Liz Kudwa receives Dun & Bradstreet Award for Outstanding Service to Minority Business Communities

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For Immediate Release

March 9, 2007

Liz Kudwa receives Dun & Bradstreet Award for Outstanding Service to Minority Business Communities

CHICAGO–Liz Kudwa, of the Capital Area District Library, Lansing (Mich.), is the 2007 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.

“Ms. Kudwa’s unique contribution to minority business communities is that she writes a bi-weekly column, “Ask the Business Reference Library,” for The New Citizens Press, a multi-cultural community newspaper focusing on issues in the Black community” said Kaiping Zhang, award committee chair. “Her devotion and passion in service to the minority entrepreneurs has had a great impact on the Lansing community.”

The award will be presented at RUSA Awards Ceremony on June 25, 2007, from 4 to 6 p.m., during the ALA Annual Conference in Washington, DC.