Dun & Bradstreet Award for Outstanding Service to Minority Business Communities recipient named

Contact: Eileen Hardy


312-280-4398


ehardy@ala.org

ALA News Release


For Immediate Release


May 2001

Dun & Bradstreet Award for Outstanding Service to Minority Business Communities recipient named

June Evans, supervisor of business research services at High Point Public Library, N.C., is the 2001 recipient of the Dun & Bradstreet Award for Outstanding Service to Minority Business. The award is sponsored by Dun & Bradstreet and is presented by the Business Reference and Services Section (BRASS) of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA).

The award of $2,000 and a citation, is given to a librarian, or library that has created an innovative service for a minority business community, or has been recognized by the community as an outstanding service provider. Minority business is defined as Hispanics, African Americans, Asians, Native Americans, or people from the Indian Subcontinent, as classified by the U. S. Government for minority owned businesses. Up to $1,000 of the award may be used to cover the cost for one representative to attend the ALA Annual Conference and receive the award.

"The Local Minority Business Directory grew out of a need to find information about minority and women-owned businesses and a lack of resources for minority business owners," stated Award Committee Chair Vivian Kobayashi. "June Evans recognized this need and began working directly with minority business owners and the Chamber of Commerce to develop a directory to address those needs."

The award will be presented June 18, 2001, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., at the RUSA Awards Ceremony during the ALA Annual Conference in San Francisco.

For more information about RUSA awards and the RUSA Awards Ceremony, visit the RUSA Web site at
http://www.ala.org/rusa or contact Eileen Hardy, program coordinator, RUSA at 800/545-2433, ext. 4398 or
ehardy@ala.org.