Past SLA President Cindy Hill to Receive John Jacob Astor Award

On May 14, 2009, San Andreas chapter member and past-president Cindy Hill will receive the John Jacob Astor Award in Library and Information Science in Berlin.  Awarded annually by the Checkpoint Charlie Foundation in cooperation with the Continuing Education Initiative for Special Research Libraries and Related Institutions, the award enables Germans or Americans who have made a special contribution to transatlantic knowledge transfer to come to Berlin to participate in a professional meeting on the latest developments in the field.  Two other SLA members, Mary Ellen Bates and past-president Guy St. Clair, have received this award in the past.   

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