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G-L community,
I am very pleased to share this information.
My former "Half Die" neighbour and good brother Tony Loum (Webster) has been
named the "New York Times Librarian of the Year for Brooklyn Public
Librarian.
22 Public Librarians from across the country received this
award out of over 1300 nominations.He is one of 3 New York City Librarians
with this honor this year. The other 2 are from New York Public and Queens
Borough Public Libraries.
Congratulations Tony, keep up the good work. Please see below.
GAMBIAN NAMED NEW YORK TIMES LIBRARIAN OF THE YEAR.
Update from the Interim Executive Director- November 1, 2006
2007 New York Times Librarian Awards
Great news! The winners of the 2007 New York Times
Librarian Awards have been announced, and we have a
recipient at BPL! Anthony Loum, coordinator of Adult
Services, is one of this years 21 honorees and the
seventh BPL staff to win the prestigious award,
joining colleagues Paul Smaldone (2005), Alla
Makeeva-Roylance (2004), Boniface Wewe (2003), Leonard
Newman (2002), Elisa Glenn (2001) and Eleanor Bukowsky
(2001).
Anthony began his BPL career as an assistant branch
librarian at Cypress Hills. Prior to his current
position, Anthony was the manager of Adult Library
Services for Cluster 1. In addition to having a solid
background in public libraries, he has extensive
training in academic librarianship and a masters
degree in Education, along with his masters in Library
and Information Science.
Anthony is currently the vice president/president-elect of the New York Black
Librarians Caucus; a member of PLAs Membership
Committee; a member of the International Relations
Committee of the Black Caucus of the American Library
Association; and a past member of ALAs Committee on
Diversity. He is also a reviewer of refereed journal
articles for Public Libraries magazine.
Congratulations Anthony!
Dionne Mack-Harvin
Interim Executive Director
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