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Safi S. M. Safiullah, manager of Salt Lake City Public Library’s Marmalade branch, was named Librarian of the Year by the Utah Library Association May 18.
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Lonna Pierce, librarian at MacArthur and Thomas Jefferson Elementary Schools in Binghamton, N.Y., was named an American Graduate Champion by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in February in recognition of her efforts to improve educational outcomes for students.
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Charles E. Jones, Tombros librarian for classics and humanities at Penn State University Libraries in University Park, has received the 2015 Digital Humanities Award for Best Digital Humanities Blog Post or Series of Blog Posts for his work on AWOL: The Ancient World Online.
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The Delaware Commission for Women inducted State Librarian Annie Norman into the Hall of Fame of Delaware Women in March.
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Amanda Izenstark, reference and instructional design librarian at the University of Rhode Island, received the Rhode Island Library Association’s Outstanding Librarian Award May 26.
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Lewis and Clark Elementary School in Liberty, Missouri, has been named a Model School by the International Center for Leadership in recognition of a transformation in its teaching and learning sparked by school librarian Angela Rosheim’s creation of a school makerspace.
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Mary MacDonald, information literacy librarian at the University of Rhode Island, received the Rhode Island Library Association’s Distinguished Service Award May 26 .
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In March Sandra Franklin, director of Emory University’s Health Sciences Library in Atlanta, was selected as a fellow of the Medical Library Association.
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Caroline Wadzeck, an elementary librarian at Barbers Hill Independent School District in Mont Belvieu, Texas, until her 2009 retirement, was named 2016 Citizen of the Year for the city of Dayton, Texas, by the Liberty-Dayton Chamber of Commerce February 28, in recognition of her volunteer work and involvement with the Dayton Historical Society, Dayton Enhancement Committee, Lakata Club, and Dayton Police and Fire Museum.