Congratulations to you Tony!

Momodou Camara


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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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