Ford Receives CALA Award

Posted on by Nicholas Ferraz de Oliveira

Barbara J. Ford, director of the Mortenson Center for International Library Programs and Mortenson Distinguished Professor at the University Library, has been named a recipient of the Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA) 2012 CALA Distinguished Service Award.

The CALA Distinguished Service Award is given annually to individuals who consistently demonstrated outstanding leadership and achievement in library and information services at the national and/or international level.

CALA is an affiliate of the American Library Association (ALA).  The news release from CALA is located online at http://cala-web.org/node/1506 .

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