2012 Awards Presentation

The 2012 Oberman-Rich and Robert P. Doyle Awards were presented at Reaching Forward during the luncheon. The following people were nominated for these prestigious awards. The winners’ names are bolded.
The Awards Committee wishes to thank all those who took the time to praise and raise up their special staff members for recognition as well as those who brought their own names to our attention. It was a wonderful group of vitally active and engaged library assistants! In the coming days we will have a little spotlight article about our winners!
We remind everyone that we are now accepting nominations for the 2013 Awards!

Oberman- Rich Award:
Debbie Gardner: Warren Newport Public Library
Allen Gordon: Zion Benton Public Library
Rebecca Hayes: North Riverside Public Library
Pat Jacobsen: Schaumburg Township District Library
Claire Osada: Lake Bluff Public Library Winner of the Oberman-Rich Award 2012
Cari Shelton: New Lennox Public Library
Gertrud Vepari: Glenview Public Library

Robert P. Doyle Award:
Dawn Abron: Zion Benton Public Library
James Conley: University of Illinois at Chicago
Aisha Din: Gail Borden Public Library
Cari Jones: New Lennox Public Library
Elizabeth (Liz) O’Neill: New Lennox Public Library
Beth McCloskey: Itasca Community Library
Ellyn Ruhlmann: Waukegan Public Library
Sayaka Suzuki: Deerfield Public Library Winner of the Robert P. Dolye Award 2012