Three Librarians Inducted to the Massachusetts Library Association Hall of Fame
Louise Brown, recently retired from the Wayland Public Library, Kim Charlson of the Braille & Talking Book Library, located on the campus of the Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, and Marjorie Judd of Middleborough Public Library were inducted to the Massachusetts Library Association Hall of Fame in a ceremony at the Association’s Annual Conference at the Sea Crest Conference Center in Falmouth on April 30, 2004. These three librarians join a prestigious group of 14 outstanding contributors to Massachusetts libraries.
“The Massachusetts Library Association wants to recognize the exceptional contributions of today’s inductees,” said MLA President, Barbara Flaherty, Director of the Billerica Public Library. “Recognition by the state’s professional association says much about the respect and gratitude that those working in libraries feel toward the recipients.”
Every two years since 1996, the Massachusetts Library Association Hall of Fame inducts new members who have made a substantial, sustained contribution to advancing the cause of Massachusetts libraries and/or librarianship over a career of at least ten years. The three inductees were selected from a field of 13 nominated in late 2003 by their peers. Evaluation of nominations and recommendations for induction were made by the MLA Public Relations Committee and approved by the MLA Executive Board in March 2004.
Previous inductees were:
2002 Inductees: Keith Michael Fiels, Lois Kane, James Matarazzo, Anne Reynolds
2000 Inductees: Donna Guerin, Professor Ruth Leonard, Edward J. Montana |
1998 Inductees: Maggie Bush, Audrey Friend, Shelley Quezada, Jxan Resnick
1996 Inductees: Kay Bader, Connie Clancy, Virginia Tashjian |
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