Dow Jones Leadership Award
Presented annually to an SLA member or members in good standing who exemplify leadership as a special librarian through examples of personal and professional competencies. The recipient of the Dow Jones Leadership Award receives a cash award in the amount of US$ 2000.
2008 Recipient of the Dow Jones Leadership Award
Richard Huffine
U.S. Geological Survey
Reston, Va.
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2008 Dow Jones Leadership Award Video
Richard Huffine pioneered the emergence of librarians on the Internet. As one of the first Internet Librarians at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), he was instrumental in putting the skills of librarians to use online. During his tenure, EPA implemented a cost sharing approach for the purchase of online content, developed a "Desktop Library" and made significant improvements to the EPA's Online Library System. In 2007, Huffine was selected to be the first National Library Coordinator for the U.S. Geological Survey, a bureau of the U.S. Department of the Interior that boasts one of the largest collections of earth and natural sciences materials in the world.
Beyond his professional work, he has also been a staunch advocate and supporter of public libraries in his home community of Washington, D.C. Since 2002, Huffine has been an active member of the Friends of the Mount Pleasant Library, leading the effort to secure over US$7 million to renovate the historic branch--and then reached out to try and fix the rest of the system. Funding for the library system is up over 25% and the District has committed over $170 million capital funding for rebuilding their branch libraries.
Past Recipients of the Dow Jones Leadership Award
Eugenie E. Prime (1998)
Lucy B. Lettis (1999)
Janice Chindlund (2000)
Carol L. Ginsburg (2001)
Tom Fearon (2002)
Robert Bellanti (2003)
The Special Committee on Competencies (2004):
Dee Magnoni
Eileen Abels
Joanne Gard Marshall
John R. Latham
Rebecca Jones
Susan Fifer Canby (2005)
Ilene Strongin-Garry (2006)
Jane Kinney Meyers (2007)
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