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LINDA DOBB HONORED BY FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY
BOWLING GREEN, O.—Dr.
Linda Dobb, executive vice president at Bowling Green
State University, has been named winner of the University’s
Friends of the Library Award 2000.
The award is given annually
by the Friends of the University Libraries, Archives and
Special Collections to honor a person or institution that
has contributed substantially to the growth and development
of the campus libraries and learning resources.
Dobb, who became a lifetime
member of The Friends in 1999, was honored Wednesday (Nov.
8) during the organization’s annual Authors and Artists
Reception.
Dr. Edward Whipple, president of
The Friends and vice president for student affairs at
BGSU, said Dobb exemplies the criteria on which the Friends
Award is based.
As noted by those nominating
Dobb for the recognition, "We can think of few others
who have contributed to the growth and development of
Libraries and Learning Resources as profoundly and in
such a relatively short period of time as Linda Dobb.
"(Her) exceptional contributions
are a testament to her people-centered, collaborative
approach to everything she does…We believe that it
is the significance of her contributions and her generous,
caring and humanitarian spirit that make her most deserving
of this prestigious award."
Dobb served as dean of LLR
from 1995 until June 1999. As dean she secured funding
for a number of improvements, including creation of an
Electronic Reading Room and the Ramona Cormier Faculty
Reading Room in Jerome Library and restoration of the
murals on the east and west sides of the building.
She also was responsible for
the establishment of a First-Year Experience Librarian
position to help new students learn to use resources available
to them through the campus libraries. Since the position
was created, other institutions have used it as a model
for developing similar positions.
Her other accomplishments include
obtaining a partnership grant with the Hayes Presidential
Center in Fremont to make its library catalog fully Internet
accessible, and aiding in creation of a partnership with
Kent State University to begin an interactive distance-learning
program for education in library science.
She left the LLR in 1999 to serve
as interim provost of the University until May 2000, when
she accepted her current position as executive vice president
at BGSU. (Posted 11/8/00)
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