BRASS Thomson Financial Student Travel Award recipient named

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For Immediate Release


March 3, 2005

BRASS Thomson Financial Student Travel Award recipient named

CHICAGO—Jared Howland, information literacy assistant for the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University, Provo (Utah) , is the recipient of the 2005 Business Reference and Services Section (BRASS) Thomson Financial Student Travel Award. BRASS, a section of the Reference and Users Services Association (RUSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), presents the award to a candidate who has demonstrated an interest in pursuing a career as a business reference librarian and has the potential to be a leader in the profession.

The cash award of $1,000, donated by Thomson Financial, a division of the Thomson Corporation, will enable a student enrolled in an ALA-accredited master's program to attend an ALA Annual Conference.

“Jared has shown leadership and ambition in librarianship and is highly recommended by his letters of reference,” said Paul Brothers, the award committee chair. “We believe, with the evidence that has been communicated to us, that Jared will be a great addition to the Business Reference and Services Section of RUSA.”

The award will be presented at RUSA Awards Ceremony on June 27, 2005, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., during the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago.