UF librarian receives national award

December 10, 2008

Iona R. Malanchuk, associate university librarian and head of the Education Library at the University of Florida, recently was named an awardee of the Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times “I Love My Librarian Award.” Malanchuk is one of 10 librarians nationally recognized.

Each of the 10 award winners will receive a $5,000 cash award, and will be honored at a ceremony and reception hosted by The New York Times at TheTimesCenter in New York City on Dec. 9.

“This award honors the significant relationship between library users and librarians. It also recognizes these 10 librarians for the notable impact they have on the lives of the people they serve and on their communities,” said American Library Association (ALA) President Jim Rettig.

The award, which began as The New York Times Librarian Awards in 2000, is now a collaborative program of Carnegie Corporation of New York, The New York Times and the American Library Association. More information about the award recipients is available at www.ilovelibraries.org/ilovemylibrarian.

The American Library Association, with more than 67,000 members, is the oldest and largest library association in the world. Its mission is to promote the highest quality library and information services and public access to information.