Orange County Public Library receives Dun & Bradstreet Award for Outstanding Service to Minority Business Communities
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For Immediate Release
April 4, 2006
Orange County Public Library receives Dun & Bradstreet Award for Outstanding Service to Minority Business Communities
CHICAGO–Orange County Public Library (Calif.) is the 2006 recipient of the Dun & Bradstreet Award for Outstanding Service to Minority Business Communities. The award is sponsored by Dun & Bradstreet and 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, $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 that 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.
“Orange County Public Library, collaborating with other partners, was awarded a LSTA grant to develop their program for Vietnamese small businesses and make it sustainable,” said Judith Faust, award committee chair. “They reached their target population by attending the annual Tet Vietnamese New Year festival to promote services, and by creating Vietnamese language flyers and posters, and advertising in local Vietnamese newspapers for small business workshops and services.”
The award will be presented at RUSA Awards Ceremony on June 26, 2006, from 4 to 6 p.m., during the ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans.