The SLA John Cotton Dana Award
Granted to an information professional to recognize a lifetime of achievement as well as beyond exceptional service to special librarianship.
Nominations for 2008 are now closed.
Current Recipient for 2007
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Click below to watch a short video about Gloria Zamora and learn why she is the 2007 recipient of The SLA John Cotton Dana Award.
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The Office of Senator Jeff Bingaman, (D-N.M.)
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Zamora has been a member of SLA for 27 years, has held numerous positions within multiple units and association level committees, and is fully committed to the success of SLA. She has held several leadership roles, including two terms as president of New Mexico's Rio Grande SLA Chapter, then to two terms on the SLA Board of Directors including one as treasurer. She was named a Fellow of SLA in 1999.
Zamora's career as an information professional has spanned three decades and her work with Sandia National Laboratories recently propelled her to a position with the office of Senator Jeff Bingaman, (D-N.M.), as a Congressional Fellow and field representative. Her position addresses concerns posed by Los Alamos County residents, the Los Alamos National Laboratory, and deals with education issues for northern New Mexico. Her work as manager of government relations at Sandia National Laboratories made her an obvious choice for the opportunity.
This role is the latest in a long line of high-profile assignments for the Santa Fe resident. She comes to Bingaman's office from serving as one of the managers in the government relations office at Sandia where she represented the lab in dealings with Congress.
Zamora appreciates the many opportunities the laboratory has given her in a 27-year career. "In my experience, the great thing about Sandia is that you can make your own opportunities," she said.
Those opportunities began in Sandia's technical library as a technical information specialist. That led to a job in what was then called the management staff office, a small policy and strategic planning group that wrote studies for the laboratory president. From there she worked in many different capacities. "I had enlightened management. They saw that I was capable and continued to give me challenges," she said. "I loved it."
Zamora will work in the senator's office for the duration of his term and then is scheduled to return to her role at Sandia. She is chair of the 2008 SLA Conference Planning Committee as well as a candidate for SLA president-elect.
Past John Cotton Dana Award Recipients
Ruth S. Smith (1979) |
Masha Zipper (1992) |
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