Maltese Wins ACRL Community and Junior College Libraries Section Leadership Award

CHICAGO – The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) is pleased to announce that Susan M. Maltese, professor of library services and chair of library faculty at Oakton Community College, has been selected as the 2005 winner of the CJCLS/EBSCO Community College Learning Resources Leadership Award. The award honors significant achievement in the advocacy of learning resources, as well as leadership in professional organizations that support the missions of community, junior and technical colleges.

“Susan has participated in library associations throughout her career,” said Alice Lubrecht, CJCLS award committee chair. “She has been active in the CJCLS section of the ACRL since its inception and has held almost every leadership position available. As quoted by one of her CJCLS colleagues, ‘she is always willing to do the work that is needed, whatever the task.’”

A citation and $500, donated by EBSCO Information Services, will be presented to Maltese at the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Chicago during the CJCLS Awards Breakfast, Saturday, June 25, at 8:30 a.m.

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