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August 21, 2006
Love a Librarian?
For the 6th year running, the NYTimes is offering a Librarian of the Year Award. I happen to know one of the winners from last year -- Harriet Fargnoli, a children's librarian from Great Neck, and she's wonderful! There are over 1500 applicants from across the country and 21 winners. This is what the NYTimes says about the award:
"The New York Times has long been committed to fostering literacy and building awareness of issues important to our local and national communities. Our work with libraries is an essential part of this commitment. The New York Times Librarian Awards were created to support and recognize public librarians, who do so much to nurture a better-informed society. This year, the sixth year of this national awards program, we will honor 21 public librarians from across the country. The Times Librarian Award recognizes those librarians in public libraries whose exemplary performance and outstanding community service have made their libraries friendlier and more accessible institutions. "
I applaud the NYTimes for offering this award -- after all, there are many industries that make up a community, but, I believe that the library (right up there with the schools) is one of the most important. If you love our library and have interacted with our excellent reference staff, gotten great book recommendations, taken advantage of our amazing dvd, cd or audible book collection, used our Electronic Databases, have children or teens who've loved our programs -- by all means, write to the NYTimes and let them know! I'd love to see Nassau County represented in this list of excellent librarians!
Posted by Michele at August 21, 2006 12:03 PM
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