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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
March 10, 2000
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Mary Jo Ryan
NEBRASKANS NAMED TO NATIONAL LIBRARY HONOR ROLL
The American Library Association's Association for Library Trustees and Advocates (ALA/ALTA) recently instituted the National Advocacy Honor Roll to identify and celebrate individuals and groups who actively supported and strengthened library services at the local, state, or national levels over the past one hundred years. The Nebraska Library Commission and the Nebraska Library Association (NLA) nominated the following individuals and groups to represent Nebraska:
- Senator LaVon Crosby
- Laureen Riedesel, Beatrice Public Library
- Maggie Harding, Nebraska Library Association Executive Director and Libraries for the 21st Century Coordinator
- Libraries for the 21st Century Initiative Coalition
- South Sioux City Public Library Planning Group
- Jane Geske, former Nebraska Library Commission Director and Nebraska Center for the Book Founding Member, posthumously
The noteworthy accomplishments of these Nebraskans provide models for others who wish to expand library advocacy efforts. Honorees will be recognized at a celebration banquet to be held at the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago on July 7, 2000. These advocates were also honored at the recent NLA Legislative Day luncheon in Lincoln.
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