Larry Romans Mentorship Award Recipient
The American Library Association (ALA) Rainbow and Government Documents Round Tables (RRT and GODORT) are proud to announce Debbie Rabina as the 2023 recipient of the Larry Romans Mentorship Award.
The Award's namesake, Larry Romans, mentored numerous librarians at Vanderbilt University, where he worked for over 30 years. For decades, he was also a tremendous leader and mentor in the Tennessee Library Association, providing a positive influence on the association and the careers of innumerable librarians, many of whom have gone on to be leaders in ALA. Of particular note, during his 23 years of service to ALA Council, Larry mentored countless new and veteran councilors.
Rabina's commitment to fostering a two-way relationship of teaching and learning with her students at the Pratt Institute School of Information and Library Science has sparked new ideas and created lasting impressions in the field of government information access, storage, and retrieval. Her curiosity and dedication is reflected in the way her colleagues speak about her. Her students are no different, citing her engagement with them and on their behalf as key models for how they should interact and move forward on their path to librarianship.
The award consists of a citation and $1,000. The award will be presented at the GODORT Awards Program at the ALA Annual Conference. In addition, recognition of the recipient will also take place at the beginning of the Stonewall Book Awards Program held at the ALA Annual Conference.
To learn more about the Larry Romans Mentorship Award, please visit http://www.ala.org/glbtrt/award/larry-romans-mentorship-award.
The Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association is the oldest professional association for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, pansexual, genderqueer, queer, intersex, agender, asexual, and ally (LGBTQIA+) people in the United States. It is committed to serving the information needs of the LGBTQIA+ professional library community and information and access needs of individuals at large. It is home to Rainbow Book Month™, a nationwide celebration every June and the Stonewall Book Award, the oldest award honoring LGBTQIA+ books. RRT is committed to encouraging and supporting the free and necessary access to all information, as reflected by the missions of the American Library Association and democratic institutions.
The Government Documents Round Table provides a forum for the discussion of problems and concerns and for the exchange of ideas by librarians working with government documents. It provides a nexus for initiating and supporting programs to increase the availability, use and bibliographic control of documents and increases communication between documents librarians and the larger community of information professionals, and contributes to the education and training of documents librarians. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
David W. Rozkuszka Scholarship Recipient
The GODORT Committee is pleased to announce the selected recipient of the 2023 David W. Rozkuszka Scholarship as Amy Enberg. The selection committee was impressed with Amy's goals for future work with government documents as well as her dedication to her academic pursuits. Enberg cites her desire to work in government documents as, "driven by a passion for research and a desire to promote the accessibility of legal and federal information for students, academics, and community patrons."
The David W. Rozkuszka Scholarship is awarded to a prospective student, or a student who is pursuing their masters of library science from an ALA accredited school. The Scholarship provides $3,000 to the recipient to help cover financial costs. The award is in honor of its namesake, David W. Rozkuszka, former documents librarian at Stanford University and an influential member of GODORT.
To learn more about the David W. Rozkuszka Scholarship, please visit: https://www.ala.org/educationcareers/godort-david-w-rozkuszka-scholarship.
Congratulations to Amy Enberg on her award!