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The
LearningTimes Innovations in Information Services Awards recognize
individual and organizational contributions to the information services
community.
Winners
were selected from among a pool of highly qualified nominations
submitted by members of the information services community. LearningTimes
is pleased to announce the following 2003 "Innovations" Award
Winners:
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[See official press
release.]
Distinguished
Public Service to Information Services
Award Recipient:
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Senator
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Hillary
Rodham Clinton was elected United States Senator from New
York on
November 7, 2000. Senator Clinton is recognized around
the world as an advocate for democracy, religious tolerance,
education and human rights. President
and Mrs. Clinton kicked off the Save America’s Treasures
program in 1998. Save America’s Treasures is a national
effort to protect "America's threatened cultural treasures,
including historic structures, collections, works of art, maps
and journals that document and illuminate the history and culture
of the United States."
The
LearningTimes community of information service professionals
highly values the preservation of primary source materials.
In an increasingly technology-based and technology-dependent
information culture, the need to remain diligent about preserving
the irreplacable is paramount. No amount of digitization can
replace the learning moments realized when one is able to touch
history and bear witness to historical fact. Senator Clinton's
continued efforts in this regard have done a service to all
who value the guardianship and dissemination of information
that contributes to an educated, information literate society.
From
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton:
"It
gives me great honor to accept one of the Innovations in
Information Services
Awards
from
LearningTimes. As this organization knows, I believe
it is essential that our society treasures its cultural artifacts
and keep these sources of learning protected for future
generations.
I want to thank LearningTimes for their efforts to uphold
these values by recognizing the people and organizations
that share similar goals."
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2003
Innovations Awards for Organizations or Projects |
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National Wildlife Federation
The National
Wildlife Federation has created an innovative distance learning
program to educate the general public about what they
can do to conserve the environment in their own yard or community.
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Cleveland
Public Library
Cleveland Public Library helped engineer and launch
during April 2003 the first circulating collection of best-selling
downloadable eBooks for use by patrons on their own PCs, notebooks
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Migrant
Education Program
San Diego County Office of Education
Both the Alma
Flor Ada Learning and Technology Center and the MigrantWeb are
examples of innovation. They are a realization of
the very specific needs of migrant families and are efforts to
provide for these needs above and beyond the standard requirements
of Migrant Education Programs.
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Calgary
Board of Education
Innovative
Teacher-Librarians in the Calgary Board of Education, with the
support from the Innovative Learning Services and Media
Services, have developed three library portal sites for students
in K-12, in response to identified needs such as acquiring, sustaining
and maintaining print collections and scarce school based library
support.
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City
of Cockburn Public Library & Information Service
An innovative
Virtual Public Library project initiated and developed with the support
of Lakeland Senior High School, the
City of Cockburn's Public Library & Information Service is original and
unique. It provides a means of bringing the services offered by the
public
library to both the school community and the residents of the South
Lake Community, in Cockburn, Australia. |
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2003
Innovations Awards for Individuals
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Martha Birchfield
Professor
Lexington Community College
Innovator
Martha Birchfield successfully created a certificate program and
an associate degree program option in library
science at Lexington Community College.
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Jini Errichetti
Library Media Specialist
Kingston Elementary School, Cherry Hill, New Jersey
Innovator Jini Errichetti uses web sites and videos to incorporate
Media Literacy Lessons into her curriculm for 4th and 5th graders
in Cherry Hill New Jersey.
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Carrie Heeter
Professor/Director
Comm Tech Lab
Michigan State University
Innovator Carrie Heeter was at the heart of the development and implementation
of the Virtual University Design and Technology group, the Comm Tech
Lab, and DMAT at Michigan State University.
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Rangashri Kishore
Founder Secretary
Richmond Fellowship Society
Innovator
Rangashari Kishore uses library services to assist the disadvantaged,
and has developed a resource package on the topic
"Library and Information Support for Literacy Efforts for Women"
for the Richmond
Fellowship
Society
India, New Delhi.
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Stephen Marvin
Reference Coordinator
West Chester University
Innovator Stephen Marvin guides the process by which electronic
tools are acquired and used by West Chester University in Pennsylvania.
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Plamen Miltenoff
Assistant Professor / Information Specialist
St. Cloud State University
Innovator Plamen
Miltenoff’s
achievements include building and advertising electronic reserves,
streaming services,
use of electronic portfolios, PDAs, and the use of digital photography
and video as teaching tools at St. Cloud State University.
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Kaushik Purohit
Information Officer
Reliance Industries Limited
Innovator Kaushik
Purohit has established organizational e-learning, knowledge
management & information,
and library automation systems for Reliance Industries Limited,
of Jamnagar, Gujarat,
India.
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Susan Reid
Librarian
TAFE NSW Hunter Institute
New South Wales, Australia
Innovator Susan
Reid is the Project Manager of two new approaches to library
support for both face- to-face and online students of
Hunter Institute in Australia.
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