Cindy Hill, who served as president of SLA in 2003-04 and has worked as an information professional in a variety of industries, has been named the 2009 recipient of the John Jacob Astor Award in Library and Information Science.
The award enables German or American persons who have made a special contribution to transatlantic knowledge transfer to come to Berlin for a special professional conference. The conference allows librarians and information specialists from throughout the German educational and research fields to learn from their U.S. colleagues and familiarize themselves with the latest developments in the information profession. The award is given by the Checkpoint Charlie Foundation in cooperation with the Continuing Education Initiative for Special Research Libraries and Related Institutions e.V.
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