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In November Gloria Hibbett, collection supervisor at the Regional Foundation Center (RFC) at the Free Library of Philadelphia, received the Outstanding Fundraising Professional Award from the Association of Fundraising Professionals–Greater Philadelphia Chapter. Hibbett was honored for 23 years of work at RFC.

Ginnie Cooper, chief librarian for D.C. Public Library in Washington, D.C., won the American Institute of Architects 2013 Thomas Jefferson Award for Public Architecture. She was honored for leading a campaign that reinvented district libraries and brought innovative, sustainable architecture to Washington D.C. neighborhoods.

In November, Luis Herrera, city librarian of the San Francisco Public Library, was sworn in as a member of the National Museum and Library Services Board. Appointed by President Barack Obama, the board is the advisory body for the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

In October Melanie Huggins, Richland County (S.C.) Public Library executive director, was named 2012 South Carolina Outstanding Librarian by the South Carolina Library Association.

Elissa Miller, associate director for collections of District of Columbia Public Library, has been named the Librarian of the Year by America Reads Spanish. The award, sponsored by the Federation of Publishing Guilds of Spain and the Institute of Foreign Trade, is given to an American librarian who has promoted Spanish books and reading in the United States, increased the Spanish holdings of a library, and worked to disseminate the Spanish language in the United States. In addition to Miller’s award, the D.C. Public Library Foundation received a $1,600 donation to be used for the purchase of books in Spanish.

In September Jennifer DeBerg, clinical education librarian at the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, received the Arthur Benton Excellence in Reference Services Professional Development Award. The award is given biennially to a University of Iowa Libraries’ staff member who has demonstrated outstanding commitment in providing reference service for the university community. The honor includes a $1,000 stipend to be used for professional development activities related to the advancement of reference services.

Jessica Van Buren, law library director at Utah State University in Logan, Utah, received the 2012 O. James Werner award by the American Association of Law Libraries’ State, Court, and County Law Libraries Special Interest Section. Van Buren received the award for her volunteer work with the Utah State Library for the Blind and Disabled, where she records books for the blind.

Emma Perry, dean of libraries at Southern University, was recently honored by CNN anchor Soledad O’Brien for her mentorship of SU honor student and Soledad scholar, Tyreiron Segue during the annual New Orleans in the Hamptons benefit gala July 27 in New York City. Perry was honored for being a role model for Segue and the foundation.

In July Shelley Arvin, Indiana State University assistant librarian, was named the winner of the Winifred Sewell Award at the Special Libraries Association’s annual convention in Chicago. The BioMedical and Life Sciences Division selected Arvin for innovative use of technology in promoting biological and medical information.

John DeSantis, cataloging and metadata services librarian at Dartmouth College’s Baker-Berry Library in Hanover, New Hampshire, received the New England Technical Services Librarians (NETSL) Award for Excellence in Technical Services May 3. NETSL is a section of the New English Library Association. The award recognizes significant New England-based contributions to the field of library technical services.

Wayne A. Wiegand, F. Williams Summers professor emeritus of library and information studies at Florida State University in Tallahassee, received a short-term fellowship from Emory University’s Manuscripts, Archives, and Rare Book Library in Atlanta to analyze manuscript materials relevant to This Hallowed Place: The Desegregation of Public Libraries in the American South, 1954-1968,” a book he is coauthoring with Shirley A. Wiegand.

Brad LaJeunesse, president of Equinox Software, is the 2012 recipient of the F. William Summers Outstanding Alumni Award from the University of South Carolina in Columbia. The award is given on a selective basis as the faculty feels that a graduate has distinguished themselves in the field. He was the original visionary and advocate behind the Evergreen open source library automation software currently running in almost 1,200 libraries worldwide.