project reflects the exceptional entrepreneurship we sought and exemplifies the vision that Brett Butler provided for extending automation to library processes and services."
The award will be presented at the LITA President's Program on Monday, June 28, 2004 at the American Library Association Conference in Orlando, Florida.
References:
http://www.lita.org/ala/lita/litaresources/litascholarships/litascholarships.htm
www.247ref.org