Leah Dudak

DEMCO New Leaders Travel Grant Public Library Association 2019 About the DEMCO New Leaders Travel GrantThe purpose of these grants is to enhance the professional development and improve the expertise of public librarians new to the field by making possible their attendance at major professional development activities This grant has been established to enable PLA Members new to the profession and who have not had the opportunity to attend a major PLA continuing education event in the last five years to do so.

Bryce Allen Reference Award University of Illinois iSchool May 2017 I was chosen for the 2017 Bryce Allen Reference Award from the University of Illinois iSchool. I was nominated by my two library supervisors.This award is presented to an outstanding student showing excellence and interest in the area of reference services. Bryce Allen was a School faculty member from 1989 to 1995. In 2001, he retired to Nova Scotia from his faculty position at the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Information Science and Learning Technologies. Bryce was devoted… Show more I was chosen for the 2017 Bryce Allen Reference Award from the University of Illinois iSchool. I was nominated by my two library supervisors.This award is presented to an outstanding student showing excellence and interest in the area of reference services. Bryce Allen was a School faculty member from 1989 to 1995. In 2001, he retired to Nova Scotia from his faculty position at the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Information Science and Learning Technologies. Bryce was devoted to his students and LIS education. With Professor Linda Smith, he developed the LIS 404 Reference and Information Services course and he contributed the chapter on "Evaluation of Reference Services" to all three editions of the Smith and Bopp text, Reference and Information Services: An Introduction. Bryce was so interested in both teaching and practice that he spent a semester working at the Main Library Reference Desk so that he could ensure he kept in touch with the sources and services he taught. In the fall of 1996, Bryce taught the first online offering of LIS 380: Information Organization and Access class from his desktop in Columbia, Missouri. Dr. Allen died unexpectedly on April 27, 2003. Show less

Elevate Illinois Libraries Leadership Program Illinois Library Association I was chosen to take part in one of the first Elevate Illinois Libraries Leadership Program through the Illinois State Library Association.