Hope Schneider, Library Assistant III, at the Greenfield
Community College Library received the Massachusetts Library Association’s (MLA)
2012 “Outstanding Paralibrarian of the Year” award on Wednesday, May 9, 2012 at
the MLA’s annual conference in Worcester. A dedicated staff member for over 21 years,
Hope’s professionalism, passion and enthusiasm for all things related to the
library have made her an invaluable resource to the faculty, staff and students
of Greenfield Community College. Hope
is also a board member of the Friends of the Greenfield Public Library where
she has assisted with the Poet’s Seat Poetry Contest and the GPL’s Pub
Quiz. Congratulations Hope! Also recognized was Joan Sutherland, a Senior
Clerk at the Forest Park and East Forest Park Branch Libraries in
Springfield.
The Jones Library’s Bonnie Isman was inducted on May 10 into
the MLA Librarians’ Hall of Fame for her career of service to The Jones, for
her dedication to MLA as President and Officer, her work with C/WMARS, Simmons,
and for her international service as well.
Bonnie is currently Membership Chair and Assistant Treasurer for the
Western MA Library Advocates so we all benefit from her experience and judgment. We’re so proud of you, Bonnie. Congratulations. The other Hall of Fame inductees were Maureen
Killoran (who most of you know from her years of service for the Massachusetts
Board of Library Commissioners), Jackie Rafferty (Director of the Paul Pratt
Memorial Library – Cohasset for, among many other things, her activity as Co-Chair of the MLA Legislative Committee), and Leane Ellis (Reference
Librarian and Reader’s Advisor – Beebe Memorial Library, Wakefield, for her
career as a reader’s advisor and trainer.)
Congratulations to these outstanding members
of our library community!
