Cheri Forster, Head of Cataloging Department & Project Manager for Library Automation, Columbus Public Schools, has been selected to receive the INFOhio Hugh Durbin Leadership Award for 2005 by the INFOhio Governing Advisory Board.

Cheri was awarded a scholarship stipend to attend the 2005 INFOhio Annual Planning Conference. She was recognized during the conference along with previous winners Nancy Nickell, Diana Kiehl, Jane Puleo and Carol Williamson Gibson.

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Award background
Hugh Durbin spent his career engaged in providing quality library media programs and resources to students from pre-kindergarten children to adults in prison. He supported the professional growth of his colleagues through his leadership in OELMA and by sharing his vision for the future of school library media programs in articles and presentations. Hugh’s professionalism and personal commitment serve as an example for all of us in the field today. The INFOhio Hugh Durbin Leadership Award keeps his example before us as a touchstone by which we can measure ourselves and encourage others to grow in our profession.

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