The Library History Round Table announces 2009 Dain Award Recipient

The Library History Round Table has announced the 2009 winner of the Phyllis Dain Library History Dissertation Award, which recognizes outstanding dissertations in the area of library history. The 2009 recipient is Karen J. Cook for her essay "Freedom Libraries in the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Summer Project: A History." Ms. Cook's dissertation was submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the College of Communication and Information Sciences in the Graduate School of the University of Alabama. She was recognized at the LHRT Research Forum at this year’s past Annual Conference in Chicago