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Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science & Technology, Dec 2004/Jan 2005

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Former ASIS&T President Named Distinguished Daughter of Pennsylvania

Former ASIS&T president Toni Carbo, professor of information sciences and public and international affairs at the University of Pittsburgh, has been honored as a Distinguished Daughter of Pennsylvania, a designation honoring accomplishments of statewide or national importance.

Carbo, who was nominated for the honor by the Women's Association of the University of Pittsburgh, and six other honorees were recognized at a special luncheon at the Governor's residence in Harrisburg.

"The Governor and I are pleased to host these distinguished women and commend them for their leadership and contribution to the Commonwealth," said Judge Marjorie O. Rendell, Pennsylvania's first lady. "These seven women are committed to issues of importance in Pennsylvania, and their accomplishments and awareness will shape the future of our state."

Carbo was dean of Pitt's School of Information Sciences from 1986-2002. She has served as executive director of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Sciences during the Reagan-Bush Administration, as executive director of the National Federation of Abstracting and Index Services in Philadelphia, as a consultant to the Institution of Electrical Engineers in London, England, and in several other positions in the library and information sciences field. She was also a Madison Council Fellow in Library and Information Science of the Library of Congress.

She was appointed by the Clinton-Gore administration to the U.S. National Information Infrastructure Advisory Committee. She is on the American Library Association Honor Roll and has received the Distinguished Service Award from the Pennsylvania Library Association and the 100 Most Distinguished Alumni Award from Drexel University, where she earned the master's and Ph.D. degrees. Her undergraduate degree is from Brown University, and she is a fellow of several organizations.

ASIS&T Past President Takes Helm at NCLIS

Trudi Bellardo Hahn, most recently with the University of Maryland, has assumed the position of interim executive director at the U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS). Formerly manager of Library User Education Services and adjunct professor at the College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland, Hahn was ASIS&T president in 2003. She is also the co-author with Charles Bourne of the 2004 ASIS&T Best Information Science Book Award.

She has held prior positions as training specialist with the Maryland State Department of Education, Director of Professional Development for the Special Libraries Association, Associate Professor at Catholic University, and Assistant Professor and Data Services Librarian at the University of Kentucky.

Commission chair Beth Fitzsimmons says "Trudi Bellardo Hahn possesses the exact combination of qualities that will enable NCLIS" to address the library and information needs of the American people. "Her understanding and her love for the profession of librarianship, and her expertise in information system and management together with the esteem in which she is held by her professional colleagues - mean that we at the Commission will be working with the highest standards of excellence as we seek to achieve the Commission's goals."