Nong Lee and Tammy Pineda, Outreach Liaisons to the Hmong and Spanish-speaking communities for Hennepin County Library, are the joint recipients of the 2004 Sanford Berman Award for Social Responsibility in Library Services.
They are being honored for their work to bring information about public library resources to new immigrants and non-English speakers, the Berman Award Committee said.
The award was established in 1999 to honor Sanford Berman, head cataloger in the Hennepin County Library system for 26 years. It is presented annually by AFSCME Locals 2822 (Support Services and Associate Librarians) and 2864 (Librarians) to a library employee who has made a unique and invaluable contribution to the community-at-large through his/her work in the Hennepin County Library.
Lee and Pineda have organized bilingual computer classes, cultural celebrations, and early literacy programs for new immigrant families. They have partnered with librarians to do bilingual story times and formed connections with childcare providers through work on the Children?s Readmobile. Both have represented the library at resource fairs and social service provider meetings, establishing partnerships and relationships with agencies and underserved communities on the local level, but both have also become involved in advocacy at the state and national level in a variety of forums.
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In addition, Lee and Pineda have spoken to immigrant families about the power of libraries, and listened to those communities tell their stories about what they need from their libraries, the committee said. They have been instrumental in helping build Hmong and Spanish collections and resources in our libraries and on the web, and in building increased capacity of the library to serve the underserved through their contributions to the library?s Diversity Steering Committee.
"Nong Lee and Tammy Pineda are this year?s Berman Award winners because they are passionate and skillful advocates, at every level, for increased access to resources for those who are not traditional library users," the committee said in issuing the award. "The work they do honors the legacy of Sandy Berman by insuring that the public library remains basic in the progressive tradition of providing new immigrants, the under-served and the disenfranchised with tools for a better life."
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AFSCME Locals 2822 and 2864 are hosting a reception to honor Lee and Pineda at the Ridgedale Library on Friday, Oct. 29, from 5 to 7 pm.
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Nong Lee and Tammy Pineda, Outreach Liaisons to the Hmong and Spanish-speaking communities for Hennepin County Library, are the joint recipients of the 2004 Sanford Berman Award for Social Responsibility in Library Services.
They are being honored for their work to bring information about public library resources to new immigrants and non-English speakers, the Berman Award Committee said.
The award was established in 1999 to honor Sanford Berman, head cataloger in the Hennepin County Library system for 26 years. It is presented annually by AFSCME Locals 2822 (Support Services and Associate Librarians) and 2864 (Librarians) to a library employee who has made a unique and invaluable contribution to the community-at-large through his/her work in the Hennepin County Library.
Lee and Pineda have organized bilingual computer classes, cultural celebrations, and early literacy programs for new immigrant families. They have partnered with librarians to do bilingual story times and formed connections with childcare providers through work on the Children?s Readmobile. Both have represented the library at resource fairs and social service provider meetings, establishing partnerships and relationships with agencies and underserved communities on the local level, but both have also become involved in advocacy at the state and national level in a variety of forums.
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In addition, Lee and Pineda have spoken to immigrant families about the power of libraries, and listened to those communities tell their stories about what they need from their libraries, the committee said. They have been instrumental in helping build Hmong and Spanish collections and resources in our libraries and on the web, and in building increased capacity of the library to serve the underserved through their contributions to the library?s Diversity Steering Committee.
“Nong Lee and Tammy Pineda are this year?s Berman Award winners because they are passionate and skillful advocates, at every level, for increased access to resources for those who are not traditional library users,” the committee said in issuing the award. “The work they do honors the legacy of Sandy Berman by insuring that the public library remains basic in the progressive tradition of providing new immigrants, the under-served and the disenfranchised with tools for a better life.”
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AFSCME Locals 2822 and 2864 are hosting a reception to honor Lee and Pineda at the Ridgedale Library on Friday, Oct. 29, from 5 to 7 pm.