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Libraries Helps with 150th Celebrations

Tom Bickley with VisitorOver 1,000 visitors stopped by to learn more about the Libraries' electronic publications, exhibitions, and information resources at the "Online Smithsonian" tent on the Mall during the Institution's 150th Birthday Celebration, August 10 and 11. Organized and managed by Martin Kalfatovic, Information Access Coordinator, staff who worked shifts at the Libraries' booth were Tom Baker, Margaret D'Ambrosio, Suzanne Pilsk, Beth Regish, Sheila Riley, and Diane Shaw of Cataloging Services, Suji DeHart of the Systems Department, Amy Begg, Alvin Hutchinson, Ann Juneau, Rhoda Ratner, and Gil Taylor of Research Services Division. Barbara J. Smith and Mary Augusta Thomas represented the Libraries at the Office of Information Technology booth, and more than a dozen other Libraries' staff members served as volunteers for the Institution generally at other assignments over the weekend.

Lisa Welch, et al. In June Libraries' staff participated in "Working at the Smithsonian" at the Institution's Folklife Festival. An information booth with a Web-connected computer was staffed in three shifts by Alvin Hutchinson, Kay Kenyon, Tom Bickley, and Gil Taylor, Research Services Division, Suji DeHart, Systems Department, Tom Baker, Hollis Gentry and Beth Regish, Catalog Services, Lisa Welch and Claire Dekle, Preservation Services, and Ned Kraft, Acquisition Services. More than 100 visitors came to the booth throughout the day and Secretary Heyman stopped by to see a demo. Sherry Kelley, Rhoda Ratner, and Nancy Matthews organized the participation.

Unsung Heroes

The Institution honored three members of the Libraries staff as Unsung Heroes during this anniversary year: Nicholas Schliapin, Cataloging Services, Helen Holley, National Museum of American History Branch, and Sharon Layne, Preservation Services.

The program celebrates the contributions of Smithsonian staff who are selected by a panel from nominations by fellow staff members for their outstanding contributions "above and beyond" their assigned duties.

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