Report from Sue Knoche, TLA Honors & Award Committee 2011/2012:

Please join me in congratulating the following ETSU individuals, who at the annual Tennessee Library Association (TLA) conference last week, I had the pleasure and honor to present these awards:

Suresh Ponnappa, Director ETSU Quillen College of Medicine Library accepted the Tennessee Library Association Honor Award.   This is the highest recognition Tennessee Library Association bestows on an individual who has made significant contributions to the furtherance of librarianship and library institutions on a statewide or national level.   This award also signifies the outstanding achievements in leadership and significant contributions in this field, which is not limited to health sciences libraries; but encompasses all issues and core values for libraries and workers in Tennessee.

Rebecca Tolley-Stokes, Associate Professor and Faculty Outreach Library at ETSU C.C. Sherrod Library was presented The Frances Neel Cheney Award.   Tennessee Library Association gives this award annually based on an individual who has made a significant contribution to the world of books and librarianship through the encouragement of the love of books and reading.     Rebecca was also recognized for the many years of service to TLA as the editor for the many Tennessee Library Association publications and also in the selection of the Tennessee History Book Award.

Leslie Adebonojo, Undergraduate Student Services Librarian at ETSU C.C. Sherrod Library received The James E. Ward Instruction Award.    This award is given to an individual who participates in the planning, execution of library instruction for an academic, school, public, or a special library.    For the outstanding and sustained work on continuing programs or projects concerned with library instruction as well as through publications; innovative and creative achievement in the development of library instruction programs with a positive image of libraries in the minds of library users.     Recognition of leadership qualities in the library and in professional organizations at the state and national level.