Award Winners

Congratulations to the MD SLA members who recently won the Federal Library and Information Center Committee(FLICC)/Library of Congress Awards!:

Eleanor G. Frierson, Deputy Director of the National Agricultural Library (NAL), Beltsville, MD received the 2010 Federal Librarian of the Year award for her leadership and direction of NAL and her service as co-chair of the Science.gov Alliance. She has continually nurtured partnerships across government and has advocated tirelessly for federal libraries and the value of open access to information. She has demonstrated excellence in her abilities to manage the full lifecycle of information, build dynamic collections, critically evaluate, select and filter resources from a broad array of quality sources, negotiate information acquisition and develop organizational information policies. Frierson is also known for her success in strategically mobilizing information organizations to achieve a shared vision of excellence. In fiscal year 2010, she oversaw the launch of major enhancements and content additions to Science.gov 5.0, including a new search tool for science scholarships and fellowships, search for both the Federal Register and Code of Federal Regulations, and a "Science in the News" feed from U.S. science agencies. Internationally, she chairs the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) Government Information and Official Publications Section, and serves as the U.S. representative to the WorldwideScience.org Alliance.

The library staff  (Denise Lupp, Lori Beaudoin, Jenny Novacesu) of the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) at Ft. Detrick, MD won the 2010 FLICC Small Library of the Year Award in recognition for their efforts in providing an array of educational and informational opportunities to engage its patrons and increase its value to other agencies at Ft. Detrick and to the Department of Homeland Security's National Biodefense and Countermeasures Center. In addition to designing an innovative combination of support and outreach efforts, the library digitized and preserved laboratory notebooks and developed a collection of published research papers from junior scientists. By providing searchable electronic access to these digitized resources and by maintaining its broader collection of e-resource, database, document and traditional materials, the library served more than 850 institute employees and sister-agency staff members throughout the command. Included in its Fiscal Year 2010 support to its local community was the library's participation in the committees on Military Family Readiness, Deployed Soldier Support and Institutional Animal Care and Use. Through its internal and external outreach efforts, the library established itself as the prime source of information and innovative programming and thoroughly underscored its value to the institute and its neighboring community.

                                                                                                                    ~ Denise Lupp

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