ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


4 7 6 / C&RL N ew s ■  June 2000

College of DuPage receives ACRL award
O n  May 10, th e  College o f D uPage Library 
held an aw ard recep tio n  to celebrate w in
ning the first annual ACRL E xcellence in 
A cadem ic Libraries A ward in the C om m u
nity or Ju n io r College division.

S ponsored by B lackw ell’s Inform ation 
Services, the aw ard recognizes academ ic 
l i b r a r i e s  
w h o se staffs 
have team ed 
in the devel
o p m e n t  o f 
in n o v a tiv e , 
creative, and 
v i s i o n a r y  
p r o g r a m s  
th a t d eliv er 
o u tsta n d in g  
services and 
resources to 
f u r th e r  th e  
e d u c a t i o n  B la c k w e ll’s D o n a ld  S atisky 
m issio n s o f presented the aw ard to Colle

Bernard Fradkin and M ary W u
their institu of Trustees.
tions.

College o f D uPage President M ichael T. 
M urphy o p e n e d  th e program , addressing 
an enthusiastic audience o f library staff, stu
d e n ts, a n d  m e m b e rs o f th e  C o lleg e o f 
D uPage com m unity. ACRL E xecutive Di
rector Althea H. Jenkins p resen ted  the crys
tal trophy to Mary Kranz, chair of the B oard 
o f Trustees, an d  n o te d  that th e College of 
D uPage h ad  Been selected to receive the 
aw ard from  am ong nine finalists in its cat
egory. D o n ald  Satisky, v ice-p resid en t of 
B lackw ell’s, p resen ted  the $3,000 check to 
Library D irector B ernard Fradkin.

Reflecting o n  th e aw ard, Fradkin com
m en d ed  th e  library staff, and rem ark ed  that 
th e Excellence in A cadem ic Libraries aw ard 
“provides a forum  to  discuss m any o f the 
program s and o p p o rtu n ities w e  have d e
v elo p ed  in ex ten d in g  the library to an e x
te n d e d  com m unity. We are fo rtu n ate in

s e e k i n g  t o 
i n c l u d e  
o ld er adults, 
business and 
c o r p o r a t e  
c o n s t i t u e n
c ie s , a n d  
ethnically di
v e r s e  p a
tr o n s  i n t o  
o u r  p r o
gram . In ad
d i t i o n ,  w e  
are p ro u d  of 

and AC R L’s A lth e a  H. Je n k in s o u r  o u t
ge of DuPage Library Director r e a c h ,  

ttke Kranz, chair of COD's Board th ro u g h  n a
ti o n a l t e l e

conferencing, LTA Illinois, Ameritech, an d  
the Chicago D o n o r’s F orum .” He n o ted  that 
“w hile w e  are innovative in m any w ays, w e 
have not lost track o f the essential sup p o rt 
provided through ‘bread-and-butter’ services 
an d  especially inform ation literacy. The li
brary staff is p ro u d  o f its contributions an d  
becau se o f this special recognition w e h o p e 
to co n tin u e research ing n ew  w ays to  offer 
th e best the library profession can p ro v id e.”

ACRL congratulates the College of DuPage 
on its achievement. — Meredith Parets, ACRL 
program  assistant, tnparets@ala.org

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