CHICAGO - James (Jim) Neal is this year's recipient of the American Library Association (ALA) International Relations Committee's John Ames/Humphry/OCLC/ Forest Press Award.
OCLC/Forest Press donated the cash award of $1,000, which is given to an individual for significant contribution to international librarianship.
Jim Neal is University Librarian Emeritus at Columbia University, where he served as Vice President for Information Services and University Librarian, 2001-2014. Prior to his work at Columbia University, Neal was Dean of University Libraries at Indiana University and Johns Hopkins University. Previous academic leadership positions included Penn State, Notre Dame, and City University of New York. At all institutions, he made significant contributions, developed and carried out many international partnership agreements.
In ALA, he served as president and treasurer, as well as six terms on Council and four terms on the Executive Board. Neal served as member of ALA's International Relations Committee and Chair of the International Relations Round Table (IRRT), among many other leadership roles and committee assignments for ALA and its divisions.
Neal will be recognized during the International Librarians Reception on Monday, June 26, at the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, Illinois.
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