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Support for Graduate Student Conferences and Workshops Grant applications accepted on an ad hoc basis through the academic year (availability of funds permitting). The Graduate School, in order to encourage the involvement of graduate students in the conduct and hosting of academic conferences, will offer grants ranging from $250-750 to assist in the organization of Graduate Student Conferences. These grants are for scholarly conferences that either (i) feature the presentation of graduate student research or (ii) are wholly organized and hosted by the graduate students of an academic unit. Conference and Workshop Grant announcement http://www.gradschool.sc.edu/doclibrary/documents/ Graduate.Student.Conference.Workshop.Grants.pdf Stanley Dubinsky Professor of Linguistics Associate Dean The Graduate School U of South Carolina Columbia, SC 29208

Survey instruments are critical tools in the university environment. We use them for research, educational metrics, classroom polling, administrative practices, and a host of other things. But which survey tool is the right one to use for your particular need? At the University of South Carolina, many survey tools are available for faculty, students, and staff. Get to know them on Thursday, January 10, 2008, 9 - 12 noon at the "Technology Showcase", hosted by University Technology Services. Our team of experts will explore the survey tools used by the University community, and feature a comparison workshop, so you can see what tool works best for your needs. We will also provide information about how you can get started with your own survey. Mark your calendar for 9am - 12 noon on January 10, 2008 reserve your space today for this free event. Reservations can be made by responding to this e-mail or sending an e-mail to UTS@sc.edu . The UTS Technology Showcase will be held i...

Dear friend of Lubuto Libraries, For many of you, it’s time for holiday shopping again. Now there’s a way to shop online and – at no cost to you – help bring excellent libraries to more African children in need. If you shop through GoodShop.com , they'll donate an average of 3% (and up to 37%) of all of your purchases to the Lubuto Library Project! GoodShop.com is a new online shopping mall which features hundreds of great stores including Best Buy , Macy's , Apple , Nike , eBay , the Gap, Target , and more. It's easy: just go to GoodShop, click on the store's logo and then shop as you normally would! You get the exact same prices and service as if you went directly to the store's website. And, while you're searching the web, don't forget to use GoodSearch.com which makes a donation to us for each search. We wish you a safe and happy holiday season! Jane Kinney Meyers

Hello everyone, In case you couldn't make it to the SLIS Town Hall Meeting, you can view a recording of the session here: http://students.libsci.sc.edu/lissa/students.html In other news, the new issue of SLISten Up! is out, and it can be found here: http://students.libsci.sc.edu/lissa/newsletter.html Finally, a recording of the November 19th Student Colloquium, featuring Travis Ferrell and myself, can be found here: http://students.libsci.sc.edu/lissa/presentations.html -- Patrick McLaughlin patricklmclaughlin@gmail.com

Hey, A few of us were talking about a special exhibition at Georgetown County Library called ""Benjamin Franklin: In Search Of A Better World." It is a traveling exhibition, and it is making its national debut in SC. If you are interested in going with some fellow students, please visit this posting on the LISSA forum as a way to talk about who and when SLIS folks might meet up to go. There are a few special lectures that might be worth checking out. For example, the 301st Birthday Party For Benjamin Franklin Jan. 17th at 6:30pm and another Jan 19th at 7pm about Franklin's ideas about God. For more information, Georgetown County Library Serves as First Host of Special Ben Franklin Exhibit “Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World,” a national traveling exhibition which celebrates the remarkable life and achievements of one of America’s most beloved personalities, premieres nationally at the Georgetown County Library on Saturday, November 3, 2007, at 7PM....

A great surprise came in the mail today! The "Virtual Museum of Catalogin & Acquistions Artfacts http://www.heidihoerman.com/museumca/booksaboutcataloging.html was announced in American Libraries Direct! We didn't know! This came out of the blue. A hearty thank you goes to my GA Lauren Kirkland who has taken the ball and run with it. I said, can you try to make this and BAM! The museum is up and running! We hadn't know there was going to be an announcement outside cataloging circles today so we will be working toward correcting known typos, making better links to it, etc., but we would certainly appreciate any suggestions, corrections, additions, any advice you might give us! And, of course, we cherish those "finds" from the closets of libraries and librarians that form our "collection." Next time you see Lauren, give her a hearty pat on the back!!! She deserves it more than I and ALD didn't get her name! Heidi

Hello Distance Students, It's that time during the semester that the Health Center and Health Insurance fees (two different things)become a worry to distance education students in SC, the surrounding states and the cohort students in Maine and Virginia-West Virginia. Please let me put your mind at rest: The Health Center Fee: Students must complete the health insurance enrollment/waiver process each semester they are enrolled at USC, excluding Maymester and Summer sessions. In order for a comparable health insurance plan to meet the University sponsored mandatory insurance waiver criteria, the comparable health insurance plan must feature all of the following: _Coverage must be in effect on or before January 6, 2008. _Coverage that allows the insured student to receive outpatient, emergency, specialist and inpatient care, diagnostic testing and procedures, and mental health inpatient and outpatient care, including alcohol and substance abuse treatment, in South Carolina. _Coverage ...

[Posted on behalf of Constance B. Schulz] Dear Archives students, I'm cleaning out a VERY old backlog on my e-mail in box, and one of the items was an interesting post from Dr. Elizabeth Dow at LSU, who runs the "Southeast Archies Educational Collaborative" of which we used to be a part. Her student did an analysis of job ads on the Archives listserv, which much be useful to some of you who are beginning to look for jobs. Connie Original post in early 2006: In order to help me in planning my education program toward an MLIS, I read all the job announcements posted on the archives and archivists listserv for 2005. This included all weeks. Notes: 1. "processing" includes appraisal, arrangement, and description. 2. "preservation" includes lists of "performs preservation duties" and the like. 3. "Cataloging" includes EAD, MARC, and non-specific cataloging duties. 4. This...

Southern Growth Seeks Student Applicants for Southern Research Fellows Program Southern Growth Policies Board seeks student applicants for its Southern Research Fellows Program. The Southern Research Fellows Program promotes student research relating to economic development and quality of life in 13 Southern states: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. Eligible applicants include current undergraduate and graduate students aged 18 - 25 at colleges and universities in the 13 Southern Growth member states. Suggested majors/fields of study include, but are not limited to: public policy, journalism, political science, education, sociology, business, city & regional planning, public administration and social work. The focus of the 2008 Southern Research Fellows Program is the engagement, development and leadership of youth aged 14 to 24. Fellows will prepare an original re...

Volunteer applications for the South Carolina Book Festival are now available. The Book Festival is a wonderful event, and we encourage everyone who is able to attend. [This information taken from the following website: http://www.schumanities.org/bookfestival/index.php?c=faq&s=volunteer] Volunteer Opportunities Thank you for your interest in volunteering for the SC Book Festival. Volunteers are crucial to the success of the festival. Without a group of dedicated volunteers to help with everything from pre-festival office work to post-festival clean-up, the SC Book Festival would not be possible. So if you love books or love to volunteer your time, please sign up to help at the 2008 SC Book Festival! We need you! There are many different ways to serve at many different levels of commitment. Please see the descriptions of volunteer positions below to see where help is needed. Volunteer Positions To confirm your interest in volunteering at the SC Book Festival, please print out a...

The 797D Health Information Retrieval in Electronic Environments, called J797D, will be offered in the Spring 2008 semester. Here is an overview of the course: This elective course is designed for students who wish to develop comprehensive electronic health-related information-searching and -seeking skills. This course is a survey of electronic information resources in the health sciences, including discussion of relevant controlled vocabularies and their use in formulating and executing search strategies. The ultimate goals are to: 1) prepare the students in the School of Library and Information Science’s Master’s program to be expert online searchers in the provision of health information services in both physical information settings and in a virtual environment, including the Internet, and 2) assist doctoral and master’s students in health-related programs in the development of critical thinking and analytical skills in health-information seeking and use. 797D can meet the needs ...

Students, SLIS 748 (Business Information Sources and Services) will be offered spring semester, on campus, Wednesday, 5:30-7:45, instructor is Christine Sellers. Here is the course description: Coverage of the bibliographic and information systems relevant to contemporary managerial information needs, with emphasis on the literature of business and finance, and including statistical materials, literature guides, and investment services. Specialized problems related to the organization and operation of business information systems. Practice in question consultation and database searching will be included. The course should be added to the Master Schedule by Friday, November 30th. If you intend to enroll in the course please let me know by Wednesday, December 5th. Thank you Madonna

Join the Richland County Public Library for a new holiday tradition as RCPL Literary Resident Howard Burnham performs his classic one-man adaptation of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" at 7 p.m. on Thursday, December 6 in the Bostick Auditorium of the Main Library, 1431 Assembly St. This program is free and open ages 12 and up. "A Christmas Carol," the best loved of Charles Dickens' Christmas books, was the most popular of the author's American reading tour of 1867. Howard Burnham recreates the Dickens' phenomenon as he gives a solo characterization of the 30-odd characters in this immortal story. A British actor and scholar, Burnham's carefully researched and well-written, one-man shows have played throughout England and the United States as well as on the British Broadcasting Corporation. A regular Sir Evelyn Wrench lecturer for the English-Speaking Union of the United States, he lives in Columbia.

[Posted on behalf of Heidi Hoerman] Go to http://www.heidihoerman.com/txtbksspr08.html (or go to www.heidihoerman.com and click on "For Students") to find a list of the textbooks required for the classes I will be teaching next semester: SLIS J702 Introduction to Technical Services SLIS J730 Cataloging Information Materials SLIS J731 Subject Analysis and Classification In addition there is a new page summarizing advisement information about J702, J730, J731, J732, J733 and J738: http://www.heidihoerman.com/tselectives.html (or go to www.heidihoerman.com and click on "For Students"). If the page doesn't answer all your concerns, I encourage you to contact me for further information about technical services and/or the courses I teach. Heidi

The Charleston Museum ( Charleston , SC ) seeks an experienced individual with a can-do, positive attitude for the full-time position of Archivist. The qualified candidate will possess a B.A. in history or related field (preferred M.A. in history or library science) and one to three years experience in an archives, manuscript repository or library. Required: Knowledge of principles, practices and procedures of archives administration and current archival preservation/conservation techniques, and familiarity with Charleston and South Carolina history. Primary responsibilities include management of museum archival/library collections, cataloguing of such collections, responding to public inquiries concerning archival materials, assisting the exhibition of archival materials, and other associated duties. Please send resume and salary requirements to Director, The Charleston Museum, 360 Meeting St . , Charleston , SC 29403 ; or e-mail jobs@charlestonmuseum.org . No phone...

The Stocking Stuffer Service Project was a great success. It was a great success. We only had three stockings, but we ended up having so much stuff we had to get three more stockings. We had so much stuff in fact, that oversize items were tied with Christmas ribbons to all the stockings. Not only that, we had some items left over to help pad other USC groups' stockings. Even better, we had some clothes donated that, although they didn't fit in with the Stocking Stuffer project, were usable by Student Government (who sponsered the event) in a drive they are concurrently holding for a battered women's shelter. Thank you all very much, particularly SCCCBL (the South Carolina Center for Children's Books and Literacy) for donating books and to James Carpenter, who is not in the program but is a friend of mine and gave us a stocking's worth of stuff when I mentioned the Drive to him. And of course, thanks to everyone who participated in smaller ways. Click here if you wo...

Thursday,December 6, 2007 Noon—1 p.m. Bring a bag lunch SC State Library Administration Building Room 309, 1430 Senate Street Columbia, SC 29201 Bring your lunch and enjoy an interesting hour with author and history professor, Robert K. Ackerman as he discusses his book, Wade Hampton III. Providing the most balanced and comprehensive portrayal of Wade Hampton III to date, Robert K. Ackerman's biography explores the remarkable abilities and tragic failings of the planter-statesman who would come to personify the Civil War and Reconstruction in South Carolina. Robert K. Ackerman is a retired professor of history who has served as dean of Erskine College and Drew University and as president of Wesleyan College in Macon, GA. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of South Carolina, he is the author of several works on South Carolina history, including South Carolina Colonial Land Policies. Ackerman lives in Lexington, South Carolina. This free lunchtime program is presented by the...

Students, SLIS 748 (Business Information Sources and Services) will be offered spring semester on campus, day and time TBA. Madonna

Graduate Student Day, sponsored by The Graduate School, provides graduate students an opportunity to present their scholarly and creative work. The University’s annual celebration will be held in the Russell House on Wednesday, April 4, 2007. Over 100 students will compete for cash prizes. These students, recommended by their departments, will make oral research presentations or display posters. Panels of faculty and graduate students will judge the presentations and posters. Winners will be announced during the Awards Ceremony. Awards will also be presented, by academic units & organizations, to outstanding graduate students. Details of the 2007 competition, including student guidelines, will be sent to colleges and departments by February 6, 2007. For more information, you can visit the following websites: http://www.gradschool.sc.edu/graduatestudentday/index.html

The purpose of the Robert V. Williams Graduate Student Research Award is to encourage graduate students in the School of Library and Information Science to do research in the field of Library and Information Science. The announcement is a call for submissions for this award. Nominations may be made by faculty or by self-submission. Deadline for receipt of the submitted papers is Feb. 24, 2007. Papers submitted may use any type of research methodology, but must be research oriented. The judging committee will determine whether a submitted paper meets this qualification. The complete product must be submitted to the Student Services Office by Feb. 24, 2007. The Director of SLIS has appointed three faculty members to judge the submitted papers and to announce the winner(s), if any. Up to three awards (first place, second place, and third place) may be given annually to graduate students in SLIS. All currently enrolled students and previous semester graduates will b...

[Posted on behalf of student government] To New and Continuing Students: To locate the Program of Study form for master's students, go to this URL: http://www.gradschool.sc.edu/doclibrary/documents/mastersprogramofstudy.pdf All of the Graduate student forms can be found on the Graduate School site; click on Forms. This should help you find any of the forms required while you are in the program. Carol Williams Student Services Manager School of Library and Information Sciences University of SC Phone: (803) 777-0270 Fax: (803) 777-0457

On Nov. 15th, Career Services gave a presentation about the services they provide both in-person and online. Many of these resources are free. Click here to view the presentation. Anne Orange, the presenter, did a very good job and would love to answer any questions about resumes, interviews, and job hunting. Click here to go to the Career Center website.

Do you want to attend ALA Annual 2008 in Anaheim, CA, but you're light on the travel funds? Apply by December 15, 2007 for the Shirley Olofson Memorial Award and you may receive a $1000 check to help defray the cost of attendance! Applicant must: 1. Be a member of ALA and NMRT 2. Be active in the library profession 3. Show promise or activity in the area of professional development 4. Have valid financial need 5. Have attended no more than five ALA annual conferences To apply, please visit: http://www.ala.org/ala/nmrt/applyforfunds/shirleyolofson.htm

The Graduate Reception will be Wed., Dec. 17th from 4:30 to 6:30pm. Please join us give a warm send off to our SLIS graduates.

Date: Sat., Dec. 8th Time: 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm Location: M Cafe; 1417 Sumter Street; Columbia, SC Website for restaurant with the menu and prices: http://www.miyos.com/mcafemenu.html LISSA is having an End-Of-The-Semester Dinner. Please RSVP us at slis_lissa@yahoo.com if you'd like to attend.

Greetings: The November/December 2007 issue of D-Lib Magazine ( http://www.dlib.org/ ) is now available. This issue contains seven articles, the 'In Brief' column, excerpts from recent press releases, and news of upcoming conferences and other items of interest in 'Clips and Pointers'. This month, D-Lib features "Access Excellence at the National Health Museum " contributed by Katherine Liu and VivianLee Ward. The articles include: Manakin: A New Face for DSpace Scott Phillips, Cody Green, Alexey Maslov, Adam Mikeal, and John Leggett Texas A&M University Good Terms - Improving Commercial-Noncommercial Partnerships for Mass Digitization: A Report Prepared by Intelligent Television for RLG Programs, OCLC Programs and Research Peter B. Kaufman and Jeff Ubois, Intelligent Television SERU (Shared Electronic Resource Understanding): Opening Up New Possibilities for Electronic Resource Transactions Kar...

[Posted on Behalf Of Dr. Sam] Need to learn a language or brush up on your foreign language skills? The BBC has a great website for free! http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/index.shtml Buena suerte! sam

Award winning author Jacqueline Woodson will be visiting Columbia on Friday, November 30, 2007. Her visit is sponsored by the University of South Carolina ’s Department of English, the South Carolina Center for Children’s Books and Literacy of SLIS, the University Libraries, and the Thomas Cooper Society. Ms. Woodson is the author of over 40 books for children and teens including the award winners: Locomotion , Coming on Home Soon , Hush , The Other Side , and Miracle’s Boys . To learn more about her, see her website http://www.jacquelinewoodson.com/ Ms. Woodson will address Columbia metro area middle and high school students at 10 a.m. in the Creighton Middle School Auditorium. At 2:30 p.m., she will meet with a group of twenty five writers and students of creative writing in the Graniteville Room of the Thomas Cooper Library. Advance registration is required. To register call: 777-8154 or email tclrarebooks@sc.edu A reception and book signing sponsored by...

The Palm Beach Post newspaper is offering a paid internship for 2008. We're looking for one brilliant Library/Information Studies student who is interested in pursuing a career in News Research. Our interns are treated as professionals. You will join a staff that includes five researchers and work in a fast-paced deadline-oriented environment. This is a great opportunity to get some real world reference and archiving experience and probably receive published credit for your work. This is a full time, 40 hour a week 12-week internship. We pay $475/week during our internship, but that does not include room, board or transportation. We are always happy to work with interns trying to find a place to live in the area. The start date is flexible. Qualifications: Open to full-time library students. We also accept applications from people who have graduated within six months of the start of the internship. Previous library experience preferred. Experience with public record resea...

From: Prof Norm Coombs Sent: Nov 12, 2007 12:04 PM To: AXSLIB-L@LISTSERV.ICORS.ORG Subject: Digital Books and Players: 2-part Webinar Series Nov. 15, 29 EASI (Equal Access to Software and Information) presents a 2-part Webinar series providing information on the cutting edge of digital e-texts for persons with disabilities which will soon be the standard for students from K-12 through university. DIGITAL BOOKS & PLAYERS, A Two-part Webinar UPDATE Presenter: Robert Lee Beach, Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College Two part free series. Thursday November 15 and 29 - 2PM EASTERN The advent of digital books has made accessing reading materials for individuals with disabilities a more pleasant experience. Sound quality is better and navigation is far superior to the old analog tape books. However, with so many options for players and sources of books, what does one need to be aware of when shopping for reading mate...

[Posted on behalf of Bryan Collars -- South Carolina Department of Archives and History] One of my part-time employees unexpectedly resigned recently. As such I have available a part-time position that needs to be filled. Start Date is January 15th ish. The position pays $12 and hour for 20 hours per week. The work is in the Digitization Program working on scanning and indexing into the On Line Records Index. It is open to not only Public History students but to all Graduate students as well. If you would please put the word out I'd appreciate it. Inquiries can be address to me here. collars@scdah.state.sc.us or 896-4808 Thanks, Bryan C.

Cornell University Graduate School -- Fellowship database http://www.gradschool.cornell.edu/?p=132

Hello Everyone! I hope you are having a great week! As you wind things down for the fall semester and begin thinking of future SLIS courses to take, I hope that you will consider taking SLIS J797L: Materials & Services for Latino Youth. This online course is open to ANYONE and promises to provide all students the basics of where to find materials and how to plan programs for Latino children and young adults. Here is the course description: SLIS J797L: Materials and Services for Latino Youth is an information-filled course that will provide students with the necessary print and electronic resources to begin planning and evaluating library materials and services/programs for Latino children, teens, and their families. Latinos are the fastest growing, youngest, and largest ethnic minority in the United States and in South Carolina. An increasing percentage of library patrons today are of Latino heritage. It is imperative that any pu...

LISSA would like to send a big thank you to Dr. Perrault for her very interesting presentation on human information seeking behaviors, which was part of this Fall's Faculty Colloquium. I know everyone who attended learned a lot.

I-COMM (Information Communication) Week will be from March 31st to April 4th. This is major showcase for the year for the College of Mass Communication and Information Studies (of which SLIS is a part.) LISSA will have our annual LISSA Symposium this week as a part of the celebration. More information will be posted when it becomes available. We hope you can join us.

The University of South Carolina's School of Library & Information Science and College of Education are pleased to announce our First Annual Celebration of Latino Children's Literature on April 26, 2008. For more information, please click here .

You now have the option to apply to become a member of LISSA electronically. This requires two steps: Fill out an online application form Send your membership payment via Paypal . We hope you can join us.

The BRASS Thompson Financial Student Travel Award would like to encourage library school student’s to apply for this year’s award to travel to the American Libraries Association’s annual conference, which will be held in Anaheim, CA June 26-July 2, 2008. Applicants must meet the following criteria: · The recipient shall have a demonstrated interest in pursuing a career as a business reference librarian and the potential to be a leader in the profession. This may be demonstrated by: course work, internship, practicum, jobs, special projects, publications and related activities. · The recipient should be a student in an ALA accredited library school. · The recipient has not been awarded a previous or concurrent ALA sponsored travel award. · Student must be willing to participate in BRASS activities at the ALA Conference for which the award has been made and write a short statement following the conference on his or her experience to be published in RUSA Up...

Students, Here are the onsite dates that have been scheduled for spring semester: J705 - SC: January 19 and April 5 J766 - ME: January 26 and April 12 J766 - SC: February 9 Madonna

Hello All : There will be an Archival Students Guild meeting next Wednesday , November 14th at 7:45 p .m . in Davis 216 . The meeting will occur after the completion of SLIS 719 on Wednesday evening ; those in 719 are invited to stay for the meeting . At the meeting , we will recap the October service project , discuss the upcoming SLIS Town Hall meeting , and also begin to brainstorm for a possible Atlanta archives trip in December . If you are interested in the trip , or have any general questions , feel free to email me , off -list , at thomps34 @mailbox .sc .edu Thanks ! -Santi

Satisfy Your Curiosity for nature at McKissick Museum . Join the Museum staff this Thursday, Nov. 8th, from 5:30 PM * 7:30 PM. There is an exhibit reception honoring “Natural Curiosity,” a long-term exhibition on USC’s Natural Science Collection, as well as “A Sense of Wonder,” a nature and science-based exhibition of paintings by Pam Bowers. Refreshments and special exhibit tours will be available. The University of Scout Carolina has a long and storied history of assembling mineral, plant, fossil and animal specimen collections. From the University’s beginning, faculty has used these collections for teaching and research. While many of these collections are no longer used in the classroom, they are an unmatched resource for understanding the history of science and the fascination with nature. Pam Bowers, our faculty member in the USC Art Department , understands the fascination with nature. Utilizing her skills as a painter and photographer,Bowers...

The National Archives and Records Administration ( NARA ) Motion Picture Preservation Laboratory is proud to announce the establishment of an internship program to provide instruction and educational opportunities within the field of moving image preservation. The internship program is designed to provide students who are pursuing a career in film preservation with guidance and hands on training in technical aspects of laboratory work during a three-month period at NARA 's College Park , MD site. The intent of this internship is to provide up to three students during a yearly period an opportunity to obtain applied experience in laboratory preservation processes. The intern will be assisting in routine inspection work of collections, timing, cleaning, printing, developing, and quality control of newly created elements in the Motion Picture Preservation Lab. By the end of the internship the individual will be able to work independently and complete projects w...

Library and information science students . . . . . . would you like to be published? . . . would you like to join the knowledge creation cycle? . . . would you like to enrich your resume? If the answer to any of the above questions is “yes,” you should consider submitting a manuscript to Current Studies in Librarianship (CSiL). The mission of CSiL is to publish readable, timely, and scholarly articles by library and information science (LIS) students. The editors welcome both original papers as well as papers prepared as part of the requirements for seminars and other LIS classes. The primary mission of CSiL is the publication of student scholarship, which includes manuscripts authored entirely by students as well as those authored jointly by students and librarians and other information professionals (e.g., LIS faculty, librarians, computer scientists, etc.). Articles may report on original research, the utilization of known information in new ways, or other forms of recognized...

To all students applying for December graduation: We have just begun processing for clearance for graduation. If there is a problem with your clearance, we will contact you. Unless you have a serious issue concerning your clearance, we request that you please allow time for our review of your file before you call our office and ask that your file be examined upon your request. This will help our office process all of the applications more efficiently. Thanks, Student Services

[Posted on behalf of Dr. Hastings] Our Georgetown County Library is one of the ten to receive this prestigious award! Way to go, Georgetown ! sam The following is a text-only press release from the federal Institute Of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). An HTML version of this release With photos can be read on the agency's Web site at http://www.imls.gov/news/2007/110607.shtm. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 6, 2007 IMLS Press Contacts 202-653-4632 Jeannine Mjoseth, jmjoseth@imls.gov Mamie Bittner, mbittner@imls.gov Five Museums and Five Libraries Receive Nation's Highest Honor for Extraordinary Community Service Institutions will be Honored in Washington , D.C. Ceremony and Receive $10,000 award WASHINGTON , DC --Five museums and five libraries have been selected for the 2007 National Medal for Museum and Library Service, the nation's highest honor for the extraordinary public service provided by these insti...