Roberta Pilette receives Banks/Harris Preservation Award

We are pleased to announce that Roberta Pilette is the 2011 Paul
Banks and Carolyn Harris Preservation Award recipient.  Ms. Pilette
is currently the Director of the Preservation Department and Chief
Preservation Officer for the Yale University Library.  Her on-going
impact on the preservation field as an active leader, educator, and
mentor has spanned over twenty-five years, and she continues to be
intimately involved in some of the most important explorations and
discussions going on in the field today.  She has influenced the
development of our current preservation practices as well as shaped
a generation of library and archives preservation administrators and
conservators.

The Banks-Harris Award includes a $1,500 cash grant donated by
Preservation Technologies, L.P., and a citation.  The Award will be
presented during the ALCTS Awards Ceremony during the ALA Annual
Conference.  An official announcement and press release will be made
in AL Direct in February 2011.

Banks Harris Award Jury
Beth Doyle
Jacob Nadal
Lene Palmer
Hilary Seo
Peter Verheyen


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