Letters of application and any accompanying materials for 2009 may be sent to selection committee via the Library Dean's Office between the opening date (March 2, 2009) and the closing date (March 20, 2009) at 5 pm.

If you are interested in serving on the selection committee please call 744-7331.

Emeritus librarian Jill Holmes upon her retirement from the OSU Library in 1992 established this award to honor Mary Greenberg & Marguerite Howland, former library employees. The award is given to full-time library employees for work-related higher education tuition, workshop and seminar registration fees and conference expenses. Recipients are invited to an awards lunch and are honored at the Edmon Low Library Staff Association's Spring Meeting

Requests for funds must be work-related and are considered in this order:

1. library science or work-related post-secondary course tuition;
2. workshop and seminar registration fees.
3. conference expenses.

All things being equal, awards are made with preference given in this order: classified staff, administrative & professional staff, and library faculty.

Past Award Winners include:

• 2009 Shirley Tatum, MMR & Melissa Beezley, Cataloging
• 2008 Amie Allen, CML
• 2007 Amie Allen, CML
• 2006 Kate Blalack, SCUA & David Peters, SCUA
• 2005 Tom Steele, Cataloging, Bonnie Ann Cain, Dean's Office, & Shauna Clark, CML
• 2004 Bonnie Ann Cain, Dean's Office & Misty Smith, Bindery
• 2003 Misty Smith, Bindery
• 2002 Emily Williams, CML
• 2001 Louisa Payne, Acquisitions
• 2000 David Peters, Map Room
• 1999 Kiem Dung Ta, Systems Department. She will use this award for her A+ Computer Specialist Certification Exam.
• 1998 Jennifer Paustenbaugh, The Dean's Office
• 1997 Kim Seagraves, Library Systems & Holli Seery, Humanities & Social Sciences